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Rep. Chip Roy released the following statement Tuesday regarding his bill to direct Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to submit a report to Congress on the designation of certain Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley apprehend the largest group encountered in the area so far this year.

On Saturday, March 9, 2019, the International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) will be hosting visiting Wixárika for a special workshop and lecture in conjunction with the exhibition of Symphony of Color, which is on display at the IMAS through June 30, 2019.

Today, more than 912,000 Walmart U.S. associates will receive a share of nearly $207 million in cash bonuses, as the company experienced a strong 4.2 percent fourth quarter comp sales growth. Associates are receiving their bonuses in paychecks received March 7. In Texas, associates will be awarded approximately $24 million for fourth quarter performance.

Several members of the Kappa Delta Sorority RGV alumnae chapter recently toured the Hidalgo County Children’s Advocacy Center in Edinburg. The group got a first-hand look at the center’s Play Therapy Room. The chapter is creating and furnishing a Play Therapy Room for the CACHC Mission office through a $6,500 grant from the Kappa Delta Foundation.

PSJA Early College High School’s Mariachi Maravilla de San Juan earned Division 1 Superior ratings at the UIL Region XV Mariachi Contest held at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Feb. 23.

U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) Rodolfo Karisch welcomed army personnel at the Mission Event Center in Mission, Texas.

SpaceX is targeting this evening, February 21 for launch of the Nusantara Satu satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

McAllen Police Department along with state and federal agencies seize contraband that imitates other commercially available candy. It has been determined the products are laced with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The seizure of these products occurred on Friday February 15, 2019 at a residence in the area of 25th Street and Lindberg Ave. McAllen, Texas.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women’s indoor track & field team learned on Tuesday that senior Juarez Lincoln alum Sierra Spinler is the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Athlete of the Week for her efforts at the Aggie Twilight on Saturday.