WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today released operational statistics for July 2021.

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents encountered two large groups of migrants resulting in 327 apprehensions.

BROWNSVILLE, TX — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged methamphetamine and heroin. CBP officers discovered the narcotics hidden within a 2006 Toyota.

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott announced that Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has arranged for the deployment of more than 2,500 medical personnel to help hospitals care for the increasing number of COVID-19 patients across Texas.

Charles Mueller, from Innovative Block of South Texas is not a stranger to the Valley. He frequently came to the Valley from Kentucky to visit his two sets of grandparents when he was growing up.

More than 40 Texas facilities that house unaccompanied migrant children on behalf of the federal government will operate without state licenses next month, worrying advocates about the quality of care the minors will receive and putting President Joe Biden’s administration in a position to possibly violate the law.

The City of Edinburg broke ground on Phase 1 of the Veteran’s Detention Pond Drainage Conveyance and Street Improvement Project on Rojas, Santa Maria, and Thompson Street

The US Senate recently passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in a rare and much needed bipartisan action to inject funds to fix and expand roads, bridges, water systems, the power grid, and other pressing priorities. It will doubtlessly go through some delays, detours, and drama in the House, but seems destined to ultimately make its way to the President’s desk and a waiting pen (hopefully sooner rather than later). After a laughable number of “Infrastructure Weeks” in Washington DC for many years, we are finally on the cusp of an “Infrastructure Decade.”

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Wednesday that right side hitter Victoire Nama, who played for the volleyball team from 2019-21, is set to start her professional career with Vitrolles Sport Volley-Ball in France’s Fédération Française de Volley this season.

LAREDO, TX— On Thursday, August 12, 2021, city inspectors from various departments will be conducting a house-to-house campaign with property owners concerning property maintenance and code violations in the District 1 area. Residents are being asked to do everything possible to clean-up their neighborhood of any unsightly conditions that may exist.