The International Economic Development Council (IEDC), a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization serving economic developers, announced on Friday their selection of Josh Mejia, Executive Director of the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC), as the Young Young Economic Developer of the Year for 2020.

At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to deploy Texas A&M Task Force 1 to Louisiana as the state prepares for Tropical Storm Sally.

Bus drivers from the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District are offering critical support to aid students and staff while their bus routes remain halted during remote learning.

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD will be hosting free Back to School COVID-19 screenings at several locations through Sept. 21.

In his capacity as the county’s Emergency Management Director, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez has lifted the county’s Shelter at Home order, but implemented new protections for the annual arrival of Winter Texans.

McAllen ISD’s graduates in the Class of 2020 have set a new district record in scholarship earnings, soaring past $54 million.

U.S. Border Patrol Agents and the Roma Police Department discover stash house filled with illegal aliens.

When Hurricane Hanna hit the Rio Grande Valley in July 2020, it was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

The Pharr Community Theater company (PCT) will present the monologue, Miguel Hidalgo, el Insurrecto, written by Mercedes Varela and performed, in Spanish, by Pedro García, directed by Seres Jaime Magaña, this Tuesday, September 15 at 9:00 pm, live, on the Pharr Community Theater Co. FB page.

U.S. Border Patrol agents working at the Border Patrol Checkpoint seized marijuana and cocaine in a single incident.