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Hidalgo County Judge invites President Biden to the border to witness local challenges with...

EDINBURG – Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez invited President Joseph R. Biden to come to South Texas “to witness first-hand the challenges being created by current (immigration) policy.”

City of El Paso Offers More Testing, Urges Community to Vaccinate

EL PASO, Texas – Beginning this week, the City of El Paso is expanding its COVID-19 testing to three additional permanent sites and a mobile site.

Thousands awarded by Mexican Consulate to help students of Mexican origin get a college...

BROWNSVILLE, TX – In 2018, Texas Southmost College student, now alumnus, Zurisadai Cerón found himself struggling to pay for tuition and textbooks, but it was a scholarship from the Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior (IME) or in English, Institute for Mexicans Abroad, Becas (Scholarship) program that helped him finish strong.

Stress at Work and at Home Increases Risk of Depression in U.S. Workers

Newswise — LOS ANGELES – Job strain and family strain are found to be linked to major depressive episodes and may have different effects on men and women, according to a study from UCLA researchers published in the August edition of the Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

STC invites community to Summer Bash

South Texas College is inviting current, prospective, dual credit students, parents, and the community to its three-day summer bash program fair. The three-day event will be hosted across three campus locations which includes Starr County, Mid-Valley, and Pecan Campus.

Pandemic efforts lauded by U.S. Dept. of Education

McALLEN, TX – South Texas College has caught the attention of Education leadership in Washington, eyeing the college’s outreach with students during the height of the current COVID pandemic.

Immunization Information for 2021-2022 school year

Mission Consolidated Independent School District is preparing for the new school year, and we want all students to be up to date with their immunizations.

Two More Stash Houses Shut Down

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector agents, in coordination with local partners, discover 33 migrants in two human smuggling stash houses.

RGV Agents Respond to Migrants in Distress

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents utilize assets, technology, and cooperate with partners to perform lifesaving efforts.

CDC Extends Order at the Southern and Northern Land Borders

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an order under Sections 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act, and associated implementing regulations, that temporarily suspends the introduction of certain noncitizens based on the Director’s determination that introduction of such noncitizens

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