For Hector Javier Rios, graduating from the International Culinary Institute (ICI) SUGAR helped him become the successful business owner he is today. At 32, he owns a locally popular establishment serving a variety of foods, snacks and drinks.

Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed House Democrats’ decision to begin impeachment proceedings. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s floor remarks are below, and video can be found here.

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced additional funding of $1 million for the Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant awarded to the Texas Workforce Commission.

With only 42 days left until the November 2019 elections, Commissioners Court declared September as Valley Voter Awareness Month to encourage voter registration, voter education, and the importance of voting.

Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Filemon Vela (TX-34) announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $850,000 in federal funding to construct two new hangars and extend the runway at the Weslaco Mid-Valley Airport.

U.S. Border Patrol agents make significant seizures over the weekend.

The Brownsville Sunrise Rotary Club donated $4,000 to Texas Southmost College for student scholarships during the Sept. 19 regular meeting of the TSC Board of Trustees at the Gorgas Hall Board Room.

The Board of Commissioners of the City of Pharr met for a special meeting on September 19, 2019

The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD Board of Trustees named its newest early college campus after the district's retiring Superintendent of Schools during last night’s school board meeting.

The Hidalgo County Tax Assessor-Collector Motor Vehicle Department has updated some of the most frequently used motor vehicle forms in order to protect consumers.