The McAllen Chamber of Commerce and the McAllen Economic Development Corporation join forces to foster new business creation with a $7,500 award to a great business plan at The McAllen Business Plan Competition.

Joseph Gallardo is from San Antonio and is also a current student at Harvard Law School.

The National Wildlife Refuge Association recently named Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's Landscape & Wildlife Habitat Specialist Allen Williams as the National Wildlife Refuge System Advocate of the Year.

Sam Garcia is a native of South Texas known as the Rio Grande Valley. Currently, a student at Harvard Law School, and during his time as student the has written pieces on immigration for The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Austin American Statesman, and the Texas Tribune.

Boggus Ford-Lincoln McAllen presented the McAllen Chamber of Commerce with a $7,500 check for its 19thAnnual Presidents’ Cup Golf Tournament!

The McAllen Chamber will hold its next Cash Mob event at Worldwise Pet Factory Outlet, located at 2029 Beech in McAllen on Friday, February 22 from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

The heads of Public Security, Economic Development and Tourism of the Government of Tamaulipas, held an unprecedented meeting with the Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo U.S. Consuls on Wednesday, aiming to strengthen the existing bilateral relationship and to focus in a regional and joint strategy for development.

Migrant recruiters will be going door-to-door throughout Hidalgo County neighborhoods this month to identify migratory students, encouraging them to participate in the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District’s Migrant Neighborhood Recruitment Program.

The Texas Border Coalition (TBC) will gather on Tuesday, Feb. 19 and Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Austin, for the organization’s winter meeting and TBC Day at the Texas Capitol.

Mission Mayor Dr. Armando O’Caña released the following statement regarding the U.S. congressional passage of the spending bill