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 Community partners honored at awards ceremony

Texas Border Business By Jennifer L. Berghom EDINBURG, TEXAS—APRIL 20, 2017— The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Office of Community Engagement and Assessment presented its...

Edinburg EDC: Local government, led by the Mayor and City Council, meets highest standards...

Texas Border Business Edinburg’s municipal government, led by the Mayor and Edinburg City Council, meets the highest standards for U.S., state and local  governments on...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Edinburg RGV Summer Camp Registration is Now Open!

  Texas Border Business (Edinburg, April 11, 2017) Boys & Girls Clubs of Edinburg Rio Grande Valley has begun accepting registration for the Summer 2017 program...

McAllen Public Utility Department Wins Awards at Statewide Conference

Texas Border Business (McAllen, TX)  Recently, the McAllen Public Utility (MPU) attended the 2017 Texas Water Conference where they picked up two Watermark Awards for...

City of McAllen Receives $25,000 Grant to Support Healthy Out-of-School Time Programs

Texas Border Business  McAllen, Texas) The City of McAllen Parks and Recreation Department and McAllen Public Library, in partnership with the National Recreation and Park...

Four Texas Ports Selected for Public-Private Partnerships, 3 of the in the Valley

Texas Border Business Designation Follows 2016 Passage of Legislation Promoting Public-Private Partnerships for Ports of Entry   Local leaders credit bipartisan efforts for program inclusion (McAllen, TX) Yesterday,...

McAllen to host Free Spring Cleaning Day

 Texas Border Business McAllen-  The winter blues are long gone and spring is in the air. In an effort to assist McAllen residents with their...

Register now at Starr County Campus for Summer and Fall 2017

Texas Border Business MCALLEN, TX (April 18, 2017) – STC’s Starr County Campus will open at least four new full-fledged workforce programs beginning in fall...
U.S. Congressman Eligio de la Garza, at the podium, died recently at the age of 89, leaving a legacy of public service and meaningful legislation, including support for higher education initiatives that lives on today at UTRGV. In 2012, he donated the voluminous collection of his documents to then UT Pan American, a collection housed today at UTRGV. And in 2000, a scholarship fund was established to create the E. “Kika” de la Garza Endowed Scholarship, for students interested in pursuing government or public service. (Courtesy of UTRGV Special Collections)

Special Report: Kika de la Garza’s Legacy Inspires, Lives On at UTRGV

A Most Loved and Effective Congressman By Gail Fagan As originally published by Texas Border Business newsprint edition April 2017. Rio Grande Valley, Texas – March 29,...

TAX FREE Weekend: Rio Grande Valley Residents Encouraged to Get Ready, Save on...

  Texas Border Business (McAllen, TX)  With the potential for severe weather approaching this spring, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds Texans they can purchase certain items...

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