PHARR, RGV - Pharr Mayor Ambrosio Hernandez has dismissed claims that he tried to poach one of the City of McAllen’s three city managers to become manager of his city.
Hernandez said new city manager Alex Meade was always his...
MISSION, Texas - State Rep. Sergio Muñoz says the regulators and grid operators who allowed six days of electrical outages across the state this past week must be held accountable.
The Mission Democrat welcomed Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s decision...
MISSION, Texas - City and county leaders in South Texas say they are thrilled the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act has been passed by Congress.
The landmark legislation will be signed into law by President Biden on Friday. It...
McALLEN, Texas - McAllen Mayor Jim Darling recently held his final State of the City Address.
After 43 years in government, including three four-year terms as mayor, Darling will step down as soon as the result of the runoff election...
AUSTIN, Texas - The Office of the Governor and the Texas Department of State Health Services on Sunday announced they have deployed 628 healthcare professionals via BCFS to hospitals and medical centers in the Rio Grande Valley.
BCFS Health and...
MCALLEN, Texas - A candidate for mayor of McAllen says he will not have to recuse himself if, as mayor, an issue comes before the city commission regarding South Texas College.
Javier Villalobos is an attorney whose law firm specializes...
EDINBURG, Texas - Expanding Medicaid is one of Alonzo Cantu’s top agenda items for the current legislative session.
The co-founder of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance was asked what his priorities were for the 87th Legislature by David Diaz of Legislative...
PHARR, Texas - Directors with the Pharr Economic Development Corporation have recognized Vanguard Academy students for successfully completing a summer internship program with local businesses.
The program came about thanks to a grant received by Vanguard. Vanguard in turn asked...
MCALLEN, RGV – McAllen-Edinburg-Mission is now the fifth largest metropolitan statistical area in Texas, surpassing El Paso, the Census Bureau reports.
The Census Bureau issued its Population Estimates for July 2015 late last month.
Roberto Coronado, senior economist for the Federal...
MCALLEN, Texas - McAllen Mayor Jim Darling says there are some big economic development projects nearing in fruition but they likely will not be unveiled until he is out of office.
After eight years as mayor and six years before...
