Education

The La Joya ISD school board on Monday approved a tax rate election for November, joining a growing number of local districts to do so.

As of last Wednesday, the deadline to apply, 107 people applied for a position on La Joya ISD’s prospective board of managers.

The Edinburg CISD School Board ordered Friday a tax rate election for Nov. 7, with other Rio Grande Valley districts poised to consider doing so on Monday — the deadline to decide.

HARLINGEN — Modern technology is reshaping the automotive body repair industry, and that impacts how future automotive body repairers are trained.

HARLINGEN — Instructors in the Mechatronics Technology program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus are looking forward to Aug. 28, the first day of the fall semester, because the college’s recruitment efforts have resulted in an enrollment increase in the program.

HARLINGEN — When J.A. Gonzalez takes over as the new superintendent of Harlingen schools, he'll bring with him a lifetime of experience.

The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley is planning to purchase the old Majestic Theater and adjacent JCPenney building in Brownsville to transform into a performing arts center for its College of Fine Arts, UTRGV officials said Saturday.

Sonya Khoobehi remembered being shocked to see her music teacher from Edinburg High at her sister, Sandra Mour's recital in Waco. It had been years since Kurt Roehm, a beloved and well-known classical musician and instructor from the Rio Grande Valley, had taught both Sonya and her sister, so seeing him travel hundreds of miles to Baylor University to support her meant something.

HARLINGEN — Manufacturing jobs are an integral part of the Texas economy, and recently the Central Texas region has experienced an increase in machinist jobs.

McAllen school board trustees unanimously on Wednesday passed a voter-approved tax rate election to be held Nov. 7.