Making Progress: Road construction continues on Boca Chica Boulevard
Road construction continues on Boca Chica Boulevard from Expressway 77/83 to International Boulevard as the Texas Department of Transportation continues to install medians on...
HUD awards nearly $21 million in grants to Valley cities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Friday $5.5 billion in funding to local programs throughout the country that provide affordable...
SBA offers disaster-related small business loans
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced the availability of new federal disaster assistance for small businesses impacted by the winter weather.
The low-interest loans...
McAllen airport awarded $3.2 million in federal COVID-19 relief
The McAllen International Airport was awarded more than $3 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration for COVID-19 relief.
U.S. Rep. Vicente...
San Benito making way for $450M ‘Epicenter’ project
SAN BENITO — City leaders are making way for what could become the biggest project in decades which developers say would create more than...
Agency says some Texas workers eligible for cold disaster benefits
The Texas Workforce Commission announced Wednesday that workers and self-employed individuals who either lost or were unable to perform their jobs due to the...
HEDC, workforce agency to hold major virtual job fair
HARLINGEN — The city’s economic agency is teaming up with Cameron Workforce Solutions to stage a major virtual job fair sometime this spring.
The date...
Ramirez named GBIC head; Will continue in deputy city manager role
Mario Lozoya is out as executive director of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation and Brownsville Deputy City Manager Helen Ramirez is in.
The GBIC board...
First Harlingen food truck park planned
HARLINGEN — The city’s first food truck park might be opening close to neighborhoods in an area near the new Harlingen Convention Center and...
Cherokee chief: Time for Jeep to end use of tribe’s name
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — It is time for Jeep to stop using the Cherokee Nation's name on its Cherokee and Grand Cherokee SUVs, the...