Tag: Education

A scholarship fund established by the Mission Economic Development Corporation in conjunction with South Texas College has paid dividends for Mission students seeking financial aid.

The Brownsville Independent School District and U.S. Border Patrol held an inaugural ceremony Monday at the Fort Brown Border Patrol Station to initiate the R.E.A.L. Mission program for BISD students to shadow U.S. Border Patrol agents.

McALLEN — The school district’s board of trustees here during a special board meeting Monday night named René Gutiérrez as the finalist for superintendent four months into the search to replace J.A. Gonzalez, who was recently hired for the top spot at the Harlingen school district.

Federal prosecutors allege that the Progreso school district’s board president was involved in smuggling approximately 88 pounds of cocaine in 2020.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez on Monday announced $5 million in funding for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation.

HARLINGEN — The HVAC Technology program at Texas State Technical College educates students about not only the basics of electricity and principles of refrigeration, but also how improperly installed or inefficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems can be troublesome.

HARLINGEN — Many health care professionals who earned degrees from Texas State Technical College are making a difference in the medical field.

HARLINGEN — More than 130 students from Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus participated in an emergency drill that was staged on a closed runway at Valley International Airport on Thursday, Oct. 12.

The Texas Senate late Thursday night approved its version of a school voucher program through Senate Bill 1.

HARLINGEN — Harlingen High School’s got a new leader at the helm.