Tag: Valley International Airport (VIA)

In its 56-year history, Valley International Airport is reaching new heights.

The 1970s-era air traffic control tower at Valley International Airport in Harlingen has been in bad shape for a long time, but it’s a very expensive thing to replace.

HARLINGEN — City leaders are pulling $1.4 million out of a tax-generating zone to help Cameron County expand one of the area’s main trade corridors.

HARLINGEN — The city's outlining a set of goals aimed at drawing U.S.-based and international business while developing a skilled workforce.

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.

HARLINGEN — For decades, local leaders have dreamed of developing a main trade corridor linking area cities with an international bridge into Mexico.

HARLINGEN — The city's target industries might be changing amid a rapidly evolving economy.

HARLINGEN — One of the Rio Grande Valley's first major aerospace companies is working with Cameron County to help its employees find new jobs as it winds down local operations while planning to close at the end of the year.

HARLINGEN — The stage is being set for the city's first solar farms as officials work to diversity energy sources, aiming to back up the local electric grid.

HARLINGEN — The city’s first solar farms planned to shoulder up the local electric grid might be springing up across farmland near the airport.