Gov. Greg Abbott recently appointed an established local individual to the Texas Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 0.3 percent less than in August 2023.
In an ongoing effort to bring wide-ranging businesses to the area, the Edinburg Economic Development Corporation recently accounced via a release that Panera Bread, a popular bakery-cafe restaurant, is set to make its debut in the Rio Grande Valley with a location in Edinburg.
Last Wednesday, a little less than an hour after the Valley sun set at 8:06, 72-year-old McAllen resident Juan Cantu Silva was out for a bike ride when he and a car collided near the intersection of Mc-Coll and Jonquil Ave.
In a surprise move, two candidates who had filed to run for office in the Nov. 5 PSJA ISD Board of Trustees election have withdrawn from the race.
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