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Rio Grande MPO allocates $6,440,000 for road projects in Hidalgo Co. Precinct 3

Wed, 07/05/2023 - 12:00am

Special to the Advance MISSION — Last week, The Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RGV MPO) announced that it will allocate funds to support two critical projects within Precinct 3. The funding will help improve the quality of life and prosperity for constituents that reside near Liberty Boulevard in the City of Peñitas, and Los Ebanos Road in the City of Mission.

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Air mistakes can kill you

Wed, 07/05/2023 - 12:00am

Pictures are worth a thousand words. When I was just getting started in aviation, my flight instructor had this poster on his wall, which showed an old bi-wing plane crashed nose first into this barren tree, standing tall in an empty field. With it was this quote: “Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.”

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Congressional debate building over federal proposal, the ‘AM for Every Vehicle Act’

Wed, 07/05/2023 - 12:00am

Is AM radio in new vehicles destined to go the way of 8-track players, cassette players, and CD players, and become a forgotten technology sooner rather than later?

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Valley medical costs – from high to lower?

Wed, 07/05/2023 - 12:00am

When the following Advance News’ story/opinion piece was published in June 2009, the New Yorker article that’s mentioned was a hot topic in local medical circles. Some physicians said it had merit, while others said it was biased against some, cherry-picking data to make local medical cost worse than it really is.