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Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox Trauma Unit at DHR Health honors surgeon
When DHR Health leaders several years ago began their historic and lifesaving journey to establish the first Level One Trauma Center in South Texas, they worked closely with a worldclass giant in the medical profession – Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox of Houston.
Spanish shipwrecks off South Padre
Reading about old shipwrecks reminds one of how brave, or crazy, take your pick, sailors were back in the, say, late 1400s when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, all the way through the 1700s, when sailing vessels were so flimsy, like timber boxes, so prone to sinking in high winds and high waves.
T for Two: Topeka and Tabby too
This week’s featured Cinderella pets have names starting with the letter T and we are hoping that each of them will suit two of our readers to a T too.
Pharr International Bridge to host forum, groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday
Special to the Advance PHARR — The Pharr International Bridge in collaboration with its federal working partners in Mexico will host a historic binational forum and groundbreaking ceremony to kick-off the highly anticipated bridge expansion, or twin bridge. Mexico is gearing up for construction of their side of the bridge after investing $90 million to modernize the Mexican Port of Entry in 2018 to expedite commercial truck crossings and cross-border trade. Prioritizing the Pharr International Bridge Expansion project to strategically position the Texas-Mexico border region for future growth will give both countries the competitive advantage to trade on the global stage.