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Where does it all end?

Wed, 07/28/2021 - 12:00am

It’s amazing, isn’t it? There are so many people from south of the border, mainly from Central America’s Golden Triangle, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, currently flooding into the U.S., that there aren’t enough buses pulling out of McAllen’s downtown bus station to seat all of them. That’s after the four bus companies that operate out of the station added six more daily routes. Because of the crowd

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Pharr approves labor agreements with fire and police unions

Wed, 07/21/2021 - 12:00am

PHARR — The City of Pharr has successfully negotiated collective bargaining contracts with both Fire and Police Unions. After a twoyear carryover of existing contracts, the negotiations concluded within a day of each other and resulted in 3-year contracts with each entity, incremental pay increase, and organizational modifications.

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Love, Loss, Lorena and Lakey

Wed, 07/21/2021 - 12:00am

This week Cinderella is featuring two wonderful pets, Lorena, a 75-pound Belgian Malinois, and Lakey, a beautiful male marmalade tabby cat.

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STC names faculty of the year honors

Wed, 07/21/2021 - 12:00am

McALLEN – Even while managing through a global pandemic, Dr. Jennifer Guerra worked diligently to develop the pathways that would connect Culinary Arts to academic and workforce programs statewide and on a national level.

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H-E-B supports Food Bank RGV’s Covid-19 relief efforts

Wed, 07/21/2021 - 12:00am

PHARR, TX – The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley has received a generous donation of $25,000 from H-E-B to help support the food bank as they continue feed families affected by Covid-19. The growing demand for services continues as many families are still feeling the effects of the health and financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.