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Pharr Police Department makes history with first Nationally Horse Patrol in the RGV

Wed, 04/07/2021 - 12:00am

PHARR – The City of Pharr Police Department is proud to announce that four of its officers have graduated from a fourweek joint-agency National Horse Patrol Certification program through the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol sector. Graduates of the program are Sgt. Max Longoria, officer Luis Cardoza, officer Gabriel Lopez, and officer Irving Segura, as well as two Border Patrol agents.

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City of McAllen partners with Hidalgo County, State of Texas to save our seniors

Wed, 04/07/2021 - 12:00am

Governor Greg Abbott announced that the program, Save Our Seniors, which utilizes Texas Military Forces personnel, county health and both local and state emergency management personnel to provide in-home immunizations to homebound Texas seniors.

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Edinburg Rotary recognizes top students from ECISD Migrant Education Program

Wed, 04/07/2021 - 12:00am

EDINBURG – The Edinburg Rotary Club recently recognized the top students from the Migrant Education Program at the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District.

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RGV School of Law plan unanimously approved by House Committee on Higher Education, awaiting date for vote by full House of Reps.

Wed, 04/07/2021 - 12:00am

A proposed Rio Grande Valley School of Law, authored by Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco, on Thursday, April 1, 2021, was unanimously approved by the House Committee on Higher Education.

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Gov. Greg Abbott publicly slammed Facebook

Wed, 04/07/2021 - 12:00am

Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott blasted the actions of Facebook as “un-American [and] un-Texan,” accusing it and other social media giants of spearheading a “dangerous movement to silence conservative voices.”