Opinion

McALLEN - In 2019, McAllen International Airport (MFE) experienced record-setting growth with 432,178 passenger boardings. This is a 20% increase from 2018. It is also the highest number of enplanements in MFE’s history. “We are pleased that McAllen International Airport served a record number of passengers for business and leisure travel in 2019,” said Mayor James E. Darling. “McAllen’s International Airport is the leading facility in the Rio Grande Valley offering world class amenities, service and destinations. As the City of McAllen continues to find ways to expand and improve our airport, we expect that passengers from throughout the region will find flying out of McAllen International Airport is their best option to wherever in the world they are flying.”

One of the definitive differences between my view of the world as a person guided by faith and another’s guided by chance is that I firmly believe that there is no such thing as a coincidence. To wit: Is it a coincidence that the publication date of this issue falls on Ash Wednesday? For a Lutheran pastor with a biweekly faith column—not a chance (ha!)!

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $49,900 in federal grant funding for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) for research on brain aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia. The funding will be used to study the impact and risk factors of each on people residing in low-resource settings and in low and middle-income countries.