FEATURED: Janet and Robert Vackar speak to reporters on Thursday, March 21, 2024, following the announcement that the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Stadium, located in Edinburg and which will be home to the UTRGV Vaqueros football team beginning in 2025, has been named in their honor. Video of the event is available online at: https://www.facebook.com/utrgv/videos/429408102888197
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Alma Uribe, District Director, and Karla Ponce, District Aide, both with the House District 40 Office in Edinburg for Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, were among several hundred persons on Thursday, March 7, 2024, in attendance at the Region One Education Service Center, 1900 W. Schunior Street, for the Edinburg 2024 State of the City Address by Mayor Ramiro Garza, Jr. Through separate video presentations prior to the mayor’s address, Canales and Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, praised the city’s achievements and plans for the future.
FEATURED: On Monday, March 4, 2024, Texas will observe for the first time COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day as a result of a new state law developed by Rep. R.D. “Bobby” Guerra, D-McAllen, seen here with Pharr Mayor Dr. Ambrosio Hernández, MD, who serves on the Board of Managers, DHR Health, and as Chief Compliance Officer, DHR Health. Guerra’s House Bill 2166, approved by the Texas Legislature in 2023, establishes a uniform statewide date to honor Texans who put their own health and safety on the line, especially during the worst periods of the coronavirus pandemic, to keep society from falling apart. In addition, COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day will be a time to memorialize an estimated 95,000 people in Texas who have lost their lives to COVID-19 since March 4, 2020 – the date the infectious airborne disease was first diagnosed in the state. This image was taken on Thursday, January 18, 2024, during the Pharr mayor’s State of the City Address, held at the Pharr Events Center.
FEATURED: Serenity Alamia awaits with anticipation with her father, Dr. Luis “Louie” G. Alamia, PT, DPT, for the announcement at Edinburg City Hall on Thursday, February 15, 2024, that her late paternal grandfather, Luis Antonio Alamia, Jr., was one of 13 Edinburg residents who were being honored for their “extraordinary public service or exemplary contribution.” The videotape of the ceremony is available online at:
FEATURED: Alma Alisia Arévalo with her husband Gilbert Tagle, Jr., in this June 21, 2020 image. Tagle, 68, a longtime Valley journalist passed away on Friday, February 2, 2024 at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco. He leaves behind a legacy of speaking truth to power, and fighting for the underdog.
FEATURED: Business owner Michelle Vallejo of Alton and Attorney John Villarreal Rigney of Edinburg, the two candidates in the Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Democratic Party primary for Texas Congressional District 15, will participate in a forum sponsored by Futuro RGV on Thursday, February 15, 2024, to be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the McAllen Public Library, 4001 North 23rd Street. The event is free and open to the public. It will also be broadcast live, and remain available on videotape online until the party primary election day at: https://www.facebook.com/FuturoRGV/. A forum is a place, situation or group in which people exchange ideas and discuss issues. Candidate Forums are arranged when 2 or more candidates for a contested race on the ballot respond to the invitation. For the Primary Election, it must be a contested race on the ballot for the particular party.
Photograph Courtesy VALLEJO and RIGNEY CAMPAIGNS, RESPECTIVELY
FEATURED: The top leadership of the athletics program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will be the featured guests at the Public Affairs Luncheon, set for Tuesday, February 13, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance, the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce has announced. Tickets for tables of eight and for individual tickets are available for purchase through 5 p.m. on Monday, February 12, 2024, by calling 956/383-4974 to make reservations.
FEATURED: Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, featured in his trademark white hat, is welcomed by Manny Vela, Associate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen, to the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, January 25, 2024, for the $49.9 million Nursing Education and Research Building. On Saturday, February 17, 2024, the campus, which is located at 6200 Tres Lagos Boulevard, will hold its spring Open House event – open to the public – from 10 a.m. to noon.
FEATURED: Seven Democratic Party candidates for three judicial courts in Hidalgo County will be participating in a forum, which is free and open to the public, on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, which will be held at Rio Bank, 701 E. Expressway 83 in McAllen. The event also will be broadcast live that evening, and the videotape recording will remain available at https://www.facebook.com/FuturoRGV/ until Tuesday, March 5, 2024 – which is the primary election day for the Democratic and Republican parties.
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Kelly Rivera Salazar, President, Board of Directors, Edinburg Chamber of Commerce; Sabrina Walker-Hernández, 2023 Woman of the Year, Edinburg Chamber of Commerce, and Mario Lizcano, Administrator of Corporate Affairs, DHR Health, and Immediate Past President, Board of Directors, Edinburg Chamber of Commerce. This image was taken Wednesday, November 8, 2023, during the organization’s Annual Installation & Awards Banquet, held at the Region One Service Center, 1900 W. Schunior Street in Edinburg.