FEATURED: Dr. Luis “Louie” G. Alamia, PT, DPT, who serves as Secretary, Board of Trustees, Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, helped congratulate Edinburg school graduates as part of the ceremonies held at the Bert Ogden Arena on Friday, June 2, 2023 and Saturday, June 3, 2023.
FEATURED: Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, makes his introductory remarks on behalf of Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday, August 17, 2023 during the inaugural Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Economic Summit held at the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg.
FEATURED: The McAllen Rotary Club, in partnership with H-E-B and the Salvation Army in McAllen, on Thursday, July 27, 2023, will be hosting “Help Families Stay Cool This Summer,” a regional community service by those three organizations to raise awareness and prevent heat illness during the ongoing sweltering summer hot spells in Hidalgo County. As part of the event, which will take place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., families will drive up to the Salvation Army’s facility, located at 1600 N. 23rd in McAllen, and one indoor fan will be donated per vehicle by being placed inside the trunk.
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Abraham Hernández, Nyles Dos Santos de Oliveira, Autri Ormond, and Efe Martins, who are four of the seven scholarship recipients recently provided by Village in the Valley (ViVa), a prominent community organization dedicated to elevating and uniting the Black community while fostering connections with other cultures in the Rio Grande Valley, recently announced the recipients of its annual scholarship program. Not shown in this image, which was taken at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance on Saturday, June 10, 2023, are fellow scholarship recipients Ketny Nicoleau, Allen Jordan, and Albert Mabadeje.
FEATURED: Beginning in 2024, every March 4 in Texas will be observed as “COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day” under a new state law developed by Rep. R.D. “Bobby” Guerra, D-McAllen, seen here on the floor of the House of Representatives in January 2021. His House Bill 2166 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 the almost 95,000 people in Texas who have lost their lives to COVID-19 since March 4, 2020 – the date that airborne disease was first diagnosed in Texas.
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Manny Vela, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Higher Education Center at McAllen, Texas A&M University; and John Sharp, Chancellor, The Texas A&M University System. Vela will be one of the keynote speakers during FuturoRGV: Building a Thriving RGV/The Hidalgo County Prosperity Task Force Forum, which is set for Thursday, July 13, 2023, from 8 a.m. to noon at South Texas College in McAllen.
