
Rep. Canales, Edcouch-Elsa Rotary Club join forces for ongoing Delta Area School Supplies Drive that will distribute materials, for free, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19
The Delta Area School Supplies Drive, which will donate key learning materials, ranging from pens and pencils to paper and erasers to notebooks, is underway and will wrap up on Wednesday, August 19, when the donations will be distributed, while supplies last, to...

South Texas International Film Festival (www.stxff.us) bringing to clear view the potential value – through local productions of movies and videos for television – on economic development for Edinburg and South Texas
Known as the “Movie Capital of the Valley” in the late 1960s, Edinburg’s cultural life has been seen as a symbol of the city’s vitality and ingenuity. From the movie theaters in the 1930s and 1940s to the TV revolution in the 1950s, then advancing with cable TV,...

LeFleur Transportation donates 12-passenger van to Edinburg Chamber of Commerce, announces Rep. Terry Canales
A 12-passenger van has been donated to the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce by LeFleur Transportation, a national transportation service with a major presence in Edinburg, in order to allow the local chamber to better serve and promote the city’s many assets to visitors...

Valley state lawmakers oppose budget cuts for therapy services that help 60,000 disabled children and elderly Texans – including more than 26,000 in the Valley – says Rep. Canales
Five Valley representatives are among 28 state lawmakers who have called on the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to look elsewhere in their massive budget rather than reduce Medicaid funding for medically necessary therapy services for an estimated 60,000...

Edinburg’s June 5.1 percent unemployment rate is the best showing for that month since 2005
Edinburg’s unemployment rate for June 2015 was 5.1 percent, the best showing for that month for Edinburg since at least 2005, when a new formula was developed by the Texas Workforce Commission in how it estimates unemployment statistics, the Edinburg Economic...

Edinburg retail economy from January through May 2015 up more than six percent over same period last year, according to Texas comptroller
Edinburg’s retail economy from January through May 2015 was 6.19 percent better than the same period last year, generating $11,748,113.94 in local sales taxes, compared with $11,062,277.87 from January through May 2014, according to the Edinburg Economic Development...




















