FEATURED: Cecilia Gutiérrez, a journalist and meteorologist who is a granddaughter of the late Rep. Roberto Gutiérrez, D-McAllen, is part of the KRGV Television News team which was recently named as a Finalist for Overall Excellence by the Texas Association of Broadcasters, reports attorney Omar Ochoa.
FEATURED: The proposed symbol, color scheme, and design of the football helmet and marching band hat for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The “V” stands for Vaquero, which in Spanish usually means “cowboy”.
Images Courtesy THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Ronnie Larralde, Executive Director, Edinburg Chamber of Commerce; Marissa Gómez-Martínez, MD, the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 Woman of the Year; and former Rep. Verónica Gonzáles, D-McAllen, immediate Past President, Board of Directors, Edinburg Chamber of Commerce. Gómez-Martínez, a Board Certified Family Physician affiliated with DHR Health, received the annual top honor from the business organization on Thursday, October 14, 2021 during its Under The Neon Moon Installation and Awards Banquet, held at the McIntyre Promenade in Edinburg.
FEATURED: Former 464th District Court Judge Ysmael Fonseca (wearing glasses), an appointee of Gov. Greg Abbott, and former House District 40 state representative Aaron Peña, R-Edinburg, are the two candidates on the March 1, 2022 Republican Party Primary election for Justice, Place 3, 13th Court of Appeals, which holds court hearings in Edinburg and in Corpus Christi. The winner will face incumbent Justice Leticia Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during the November 2022 statewide election.
FEATURED: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, uses the the Interior Stairway at the Texas Capitol during a visit on Thursday, July 15, 2021, during the Special Session of the Texas Legislature that was called a week earlier by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Photograph Courtesy OFFICE OF THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont; and Erica E. Canales and her husband, Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. The Speaker of the House, who is one of the three most powerful offices in the Texas Legislature, was in Edinburg on Thursday, December 16, 2021 to meet with the Canales, Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco, and other elected city and county leaders.
FEATURED: Morgan LaMantia of South Padre Island, an attorney with law offices in Harlingen and McAllen, has been endorsed in her bid for State Senator, District 27 – currently being held by retiring Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., D-Brownsville – by the five Democratic state representatives from Hidalgo County.
FEATURED: Jeffrey Skubic, D.O., Medical Director, DHR Health Trauma Center, on Friday, June 11, 2021, announces the creation of a trauma resuscitation unit – a first for the Rio Grande Valley – which provides dedicated space and medical personnel for the most seriously-ill cases that come to the emergency room. (https://trauma.dhrhealth.com/templates/home.aspx)
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Gov. Bill Clements and Dr. Hans Mark, former Chancellor, The University of Texas System, in this image from the 1980s. Mark passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the age of 92.
Photograph Courtesy THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
FEATURED: Gov. Greg Abbott shares a high five with Romilly Young, as her parents, Tobi and Evan Young, look on. This image was taken at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, following the swearing in by the governor of Evan Young as a Justice to the Texas Supreme Court. Young replaces former justice Eva Guzmán, who resigned in June to run for attorney general in the March 1, 2022 Republican Party primary.
