FEATURED: Dr. Dahlia Guerra, Assistant Vice President for Public Art and Special Projects, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, has been honored with the Ohtli Award, one of the highest honors given to citizens living outside of Mexico.
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FEATURED: Former State Rep. Verónica Gonzáles, D-McAllen, Senior Vice President, Governmental and Community Relations, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, was recognized by the Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as “2021 Woman of Distinction in Government”.
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FEATURED: Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, signals for an “Aye” vote in the Chamber of the Texas House of Representatives on Monday, May 31, 2021. Canales, Chair, House Committee on Transportation, passed 21 major bills and many key amendments during the 140-day regular session of the Texas Legislature, which took place from Tuesday, January 12, 2021, to Monday, May 31, 2021.
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Vitalant of McAllen, which is part of one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit community blood service providers, on Thursday, October 22, 2020, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., will be hosting a blood donation drive, along with providing free COVID-19 antibodies tests, at the LDS Church, 401 S. Jackson Road in Edinburg. Vitalant supplies comprehensive transfusion medicine services to nearly 1,000 hospitals and health care partners for patients in need across 40 states, including Texas. For information on what a person should eat and drink before donating blood, call 575/840-8178 or log on to https://www.healthline.com/health/what-to-eat-before-donating-blood
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Featured, from left: Dr. John Krouse, Dean of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, and Patrick Ojeaga of McAllen, a third-year medical student at the UTRGV School of Medicine. On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, Gov. Greg Abbott announced his intent to appoint Ojeaga to serve as a student regent for the UT System Board of Regents – a first for UTRGV.
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Gov. Abbott to attend renaming of DHR’s Health Level One Trauma Center in Edinburg, follow-up on state’s support for hospital system, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Groundbreaking ceremony set for Friday, October 14, 2022 for $145.7 million UT Health RGV Cancer and Surgery Center in McAllen, announce Rep. R.D. “Bobby” Guerra and Sen. Juan Hinojosa
S. David Deanda, Jr., President, Lone Star National Bank, and Member, Board of Managers, DHR Health, selected by Gov. Abbott to help lead economic growth and job creation strategies for the Valley, state as a member of Texas Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors
Moderators, times announced for Futuro RGV’s Saturday, September 17, 2022 Candidate Forum featuring deep South Texas’ two Senate races and region’s State Board of Education campaign
Texas House Transportation Committee, which includes Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, and Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco, to hold public hearing at UTRGV-Brownsville beginning at 1 p.m. Thursday, September 8, 2022
Futuro RGV cancels day-long September 17, 2022 Futuro Fest, will instead feature – on the same date – two state Rio Grande Valley Senate races and State Board of Education contest
Final preparations underway for 16th Annual “Fishing for Hope” Tournament, organized by DHR Health, to provide comprehensive medical services for uninsured families and individuals
DHR Health, The Texas Tribune, Sen. Hinojosa, Rep. Longoria, and Rep. Martínez to generate statewide news about key Valley legislative issues at noon on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 from the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance
“DOLORES HUERTA: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos” special Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit on display at Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts through Saturday, October 1, 2022
Alonzo Cantú selected as key advisor on statewide plan to provide affordable, high-speed broadband to millions of Texans, announces Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan