Archives for December 2019
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas– U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Laredo Port of Entry continues to make necessary arrangements to implement facilitation measures to assist the traveling public with their experience while crossing one of the busiest land border ports in the country. As one of its
Courtesy Maria Del Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-Alexander High School is proud to announce that two seniors recently signed baseball scholarships. Francisco “Paco” Hernandez will receive a full scholarship to Oklahoma State University while Sergio Galvan received a 2-year award for Alvin Community College. These two students are proof of the results that come from hard work
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized a significant amount of alleged crystal methamphetamine and marijuana valued at more than $2.3 million in two enforcement actions this weekend. “These significant seizures were possible because of the continued vigilance and alertness our CBP officers put forth on a daily
Courtesy Isabel Sosa, LAREDO, Texas—While many were enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday weekend, vandals had other ideas in mind. Vandal(s) were out spray-painting graffiti over the newly painted cement hills at North Central Park. Parks and Recreation maintenance crews discovered the graffiti cement hills early morning on Monday, December 2. Volunteers from the Return of the
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Ratings for general obligation bonds; rates outlook stable (McAllen, Texas)-The City of McAllen recently went before Fitch Ratings for review on its $5.6 million general obligation (GO) refunding bond, series 2019 and received a rating of ‘AA+,’ rating the outlook as stable. Fitch also affirmed the City of McAllen’s $101 million in
Courtesy Isabel Sosa LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo will commence a parking enforcement initiative this week in Central-East Laredo, in the area between the following streets: Creekside, Towne East, Woodlands, San Jose, Heritage and Ponderosa. The initiative consists on enforcing city ordinances related to parking violations across the city by issuing parking tickets and educating
Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-Students from UISD’s Cherish Center participated in a campus-wide drive to collect pairs of new socks for members of our community. Their tireless efforts helped to gather a total of 1097 pairs of cozy footwear for all ages. The drive was led by Ms. San Juanita Avalos, who is a business media
Courtesy Isabel Sosa, LAREDO, Texas— The City of Laredo Tax Department wants all property owners to be advised of their option to pay 2019 Property Taxes in two equal installments without penalty and interest by paying the first half on or before December 2, 2019. The second half payment will be due on June 30, 2020.
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