Archives for June 2020
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Virtual and on-air activities culminate in live fireworks display (McAllen, Tx)-This year’s McAllen Independence Day Celebration, presented by H-E-B, while very different from previous years, will continue to festive and patriotic. The annual Independence Day Celebration will take place virtually in the days leading up to Saturday, July 4, 2020, with a
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo has released a new color-coded advisory system to alert the public of the current risk posed by novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the community. The alert system is based off number of active positive persons in the community. An “active positive” is a person
Courtesy Eduardo Chapa, Laredo, Texas (Webb County) – On Thursday, at approximately 2:40 P.M, Webb County Sheriff’s Office deputies together with U.S Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations from the Laredo Port of Entry conducted two motor vehicles stops on Toll Road 255 and Interstate Highway 35, as a result of a combined
Courtesy Richard Pauza LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Laredo Sector had a busy night as agents from multiple stations and search and rescue teams worked to locate and render aid to individuals who were lost in remote areas near Laredo. The first incident occurred on the early evening of June 18,
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—Due to the uptick in positive COVID-19 cases locally, and upon heeding advice from the local health authority and the emergency management response team, Mayor Pete Saenz and Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina have signed two new emergency orders that mandates all businesses in Laredo and Webb County that provide goods
Courtesy Jennifer Gutierrez, LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Juarez Lincoln Bridge intercepted hard narcotics totaling over $1 million in street value. “Seizures like these are a prime example of the importance that CBP officers play in our overall national border security mission and protecting the
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Texas Dept. of Transportation seeking public comment to fund future traffic needs (McAllen, Texas)-The Rio Grande Valley-Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking public comment for the development of the 2045 Master Transportation Plan. With the assistance of Alliance Transportation Group, an online visioning tool has been developed to gather public input and feedback.
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo today issued a proclamation to honor Olivia Varela, recently retired CEO of the Laredo Economic Development Corporation (LEDC). Varela is a Laredo native and received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and attended the Public Administration Graduate Studies Program at
Courtesy Jennifer Gutierrez, LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $2.3 million in one enforcement action at the World Trade Bridge. “Enforcement operations at the World Trade Bridge continue to disrupt drug traffickers’ attempts to transport
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo is providing an update regarding a health care worker at a local nursing home. The health care worker in question first tested negative during routine testing of workers on May 20. The worker had been sent home for a low-grade fever and was quarantined and returned to
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