Archives for July 2021
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized hard narcotics in four separate, unrelated incidents that totaled over $75,000,000 in street value. “Our frontline officers continue to maintain their vigilance as the summer wears on and their effective application of interview experience and utilization of inspections technology resulted in
Courtesy David Alegria, Laredo, Texas – The City of Laredo Utilities Department will provide residential and commercial customers an 11-day credit discount due to the boil water notice that took place in July 2021. The credit will be automatically applied in the bill that will be sent on August 2021 and will cover approximately 35%
Courtesy David Alegria, Laredo, Texas – During last Monday’s Special City Council Meeting and after hearing from our community and, more importantly, the stakeholders that are dealing with the influx of bussed migrants, the rise of COVID-19 positive cases, lack of capacities at our NGO’s and, particularly, our hospitals, and other related matters, Council directed our
Courtesy Steve Harmon, (Laredo, Texas)-Webb County Commissioners Court took action on Monday to enter into an agreement with Texas A&M International University’s (TAMIU) College of Nursing and Health Science’s Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSDO) program to provide a broad range of special services to the citizens of Webb County communities. In the agreement, TAMIU CSDO
Courtesy David Alegria, Laredo, Texas – The City of Laredo has taken the necessary corrective actions to restore the quality of the water distributed by the public water system used for drinking and human consumption. As of Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 4:00 PM, the City has provided TCEQ with laboratory test results that indicate
Courtesy David Alegria, Laredo, Texas – As of Saturday evening at 10:12 PM, the full chlorine conversion has been concluded. Since then, crews monitored the residual to ensure levels were at 0.2 mg/l for 24 hours. The City & TCEQ have begun to collect bacteria samples as of Monday morning. As a reminder, it will
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Laredo Air Branch crew detection, surveillance, and tracking operations contributed to discovery of a stash house and the apprehension of 33 undocumented migrants on July 6. Interagency partners from United States Border Patrol Laredo South Field Intelligence Team, Laredo Sector Intelligence Unit, Laredo South
Courtesy Steve Harmon, (Laredo, Texas)-Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) is encouraging its students to help end the COVID-19 Pandemic by being part of a safe and vaccinated campus community. Dubbed “Be A Champ, Get the Shot,” the campaign will offer participating students entry into multiple drawings throughout the Fall Semester, offering a range of prizes,
Courtesy Isabel Sosa, LAREDO, Texas – The City of Laredo and Webb County have NO new confirmed deaths related to COVID-19. The City and County want to express their most sincere condolences to the families of those who have lost a loved one through this pandemic and want them to know that our counselors and
Courtesy David Alegria, Laredo, Texas – The City of Laredo hosted a press conference on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 to address the current boil water notice and next steps the City is taking to resolve the issue. An investigation into to the root cause of the low chlorine levels that led to the boil water
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