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(AUSTIN)-Sarah Rangel, a senior travel counselor with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), received the 2009 Roadrunner Award for outstanding service to the traveling public, TxDOT and the state. The award was presented at ceremonies held in San Angelo. Rangel is a travel counselor at the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center in Langtry, which served
Students, teachers, staff and parent and even grandparents volunteers had a blast celebrating Earth Day, cleaning the school, planting flowers, shrubs and trees, taking out weeds, and just generally, doing what they could to help take care of the environment and their school. With their Peace t-shirts and smiling faces, grubby little hands worked
“Operation Clean-Up” hits District IILaredo, TX—Inspectors from various City departments will team up on Friday, April 24, 2009 to make a sweep of an area in City Council District II educating about and enforcing City codes. Wednesday, April 29, 2009, Solid Waste crews will be picking up all curbside debris along the designated Operation Clean-Up
Cestus Fighters Shine in Texas ! By: Cestus Press This past Saturday night (April 18), Hot blooded Mexican and Mexican American fight fans enjoyed a great night of action packed boxing where Cestus Management fighters Jairo “El BARBARO” Martinez, Hector Ramos, Rodolfo “BABY COBRA” Gomez and James “QUICK DRAW” DuBois produced explosive performances at the I.B.C. World Championship
TxDOT Earns State’s Highest Environmental Award Programs recognized with the 2009 Texas Environmental Excellence Award AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has won the state’s highest environmental award, the 2009 Texas Environmental Excellence Award, in recognition of the department’s overall environmental efforts. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) sponsors the award and
Today, represenatives from the Muscular Dystrophy Association, City of Laredo Fire Chief Steve Landin, and other fire fighters, joined Mayor Raul G. Salinas as he welcomed Vidal Lozano Jr., this year’s MDA’s local spokesperson, to promote the firefighters’ “Fill the Boot” campaign, the annual MDA fundraiser held by Laredo’s bravest. The drive begins tomorrow, Wednesday,
Representatives with the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of the Greater Laredo area joined Mayor Salinas to proclaim the month Financial Literacy Month, to encourage citizens to become responsible with their finances, to help then achieve their dreams of home ownership, responsible payment history and other factors that can help individuals to provide for their family.
Yesterday, Mayor Raul G. Salinas and Council Member Mike Garza, along with Ronnie Acosta, Community Development Director; Arturo Garcia, CD Asst. Director; Maria G. Soliz, Acting Director for the Laredo Public Library, welcomed several volunteers with the City of Laredo, to thank them for the tremendous contribution they, and countless other volunteers provide to the
Earlier today, City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas and City Secretary Gustavo Guevara hosted visitors from the City of SanMenXia, China. Hosted by Texas A&M International University, the visitors stopped to visit with Mayor Salinas to discuss opportunities for becoming a Sister City and other business and trade opportunities. Mayor Salinas gave Vice Mayor
NEW LEGISLATION CREATES 175,000 NEW VOLUNTEER SERVICE POSITIONS NATIONWIDE, ELIMINATES COST-SHARING FOR COLONIAS WASHINGTON, D.C. – The President today signed into law the Edward Kennedy Serve America Act, H.R. 1388, a major reauthorization and expansion of national volunteer programs. The law launches a new era of volunteerism by increasing the number of volunteers in
