Courtesy Xochitl Mora,   (Laredo, Tx)-City of Laredo Administrative Offices will be closed on Tuesday January 1, 2013 in observance of New Year’s Day.   Protective and emergency services will be operational.  Please be aware that there will be NO trash, recycling or lawn clippings collection service on Tuesday.  Garbage and recycling collection schedule will resume on

Courtesy Blasita Lopez, (Laredo, Tx)-Mayor Raul G. Salinas met with 38 students from Lanesboro High School all the way from Lanesboro, MN this morning in front of the General Zaragoza statue at Plaza San Agustin.  The students paid rapt attention to the Mayor’s words and were an easy going audience as the Mayor spoke to

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)-After a Special City Council meeting, in which the results of the recent run-off election for council member for District VII were declared to be true and correct, District VII Council Member Jorge Vera was sworn in to his first full term as council member for the district; Cm. Vera previously

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)-Taking advantage of the minimal traffic due to the holidays, City of Laredo Public Works crews began enhancing both eastbound lanes of Calton Road, east of Springfield and Zacate Creek up to Pita Drive.  Weather permitting, the work will continue until next week, Friday, January 4, 2013.  Drivers are asked to

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)-City of Laredo officials and administrators were on hand to welcome the inaugural Aeromexico Airlines flight from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to Laredo, Texas, U.S.A.  The first flight leaving Laredo to Monterrey immediately followed.  Thus began daily service between the two cities, called “Sister Cities” by Jaime Bernal, director for international

(Laredo, Tx)-City of Laredo officials and administrators were on hand to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony for the soon to be expanded South Laredo Waste Water Treatment Plant.  Present at the  official groundbreaking ceremony were (L to R): City of Laredo Utilities Director Tomas Rodriguez; Assistant City Manager Jesus Olivares; Camp, Dresser, McKee Client Service Manager

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)-This past Saturday, December 15, 2012, Cm. Garza, with assistance from sponsors Wal-mart, Crane Engineering, Dannenbaum Engineering Company, LNV, Southern Sanitation, Zertuche Construction, NRP, UETA and Webb County Attorney-Elect Marco Montemayor, who joined Cm. Garza, hosted his seventh annual Christmas Shopping Spree at Walmart for children in District I. Approximately 80

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)- CenterPoint Energy crews will be closing the 3600 block of Hendricks, between Plum and Locust Street to repair a gas leak.  Please follow all detour signs.  The closures will last approximately all day today, TUESDAY, December 18, 2012.  Contact CenterPoint Energy at (800) 427-7142 for more information.

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Community Development Department seeks first-time homebuyers for loan assistance  (Laredo, Tx) The City of Laredo’s Community Development Department would like to invite low-income first-time homebuyers to apply for homeownership assistance through the Texas Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).   “The purpose of the program is to acquire and rehabilitate foreclosed properties that might otherwise