Courtesy Karen Garza, Public encouraged to use alternate routes LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo Public Works Department will be resurfacing International Boulevard from Michigan Avenue to San Dario Avenue on Thursday, January 9, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The traveling public is encouraged to use alternate routes during this time. For additional information, please

Courtesy  Karen Garza, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo will commence a parking enforcement initiative next week in two central Laredo neighborhoods, including Las Lomas and Heights. The initiative is focused on enforcing city ordinances related to parking violations across the city by issuing parking tickets and educating the community on traffic safety. The enforcement is

Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The right lane of E. Del Mar Boulevard, between Sandhill Drive going west to E. Country, will be closed from 8:00 a.m. on January 6 until 5:00 p.m. on January 10 as Vector Utilities LCC installs fiber optic cables. For more information, you may contact Francisco Cantu at Vector Utilities LLC at

Courtesy Karen Garza, LAREDO, Texas—In observance of the New Year’s holiday, all City of Laredo administrative offices will be closed on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 and Wednesday, January 1, 2020. All city offices will reopen with regular hours on Thursday, January 2 at 8:00 a.m. There will be regular garbage pickup on Monday, December 30

Courtesy Karen Garza, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo visited various local organizations last week to distribute items collected through a recent donation drive among all City of Laredo employees. In total, over 140 items were donated to local organizations including 44 blankets, 19 packages of socks and 84 wrapped gifts for children. The donation drive

Courtesy Karen Garza, LAREDO, Texas—In observance of Christmas, all City of Laredo administrative offices, including the 3-1-1 Call Center,  will be closed on Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25, 2019. All city offices will reopen on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. There will be regular garbage pickup on Monday, December 23 and

Courtesy Rafael Benavides,  LAREDO, Texas—The Laredo Book Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday, December 14, 2019. The annual event promotes reading and instills enthusiasm for literature, authors, and the arts. Through puppet shows, author readings, literary mascots, workshops, and crafts, the community comes together to enjoy what is best about literature and books. Over

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  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 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.