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Courtesy Xochitl Mora, City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas met with Vice-President Joseph Biden last week at a reception in honor of Hispanic Heritage month. “It was an honor to visit with the Vice-President Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, in their home. They both made me feel most welcomed,” Mayor Salinas stated.
LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry on Thursday kept vigilant watch in the World Trade Bridge cargo lot and seized two loads of cocaine valued at nearly $1 million, one from a Free and Secure Trade (FAST) driver, in two separate enforcement actions. The
Courtesy Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Tx)-Newman Elementary School recently held a pep rally to kick off their Accelerated Reading Program. It is a software program designed to compliment the classroom reading program. The Program provides additional information to students regarding their reading rates, amount of reading, and other variables related to reading. There are three steps
Manuel Lugo a lifelong law enforcement officer and businessman steps up as a candidate to become a UISD Trustee representing the citizens of District 4. Lugo comes off a recent stint as a Webb County Deputy Constable from Pct.2. UISD and City Elections will take place during the Presidential Election with early voting starting on October 22nd and running
Courtesy Nina Pruneda, LAREDO , Texas — The Webb County Sheriff’s Office was presented with a check for more than $800,000 Thursday from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Jan ice Ayala, HSI Assistant Director of Domestic Operations from Washington , D.C. , and Jerry Robinette , special agent in charge
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, TX— The City of Laredo’s Health Department (CLHD), in collaboration with the Secretaria de Salud de Nuevo Laredo, Juridiccion Sanitaria No. V, United States Mexico Border Healthy Commission and the Texas Department of State Health Services will commemorate Border Binational Health Week (BBHW) October 1, 2012 through Saturday October 6, 2012.
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Borderplex contest winners receive prizes, pizza party, good feeling they helped Laredo environment Laredo, TX— The 20th Annual Borderplex Directory Recycling Contest will once again pit local schools against each other in a friendly competition to see who can collect the most outdated phone books. Three winners will receive cash prizes, totaling
(Laredo, Tx)-The United Independent School District is preparing for its Second Annual “Let’s Move for Scholars 5K Run/Walk”. The event will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Johnson Student Activity Complex. Last years event was a huge success which raised over $24,000 for scholarhips with over 900 participants. UISD invites the public
Courtesy Eloy Vega, Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas attended a leadership meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Dallas this week. “I enjoy coming to these meetings to learn what more we can do in Laredo to prepare for the jobs of the future, and I am equally excited to learn that what
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)- Utility contractor MTZ will close Avenida Los Presidentes at United South High School, between Avenida Durango and Cancun Loop, on Saturday September 29, 2012 from 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Sunday September 30, 2012 from 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., to make a new sewer line service for the tennis
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