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Courtesy Lesley Lopez, WASHINGTON- Small businesses are the engine of our economy, creating nearly two-thirds of the new jobs over the last 15 years. The current recession has hit American small businesses especially hard – with most of the job losses at the end last year at the smallest firms. A new analysis finds
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this weekend seized $12.7 million in heroin, the largest heroin seizure in the history of the port. The seizure occurred on Oct. 24 at Lincoln-Juarez Bridge when a CBP officer referred a 2001 Scania Irizar bus
Courtesy Joe Baeza, The Laredo PD Auto Theft division made 4 arrests of a crew of car burglars breaking into vehicles and taking valuables. These particular burglaries involved two cars at Doctor’s Hospital and a car at Mall del Norte stolen from on different occasions. One burglary at the mall happened on October 06, 2010
Courtey Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and Border Patrol agents at the Laredo Port of Entry on Tuesday seized 13 weapons, including three high-caliber rifles, 10 pistols, 1,369 rounds of ammunition and assorted gun magazines during an outbound examination. The seizure occurred on Oct. 19, 2010 during an
Courtesy Monica Garcia, Deputies led a handcuffed Raymond Jasso into the 406th District Court where he pled guilty to both Murder and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The charges arose from the shooting of his two nephews that took place the night of January 17, 2010. Numerous witnesses, including a surviving victim, told police
Courtesy Lesley Lopez, Provides $46.5 Million in New Small Business Lending WASHINGTON DC-Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that $46,553,879 has been allocated to lend to small businesses in Texas by the Treasury Department, in a key step of implementing the just-passed Small Business Jobs Act. States can now apply for their allocation. This effort provides $15
Courtesy Joe Baeza, On October 11, 2010 right before 3 am a TacoTote Restaurant located adjacent to Mall del Norte on San Dario was broken into and robbed of an estimated $13,000. The break in was captured by surveillance footage inside the office of the establishment. The lone burglar broke one of the back windows
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, After closing doors of previous branch due to structural issues in 2006, new building promises to be state-of-the-art facility that will promote reading Early today, City of Laredo officials, joined by several members of the community, including librarians and students, celebrated the groundbreaking of the new South Branch Library. After structural issues
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, The City of Laredo Public Information Office and the Telecommunications Division wanted to be an integral part of the local political process, helping to shape people’s opinion of the candidates and motivate citizens to vote. It once again hosted political forums, in which all candidates for all city and school board general
Year-long of activities designed to raise funds to buy books for new branch libraries to kick off with Chili’s fundraiser Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, TX ) The City of Laredo is on a fast track to add two new branch libraries to offer the community, but needs some friends and a lot of help to
