Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – CBP agriculture specialists at the Laredo Port of Entry have issued seven penalties totaling over $6,500 to smugglers attempting to bring in commercial quantities of prohibited agricultural items. Over the last month and a half, CBP agriculture specialists and officers have encountered several attempts to smuggle large quantities of

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – With the Easter festivities right around the corner, CBP is reminding the traveling public that cascarones (confetti-filled eggshells) are restricted to quantities of 12 per passenger and the shells may be decorated, etched, or painted but they must be clean, dry, and free of any egg residue. They may

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (McAllen, Texas)-The City of McAllen Health & Code Enforcement Department wants to warn residents of a fake website purporting to be the City of McAllen, charging for garage sale permits. “The website is charging $10.00 for permits rather than the proper price of $20.  The site also purports to allow individuals to

Courtesy Richard Pauza,  LAREDO, TEXAS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) continues to prepare for the potential arrival of thousands of people migrating in caravans as well as that of lawful tourist travelers to the United States through the Southwest border. The eight ports of entry extending from Brownsville to

Courtesy Richard Pauza,  LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo Port of Entry is advising that effective April 11, all northbound vehicular traffic at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge will be routed through the bridge’s Eastern Canopy.   “As the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge improvement project nears completion, we want to advise the traveling public of this shift of

Courtesy Laura D. Garcia, (Laredo, Texas)-,The McAllen Public Library kicked off a bevy of accolades and recognitions, starting with National Library Week, April 7- 13, 2019, an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. This year’s theme, “Libraries = Strong Communities,” illustrates how today’s libraries

Election Day Saturday, May 4, 2019 Courtesy Xochitl Mora,  McAllen, Texas–  The City of McAllen is holding a regular election for registered voter residents of McAllen City Commission Districts 4 and 5 on Saturday, May 4, 2019.  Early Voting for those offices will begin on Monday, April 22, 2019 continuing through Tuesday, April 30, 3019, from

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a noteworthy amount of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $701 thousand in one enforcement action at the World Trade Bridge. “I commend our CBP officers for their hard work and attention to

Texas-sized competition promoted healthy living McAllen, TX- For the second year in a row, the City of McAllen was not only the winner for its size category in the IT’S TIME TEXAS (ITT) Community Challenge, which ended March 4, but also, the top point getter in the entire state of Texas. More than 4,195members of the McAllen community participated and uploaded