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In 2022, McAllen International Airport welcomed 875,899 passengers, exceeding the prior year’s all-time high. As one of the top ten busiest airports in Texas, McAllen International Airport’s commercial airline traffic has steadily grown. In 2022, McAllen International Airport led the region with 45 percent of the RGV’s commercial air service market share. The airport’s leading market share fostered new opportunities for travelers in 2022, starting with becoming the South Texas…

Grammy Award Winner Headlines Fiesta Edinburg

February 7, 2023

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The 54th annual Fiesta Edinburg takes place March 2-5, 2023 at the Bert Ogden Arena and is expected to draw thousands of spectators to the city of Edinburg. Among its lineup of musical acts will be Grammy Award winner Los Tigres Del Norte on March 3. This will mark the return of Los Tigres Del Norte since their last show in 2018, according to Edinburg Chamber of Commerce Executive Director…

Cameron County Parks Receive $1.5 Million

February 2, 2023

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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved more than $9.8 million in local park grants to help create and enhance outdoor recreational opportunities. Two grants totaling $1.5 million will be going to Cameron County. The Cameron County Parks and Recreation Department is the recipient of a $750,000 Non-Urban Outdoor grant for its Bejarano-McFarland Memorial Park improvements project. Proposed developments include a recirculating splash pad, trail, sidewalk and covered basketball…

Free Tax Preparation At STC Returns

February 2, 2023

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South Texas College’s longest-standing community events, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistant program for taxpayers, returns this year after a two-year hiatus. The program has long assisted Rio Grande Valley community residents by offering free tax preparation for those who make $60,000 or less. People with disabilities or limited English-speaking taxpayers also qualify. The STC VITA office at the Pecan campus, Building T, Room 1.702, is now open from 9 a.m.…

Boutique Hotel Highlights PI Charm

February 1, 2023

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The Lighthouse Boutique Hotel is “coastal but subtle.” It’s a description of the Port Isabel hotel as given by one of its owners, Ana Martha Diaz. The two-story, 8,000-square-foot building sits across the street from an 1850s-era lighthouse, providing a name and sense of place for the specialty hotel. It stands on the land that was the site of a military depot built during the U.S.-Mexican War of the mid-19th…

STC And Matamoros University Enter Partnership

January 30, 2023

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South Texas College continues to expand its partnerships across the border with a new letter of intent for collaboration with the Universidad Tecnológica de Matamoros that could promote the economic development of the region. “Texas and the Valley, like the rest of the country, are facing a manpower shortage and Mexico and the border partnerships we forge may well be the solution to the continued prosperity of our region,” said…

STC Holds Law Enforcement Suicide Prevention Training

January 25, 2023

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At the South Texas College Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence in Pharr recently, local police received training on becoming peers to help fellow officers who may be suffering from mental health issues that could lead to high divorce rates, paranoia, social isolation and rising suicide rates. Attendants were trained to serve as peer mentors to other law enforcement agents who download and benefit from the new Green Light…

Hope Family Health Center Opens In Mid-Valley

January 24, 2023

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The Hope Family Health Center has expanded into to the Mid-Valley with the opening of the HOPE Mid-Valley Clinic in Weslaco on Jan. 23. HOPE offers free counseling services to the low-income, uninsured people in the Rio Grande Valley. HOPE’s counseling services treat depression, anxiety, trauma and grief. The center is possible with the help of the Knapp Community Care Foundation, which makes grant distributions to fund nonprofit organizations that impact,…

STC Finance Team Receives Recognition

January 23, 2023

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For the 19th consecutive year, South Texas College was presented with one of the highest forms of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association. The GFOA awarded STC with a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its 2021 fiscal year Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. “The STC Board of Trustees and Administration are so proud of the recognition for…

IMAS Hosts 11th Annual Lunar New Year Festival

January 21, 2023

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