Category Archives: Industry

TWC Awards $661,560 For Cameron County Career Training

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welding, JET grant

The Texas Workforce Commission has awarded two Jobs and Education for Texans grants to support career training in the Cameron County area. TWC awarded Harlingen CISD $332,500 to help the school purchase and install a fire training simulator to initially train 130 students for careers in firefighting. The agency awarded Brownsville ISD $329,060 to buy welding equipment to initially train 130 students for careers in welding. The equipment funded through these grants will…

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Steps for Stroke Bringing Awareness & Movement

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Steps for Stroke

During National Stroke Awareness Month, the South Texas Health System Neurosciences and Stroke Institute presents Steps for Stroke May 21-27. The community competition raises awareness of the warning signs of stroke while educating the community of ways to reduce risks of having one. During the virtual week-long challenge, participants will commit to run, walk or even dance their way to a minimum of 10,000 steps per day and 50,000 steps…

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ISL Completes First EU Ship Recycling Project in the U.S.

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The MT Wolverine moored at International Shipbreaking Ltd’s yard at the Port of Brownsville.

Recycler EMR Group recently announced the completion of the first European Union ship recycled in the United States by International Shipbreaking Ltd. The project follows a $30-million investment in new equipment and processes at ISL’s site at the Port of Brownsville to meet the requirements of the EU Ship Recycling Regulation. The MT Wolverine is a 158-meter-long chemical tanker with a carrying capacity of 16,000 tons. Prior to her decommissioning, she…

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Keppel AmFELS Designated Texas Enterprise Zone

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The Port of Brownsville has been home to Keppel AmFELS since 1990. (photo Port of Brownsville)

A new state designation for a Keppel AmFELS capital investment project at the Port of Brownsville is estimated to result in a $27.6-million net benefit (after-tax abatement) for the city. With the Texas Enterprise Zone project designation, Keppel AmFELS will be able to retain 500 jobs in Brownsville, ultimately impacting economic development within the region. The Texas Enterprise Zone project designation comes with the recent approval of the Governor’s Office…

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Pharr PD Mental Health Unit Receives Organization of the Year

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The Pharr Police Department’s Mental Health Unit was awarded “Organization of the Year” by the Texas Crisis Intervention Team Association at its annual conference this past weekend. Pharr’s Mental Health Unit provides specialized police responses to individuals with mental illness or who are experiencing a mental health crisis. “We are seeing the positive impact that the Mental Health Unit is directly having in our community, and to be recognized by…

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Shop Sparks Good Vibes & Warm Welcomes

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Kaci Spikes-Kemp's smile and vibe makes everyone feel important at MOFI Nutrition.

Driving down Jackson Street toward Commerce, parking spaces are sparse near the old intersection that’s a historic crossroads in downtown Harlingen. The MOFI Nutrition – Energy Bar has something to do with this new burst of energy near Jackson and Commerce. Walk into the business and you get a warm welcome with the music of a fitness gym beating behind the shortened wall of the MOFI’s front counter. Kaci Spikes-Kemp…

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Tres Lagos Success Sparks RGV Developments

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Tres Lagos has a grand entrance to its neighborhoods off of Ware Road in north McAllen. (Courtesy)

In 1997, the limits of north McAllen didn’t go much past Trenton Road, with the first signs of development just beginning to take shape in the form of a sign promising a new H-E-B on the way. From that corner of Trenton and 10th Street, it was a trek much further north on adjacent Ware Road as it went past state Highway 107. Farmland with scattered duck ponds is what…

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Food Park Brings New Options For Mercedes

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Roy and Ashley Gonzalez worked over a year's time to see the Queen City Food Park to completion.

Joe Garcia leans out of his Casa de Hibachi food truck to talk cuisine.  “We did research, at first watching more for amusement, but then we figured let’s do this,” Garcia said of he and his partner Ray Cano. “Let’s add our twist to it, cilantro, limes, the things from our culture. So that’s what we’ve got, a fusion.” The mixing of Japanese and Mexican food cultures is just one…

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McAllen Pitches Youth World Series 

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The 2021 PONY Softball International World Series Travel Select Tournament - College Showcase Pinto 8U division winners and runners up with their coaches. (Courtesy, PONY Softball)

Windmills don’t normally dot the landscape of McAllen, but for four days this July, they will be in full swing when pitchers take the mound at the 2022 PONY Softball International World Series Travel Select Tournament – College Showcase. That’s a mighty long name, but this is a mighty big deal. “We will have teams from Mexico, possibly Australia, Louisiana, New Mexico, San Diego and across Texas,” said Debbie Falcon,…

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Texas City Nature Challenge This Weekend

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City Nature Challenge

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, through the Texas Nature Trackers program, invites Texans to participate in the seventh annual City Nature Challenge April 29 through May 2. This global community-based scientific effort, co-organized by San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, invites current and aspiring citizen scientists of all ages and backgrounds to observe and submit pictures of wild plants, animals and fungi…

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