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TSTC Spotlights Vocational Nursing At Open House

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TSTC Vocational Nursing (photo TSTC)

The Vocational Nursing certificate of completion program at Texas State Technical College will host an open house on March 31. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lucio Allied Health Technologies Building at the corner of North Loop 499 and Jasmine Street on the college’s Harlingen campus. The college encourages prospective students with an interest in beginning the Vocational Nursing program next fall to attend the event.…

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Texas Leads The Nation In Jobs Added

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Texas added 58,200 positions in Feb. 2023, leading the nation in jobs added over the month. In February, the state reached 13,831,900 total nonfarm jobs. February also marks two full years of uninterrupted monthly job growth in Texas. Since Feb. 2022, 611,400 jobs have been added in Texas. The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.0 percent. However, the civilian labor force increased by 64,800…

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Roast House Goes Big In Brownsville

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Walk into The Roast House in downtown Brownsville and the first impression is how much space it occupies. The formerly cozy coffee shop on Alton Gloor Road in north Brownsville has grown dramatically since its move to downtown in the latter half of 2022. There’s 5,700 square feet of space put to use for community events, group meetings and of course, great coffee.  The Roast House is a “full-blown coffee…

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Food Bank RGV Receives $75K To Increase Food Choices

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A volunteer helps a “Choices” participant place food in her cart during a distribution at Smiley Face Park in Raymondville. The Choices program rotates distribution sites each week among rural towns in Willacy and Cameron County. (Courtesy)

Food Bank RGV is the recipient of a $75,000 grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation to expand food choices. This approach offers families, children and rural communities in Cameron and Willacy counties increased choice among available foods at Food Bank RGV’s partner agencies and program sites. The increase in choices provides healthy options and ensuring access to foods aligned with preferences and dietary requirements. Now in its second year, this…

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Monarch Fest Returns April 1

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Monarch Fest

Each spring, monarch butterflies migrate north during March and April. On April 1, Quinta Mazatlan will host the seventh annual Monarch Fest presented by H-E-B with live music, dance, vendors, arts and crafts, migration path, scout/youth projects and more. The festival takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the Mayors Bug Parade at 11 a.m. in the park. Leading the street parade are the famous McHi Drumline &…

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Pharr EDC Announces New Small Business Grant

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The Pharr Economic Development Corporation has launched its new Pharr EDC II Small Business Grant. The program offers small and emerging for-profit businesses grant assistance to establish or expand into the City of Pharr to support long-term success. The Pharr EDC will host workshops in English and Spanish on March 29 at Pharr One (1121 E. Nolana Loop) to inform local businesses about the grant opportunities. The English workshop will…

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IMAS Hosts World Water Day Celebration

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IMAS educator Jorge Cruz and IMAS guests interact in a water experiment during World Water Day. (Courtesy)

McAllen Public Utility and International Museum of Art & Science invite the community to celebrate World Water Day at the museum on March 19. The annual event is a collaborative effort between both organizations to honor World Water Day, which takes place internationally on March 22. Admission is free to the public courtesy of McAllen Public Utility. From 1-5 p.m., visitors will be able to make a hummingbird feeder, take…

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A Mother’s Leap Leads To A Better VIDA

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Esther Carreon

Palmview single mom Esther Carreon had several goals in mind when she applied to the Valley Initiative for Development in Advancement after hearing about the nonprofit organization from a friend. Already a licensed vocational nurse and a first-generation college graduate, Carreon knew she wanted to remain in the field of nursing, but she yearned to further her education in the field. She set her sights on a Bachelor of Science…

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BIH Project Begins With Placement Area Improvements

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Port of Brownsville BIH Project

The first step in Phase 2 of the Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project is underway as the Port of Brownsville’s dredged material placement area improvement project began in early February. The BIH Channel Improvement project will deepen the 17-mile-long Brownsville ship channel from 42 to 52 feet. in February, the Brownsville Navigation District Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to award a $13.6-million contract for the channel improvements to RLB…

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Pharr EDC Foundation Scholarship Accepting Applications

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Pharr EDC Foundation Scholarship

The Pharr EDC Foundation is now accepting applications from 2022-2023 graduating Pharr students for the Pharr EDC Foundation Scholarship. The $2,000 scholarships are offered in partnership with the Pharr Economic Development Corporation and the City of Pharr. “The Pharr EDC Foundation is proud to open the 2022-2023 Scholarship to our community for this academic year,” said Victor Perez, president of the Pharr EDC Foundation and Executive Director of the Pharr…

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