For Sophia Lopez, a typical Saturday the last few weeks has included preparing and filing tax returns for people in the community as a Texas Southmost College Accounting Technology student and volunteer for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The 24-year-old, along with others in her class, have all completed a Federal Income Tax course within their curriculum. They have also earned certifications through the Internal Revenue Service for tax…
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Valley Regional Medical Center is the recipient of a 2022 Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades. The distinction places Valley Regional Medical Center among the top five percent of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated. Valley Regional Medical Center colleagues protect the safety of their patients with daily safety huddles. It also consistently has real-time systems in place that use data and analytics to identify and manage risks. This includes…
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Texas Southmost College continues its celebration of its 95th anniversary April 2 with its Ruby Gala. The night will include a string quartet and live music by Rockstar Denied. Online and live auctions will include sport, spa and restaurant packages as well as art pieces and jewelry from local donors. The evening also includes a surf and turf dinner. The gala takes place from 6:30 p.m. to midnight on the…
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The Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts presents the Brownsville Guitar Festival on March 25 and 26. The event features performances by some of the best, most inventive acoustic guitarists in the world today. Berta Rojas, “guitarist extraordinaire”, nominated three times for Latin Grammy Awards, brings her vibrant and uniquely popular style to the stage while Xavier Jara displays talents that won him the world’s most prestigious solo guitar competition.…
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Beginning with the fall semester, Texas Southmost College will expand its offerings with five new, fully online degree programs. The new online programs will include Social Work, Criminal Justice, Business, Teaching 4th – 8th Grade and Teaching 8th – 12th Grade. These new program offerings are in addition to the college’s online General Studies program. TSC Dean of Humanities Brian McCormack said introducing these fully online degrees is a game changer for…
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In honor of Women’s History Month, Texas Southmost College recently celebrated women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics with “STEM is your Superpower,” a series of community events for all ages. “We want to encourage everyone to pursue STEM careers, but more so young girls and women because opportunities are increasing and they’re in demand,” said TSC Mathematics Instructor Roxana Jimenez. “STEM careers have a stigma, that they’re only for…
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The Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Small Business Administration and the UTRGV Procurement Technical Assistance Center present the 8(a) Business Development Certification Program + PTAC Services online workshop on March 24. The federal government uses special programs to help small businesses win at least 23 percent of all federal contracting dollars each year. To help provide a level playing field for small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged…
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The Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Small Business Administration and the UTRGV Procurement Technical Assistance Center present Federal HUBZone Certification Program + Texas HUB Program Certification on March 17. The federal government uses special programs to help small businesses win at least at 23 percent of all federal contracting dollars each year. To help provide a level playing field for small businesses located in a HUBZone area the government limits…
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The new 1.9 mile-long South Port Connector Road is now open at the Port of Brownsville. The new $25.6-million port connector road improves port access while easing urban traffic in the Brownsville area. The road project was a collaborative effort between the Brownsville Navigation District, Cameron County, the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority, the Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Texas Department of Transportation. At a March 4…
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There likely has never been a store quite like Southernmost Wildlife Products in the long retailing history of Elizabeth Street in downtown Brownsville. Photographs of yesteryear on Brownsville’s historic main street show the classic department stores of Sears and JCPenney. Down Elizabeth from those mainstays are blocks of locally-owned men’s and women’s clothing stores, with the five-and-dime stores nearby. Those days on Elizabeth have vanished. The downtown of today does…
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