The Local Rio Grande Valley’s own Wing Barn restaurant is now offering all wings for 50 cents each until things are back to ‘normal’. This includes both bone-in and boneless. The local family restaurant most recently received accolades from Big 7 Travel one of the “Top 25 Best Places for Chicken Wings in Texas” and is also featured in the April 2020 edition of VBR. “We know things are changing and…
The Edinburg Chamber of Commerce joins the SBA’s Lower Rio Grande Valley District Office to provide a webinar about the SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program April 3 at 10 a.m. This webinar will address and inform small businesses with an interest in applying for the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan. The program covers vital economic support to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue due to…
Engineering students are at work inside a new innovation lab building on the Mercedes campus of the South Texas Independent School District campus. They peer over laptops and move from table to table, conferring over projects and looking over numerical formulas that offer solutions. “These kids know they’re not on an island,” said Gabe Valdez, an instructor at the school. “They collaborate. They look for opportunities to teach each other.”…
Counties and cities across the Rio Grande Valley moved quickly on Tuesday to enact new measures to encourage social distancing and limit the number of people allowed in public places to counter the dangers and potential outbreak of the coronavirus. Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez issued a disaster declaration due to a public health emergency after conferring with leaders of the county’s 22 cities. The declaration became effective Tuesday and…
Carlos Sanchez is now the public affairs director and spokesman for Hidalgo County with appointment from Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez. “I’m honored to serve as spokesman for Hidalgo County,” said Sanchez. “Developing a strong communications blueprint between the county and the community at large is my priority.” Sanchez is a 37-year veteran of the news industry. He was recently a senior editor for Texas Monthly magazine in the…
For a week in early February, McAllen businessman and City of McAllen Public Utilities Vice Chairman Tony Aguirre spent countless hours at Edinburg Regional Medical Center where his mom was a patient. He watched TV with her and sang conjunto songs playing on his phone’s Pandora app with her. He monitored her vitals while she slept and had conversations with all of the medical professionals treating her. One of the…
It’s an eventful road from being a 6-year-old child and recent immigrant struggling to learn English to being on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Joe Quiroga has been on that journey. He recalls the days when as a young boy, he would spend hours at the library in the coastal Texas town of Palacios. Quirgoa would pore over books, taking in a new language.…
The “Intellectual Property Protection” workshop features a patent attorney discussing the protection of assets. This includes business ideas, brand identities, products, good, services, processes, etc. Companies of all sizes, including small businesses, can be the victims of intellectual property theft. This can potentially impact their bottom lines. “Business owners will learn about intellectual property ownership and licensing and the risks that may exist when businesses do not protect their assets,” shares…
The Rotary Club of Edinburg proudly presents the 18th Annual CajunFest, its biggest fundraiser of the year. Join them for an evening of live music, all-you-can-eat Cajun food, all-you-can-drink beverages, live and blackboard auction items. All proceeds from CajunFest support various charitable, humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange programs at both the local and international levels. Individual tickets are $125. For sponsorship information or to purchase tickets, contact any member of…
Join the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce as they host a panel of superintendents from Edinburg CISD, PSJA ISD, and Mercedes ISD. Learn what goals they aim to reach, the future of dual enrollment and educational challenges they face. General admission is $25. Tables of eight are available for $300 for chamber members, $350 for non-members.