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WEBMagoon: Call for Advocacy – STAR & CHIP Patient Choice. By Dr. Sheila Magoon, M.D. . Healthcare. . September 17, 2024. The Rio Grande Valley is set to lose two vital health plans, Driscoll Health Plan and Superior HealthPlan, warns the executive director of the South Texas Physician Alliance.
UPDATED: NADBank pumps $63 million into Anzalduas …
WEBSep 4, 2024 · The NADBank Board approved close to $156 million in financing to support three new projects, two in Texas—expansion of Anzalduas International Bridge and construction of a solar park and energy storage facility in Kinney County—along with improvements to the wastewater collection system in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.
Rhodes explains his vision for Tres Lagos master-planned …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · McALLEN, RGV – Always the perpetual dreamer, Mike Rhodes says can already envision a fully-built Tres Lagos master-planned development in his mind. Among the 5,000 homes that will be constructed in the decades to come, Rhodes says he can already see multi-generations of people who will live their lives in the sprawling new community. “I see ...
City of McAllen statement on tent facility in response to migrant …
WEBJul 29, 2023 · Yesterday, the McAllen City Commission took decisive action to protect public health and safety. Faced with a rapidly escalating surge of immigrants at the Texas-Mexico Border, the City of McAllen’s Emergency Management Office, in coordination with City Management and in accordance with the Mayor’s Declaration of Local Disaster executed on August 2, 2021, took swift action to begin its ...
UPDATED: Rio Bank and Elsa State Bank to merge
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Elsa State Bank has six locations in Starr and Hidalgo counties and is headquartered in Rio Grande City. Its president and CEO is Cesar Gonzalez. Once the merger is complete Elsa State Bank will be known as Rio Bank. Assets of the two banks combined are roughly $550 million. Advertisement.
New Census numbers: Rio Grande Valley did not ... - Rio Grande …
WEBJul 29, 2023 · The U.S. Census Bureau issued the official numbers for the 2020 Census on Thursday. The numbers help determine federal funding for states, counties and municipalities, and the realignment of political boundaries. Texas’ population grew by 3,999,944 over the last ten years – from 25,145,561 in 2010 to 29,145,505 in 2020.
Texas A&M: Over 50 percent of the Rio Grande Valley is a food …
WEBJul 29, 2023 · Results show over 50 percent of the region is a food desert. The majority of the population in food deserts may be people who are predominantly of low socioeconomic status, with a low income and a lack transportation, especially those living in a colonia, Castillo explained. “We found out there were still a lot of areas that could be improved ...
Sepulveda: Cameron County’s Flor de Mayo ... - Rio Grande Guardian
WEBAug 27, 2024 · The proposed Flor de Mayo International Bridge project in west Brownsville will be a passenger vehicle only (POE) and pedestrian bridge located eight river miles upstream from the existing privately owned Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge and 35.6 river miles downstream from the Free Trade Bridge at Los Indios, which is co-owned by Cameron County, the City of Harlingen and the ...
Zoom: Valdez: Expansion of Progreso International Bridge is …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · “By the time they finish the expansion at the Progreso Bridge… they are doing four commercial lanes, they have got a really nice way of wrapping around the city so that all the truck traffic doesn’t come through downtown Progreso, or Nuevo Progreso in this case, but it wraps around it, and then it crosses over into the United States.”
Starr County, known for wind energy, is branching into solar
WEBAug 15, 2024 · RIO GRANDE CITY, RGV – Starr County is about to get a major solar energy project, county leaders say. The name of the company involved in developing the 3,000-acre solar farm has yet to be named. However, negotiations are at an advanced stage. “We are happy to report that within the next …
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