As TAMIU celebrates its 50th anniversary, Laredo Morning Times took a detailed look back at the history of the university. This is Part 3 of 12. After 20 years sharing a campus with Laredo Junior College, TAMU acquired its own property to bring all its international and local students together in one physical space. The university secured 200 acres of land — which eventually was expanded to 300 ac... Read more »
LAREDO, Texas – A border congressman believes land port of entries could be partially re-opened on Oct. 21 to allow in Mexican shoppers and tourists – if border communities want them to be. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has devised a plan that appears to have the backing of Customs and Border Protection. The plan includes two health screenings for Mexican visa holders, one conducted by Customs and Borde... Read more »
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo’s congressman weighed in on Trump’s diagnosis of COVID, saying since the announcement was made White House officials have become a bit more open to working on a relief bill. Congressman Henry Cuellar said on Monday that the house has been ready since this past May in delivering another COVID stimulus package, but both the senate and the White House had shown resistance... Read more »
A bipartisan push is being made appealing for the federal government to reopen the international bridges Laredo shares with Nuevo Laredo and Colombia, Nuevo Leon to Mexican tourists. Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn led a bipartisan letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf expressing concern with continued travel restrictions at the southern ports of entry and ... Read more »
In late September, the Rio Grande Valley hardly looks short on water. Sugarcane fields are electric green against a mottled gray sky, threatening a downpour. Orange groves are heavy with fruit. At Mike England’s five-thousand-acre farm in Mercedes, about twenty miles east of McAllen, Brahman cattle lumber through muddy paddocks. But even when rain leaves the Valley lush, England says, farmers can ... Read more »
East Central, Randolph Field, Judson and North East independent school districts will receive more than $30.6 million in combined federal funding. The funds are being allocated by the Department of Education based on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The act aims to provide financial assistance to school districts for services to improve teaching and learning for children at risk of not ... Read more »
Three school districts in the Mission area will receive millions in federal funds that will help them prepare students in meeting state academic standards The La Joya, Mission and Sharyland school districts received a combined 37,881,283 in federal funds from the Department of Education, according to a news release. La Joya ISD received the biggest portion of the money with $23,224,693 while Missi... Read more »
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - An airport of the future is the goal the Laredo International Airport says it’s trying to achieve with its new terminal improvement plan. Some of the renovations include moving the security checkpoint to allow for more room, offering more food and drink options, and modernizing the bathrooms. “We know the bones of this terminal are great, but we want to improve the passenger ... Read more »
For a few days last spring, Amy Guadiar was able to take her mind off the shoppers from Mexico her store has been missing since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the borderland. The government’s one-time stimulus checks, issued in April, briefly brought shoppers from El Paso back to Contigo, a downtown El Paso garment store that’s suffered financially since the Trump administration closed the southern ... Read more »
With necessity being the mother of invention, the fifth edition of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Laredo adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid event Saturday featuring a virtual opening ceremony, a drive-through Promise Garden hosted at Texas A&M International University and participants walking remotely while sharing the experience through an app and social media. “The walk went great. I... Read more »
