Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca visited the Sister City on Monday to inaugurate the Regional Public Safety Complex of Nuevo Laredo, one of five in the state to strengthen security, authorities said. Garcia Cabeza de Vaca highlighted that Tamaulipas remains among the states with the lowest crime rate, according to information from the National Public Security System. He… Read more »

The Rio Grande Valley region is set to receive about 14,600 COVID-19 vaccines for health care workers as early as Tuesday. Six locations will be receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines approved by the FDA on Friday; five sites are in Hidalgo County and one in Cameron County. The first shipments will arrive on Tuesday at DHR Health and UTRGV, according to Douglas Loveday, a press officer… Read more »

A map misleads. A map of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, for example, suggests a clearly delineated demarcation. Residents on both sides of that line know that’s not exactly accurate. They live and work in proximity to a U.S.-Mexico border that more closely resembles an impressionist water-color painting, with the hues of culture, history, economics and family of each… Read more »

A project that will restore eight miles of the Chacon Creek and its floodplain, from Lake Casa Blanca to the Rio Grande, was approved by Congress this week, thereby crossing the toughest hurdle in the creek’s redevelopment and setting the project up for future federal funding. “Imagine this, from Lake Casa Blanca, all the way down here, imagine walking, riding your bike and having more… Read more »

The Cigarroa family’s rancho is about fifteen miles south of Laredo, its gated entrance easily missed by anyone barreling down U.S. 83. Once inside, visitors follow a dirt road that slopes gently upward, cutting through a dusty tract of South Texas brush country covered in prickly pear cactus and gouged by arroyos. When the road abruptly ends a mile or so later, visitors find… Read more »

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Congressman Henry Cuellar speaks on the article published by a Valley newspaper about the future of the border wall. In the Rio Grande Guardian article published on Tuesday, Cuellar said he was looking forward to telling border wall contractors to pack their bags. In a statement sent to KGNS, Congressman Cuellar released a statement about the article and his plans… Read more »

Laredo’s U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Wednesday was reappointed chief deputy whip for the Democratic Party in Congress, where he will be tasked with motivating other Democrats in the House of Representatives to vote with the party on their major issues. Cuellar was first appointed to this role in December 2018 along with seven other members of Congress as the Democratic Party entered its… Read more »

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas – U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar is looking forward to being able to tell border wall construction companies to pack their bags and go home. The Laredo Democrat believes contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in South Texas will soon be given their marching orders – just as soon as the Biden Administration takes office. Cuellar noted that… Read more »

The administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), before formally starting his government, had announced that it would give a special economic treatment for the northern border due to its importance in terms of international trade, and indeed one of the first actions taken by the Mexican Congress was the issuance of a Decree of Fiscal Incentives and Economic Development… Read more »

A new administration next January would mean big changes to the Valley, and the rest of the country. That was the message U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar touted last week as he visited multiple areas in his district as part of a “Thank You” tour to celebrate his 58.3% victory during the November 2020 general election for a new term as representative for Texas in the 28th congressional… Read more »