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4 days ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — There will soon be a new option for adults to get their high school diplomas. The PossAble Dream Foundation will open three campuses across South Texas to help residents fulfill their educational dreams. Three PossAble Dream Adult High Schools are set to open in August, aligning roughly with other local school calendars.
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1 week ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hurricane season begins on Sunday, and industry experts say now is the time for your home or apartment to have the right insurance coverage. Windstorm insurance, for example, is an add-on to a resident’s homeowner’s or renter’s policy that can protect them following storm damage. Those policy addenda cover against wind, rain, and hail. That type of policy can’t be added when a storm is headed towards the Valley.
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1 week ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — With the next SpaceX launch scheduled for Tuesday, Boca Chica Beach will again be closed. That’s a public safety decision that Cameron County officials have traditionally been in charge of making. But changes to that process could be on the way. State lawmakers had proposed that the newly incorporated Starbase would have the authority to close the beach and nearby roadways when the city deemed it necessary.
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2 weeks ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Edinburg CISD school board held a special meeting on Wednesday. The first item on the agenda considered sanctions and a possible suspension of Superintendent Mario Salinas. Board members decided to reprimand Salinas and place him on paid administrative leave for five days, beginning Thursday. Alondra Flores, parent of an ECISD student, spoke at the meeting in support of suspending Salinas. But said she’d like stronger action taken.
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2 weeks ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Harlingen secured funding for two grants from the Texas Veterans Commission, estimated at $900,000. Harlingen Mayor Norma Sepulveda and two city commissioners traveled to Austin to advocate for the funds. City leaders said they fear they wouldn’t have received funds if they hadn’t shown up in person. “We had one application not recommended for funding, and then we had the general assistance application low on the list,” Sepulveda said.
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1 month ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
SAN BENITO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — San Benito has released a comprehensive plan of goals and objectives that the city wants to undertake. Now they’re asking the community to share what priorities they’d like the city to focus on. San Benito Assistant City Manager Diana Garza said the city’s last comprehensive plan occurred around 2014. “It was done and sat on a shelf. So, here we are today,” Garza said. The city received a $250,000 grant from the General Land Office last year to develop the plan.
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1 month ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Brownsville is looking for someone to take over the building that formerly housed the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art. The city invited organizations or consortiums to contact them if they were interested in taking over the space. City officials said that, after lengthy discussions, it was decided purchasing the building itself would be the best course of action.
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1 month ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Financial literacy rates in America have been dropping consistently with the Millennial and Gen-Z populations scoring the lowest. April is Financial Literacy Month, and one Valley nonprofit is working to help younger adults better understand their finances. Felida Villarreal, CEO of the Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement said her organization wants to help people better understand the financial tools and resources available to them.
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1 month ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Senator John Cornyn was in Mission on Thursday, meeting with small business owners at 5X5 Brewing Company. Cornyn was in the Rio Grande Valley to push for an extension to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) signed by President Donald Trump during his first term. Parts of the tax cut bill are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, and making them permanent has been a top priority for the President and Congressional Republicans.
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1 month ago | 
valleycentral.com | Brian Svendsen
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s been nearly two weeks since the Valley was hit by severe flooding, and some neighborhoods are still feeling the effects. Some area residents are saying it’s time to change how the Valley deals with flooding issues by taking a regional approach to the problem. Last week, J.V. Garcia started an online petition with the hopes of establishing a Rio Grande Valley Flood Control District.
