How colleges in the Valley are leaning into student career paths, not just training
Rio Grande Valley colleges are increasingly tying education to job outcomes as employers demand workforce skills tied to high-demand industries.... Read more »
Articles by Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza
Meet the new nonprofit that wants to help build the Valley’s advanced manufacturing economy
The South Texas Advanced Manufacturing Partnership wants to build workforce pipelines, recruit companies, and grow advanced manufacturing in South Texas.... Read more »
Produce giant opens $33M cold storage hub in Pharr — its biggest Valley project yet
The new Robinson Fresh facility will replace the company’s Edinburg and Weslaco operations.... Read more »
Texas National Bank is buying a small bank along the U.S.-Mexico border
Texas National Bank is acquiring Zapata National Bank, enabling the McAllen financial institution to expand into Starr and Zapata counties.... Read more »
Rio Grande Valley cities hit 1 million residents. See the fastest growing
The incorporated communities across the Rio Grande Valley added thousands of residents over the year, U.S. Census data shows.... Read more »
Why McAllen’s Foreign Trade Zone purchased 1,500 acres on the city’s north side
The longtime industrial organization says growth pressures, infrastructure planning, and future demand are reshaping where development is headed in McAllen.... Read more »
Texas Governor’s Small Business Summit brings entrepreneurs, resources to Mission. What you need to know
State and regional agencies gathered in Mission to connect entrepreneurs with funding, export, manufacturing and cybersecurity resources.... Read more »
Turkish shipbuilder plans $3B investment to build ‘floating data centers’ and more at Port of Brownsville
The project could bring floating LNG-powered data centers, power plants, and a major industrial expansion to a shipyard long tied... Read more »
Defense contractor plans aerospace manufacturing expansion in Brownsville
Kearfott Corp. plans to retrofit a 24,000-square-foot facility as part of a long-term strategy to expand production capacity after hurricane... Read more »
Rio Grande Valley cities saw more than $183M in sales tax payments through May — up 6.6% collectively
Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and several smaller communities posted some of the region’s strongest gains as Valley sales tax... Read more »
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