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Also on today's calendar: ODIN DUPEYRON - ¡A VIVIR! and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Fire Academies Meeting RGV's Needs (valleybusinessreport.com) — Pharr's South Texas College Fire Academy is now at full capacity, with students waitlisted, underscoring strong local demand for firefighter training. To relieve pressure and open more slots for Valley residents, STC will launch a new Mid-Valley facility in Weslaco by spring 2027, helping more hometown students train and eventually serve in their own communities.
2. UPDATED: Flood Watch Issued as Heavy Rain Threat Grows Across the RGV (texasborderbusiness.com) — Pharr is under a Flood Watch as part of the NWS Southern Hidalgo County forecast area, with 2 to 4 inches of rain and locally higher totals possible from Thursday through Saturday. A slow-moving cold front and tropical moisture could trigger flash flooding in low-lying and urban spots, so residents should monitor updated forecasts and be ready for changing conditions.
3. Texas trucking company facing age discrimination claim (landline.media) — A trucking company headquartered in Pharr is facing a federal age discrimination lawsuit alleging it refused to hire older drivers because its liability insurance would not cover applicants over 65. The EEOC claims the firm also imposed stricter driving record standards on applicants over 60, and warns that employers cannot rely on insurance contracts to justify potentially discriminatory hiring practices.
4. 2026 Texas congressional races: Who is running and what to know (texastribune.org) — Pharr voters are at the center of several closely watched 2026 congressional races, including the 15th and 28th districts where control of the U.S. House could hinge on local turnout. This detailed guide walks you through who's running, how redrawn district lines now group Pharr with neighboring Valley and Coastal Bend communities, and where the major candidates stand on border security, jobs, health care, and costs of living.
5. Sepulveda: Cameron County ramping up bridge marketing, pushing regional approach for water and energy infrastructure (riograndeguardian.com) — Regional leaders are comparing truck traffic at Pharr Bridge with crossings in Brownsville and Laredo as Cameron County ramps up marketing to attract more commercial loads. While the focus is on Cameron County's bridges, the discussion underscores Pharr Bridge's much higher daily truck volume and highlights how cross-border trade, ports, and utilities like water, power, and data are being planned on a Valley-wide, cooperative basis.
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