Good morning, Edinburg.

Brownsville podcaster Lorenzo Lopez will tour the Rio Grande Valley with his Lorenzini Show, performing 40 original Tejano/Country songs at local clubs soon.

The award-winning musician partners with (BISD) for UIL performances and plans to expand his season of 20 shows with new songs each time.

UTRGV received a $5 million federal grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to launch Empower-RGV, a free manufacturing training program for 250 workers and small manufacturers.

The program will create 50 new jobs, and classes will begin in the spring.

Nathan Montelongo, a seventh grader at De Zavala Middle School in La Joya, was named one of 30 finalists in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge for a project using chitosan to reduce microplastics in river water; he will fly to Washington D.C. in late October+present research for awards.

U.S. Army officials have chosen Weslaco’s Mid-Valley International Airport as South Texas’ primary aviation hub after two Chinook and three Black Hawk helicopters arrived+ Rep. Martinez credited local leadership for securing state investments and infrastructure upgrades including a $40 million disaster response facility located near key state and federal agencies.