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March 31 deadline looms for 13 cities, counties holding $103 million in unspent federal rent relief money; Laredo on short list with about $6 million

By Maria Eugenia Guerra | March 11, 2022

Jurisdictions can enter voluntary reallocation agreement with TDHCA to keep relief funds in Texas

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Gardening Basics course offered by Literacy Volunteers of Laredo

By LareDOS Staff | February 24, 2022

Six-week course open to the public; first class meets March 4

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City of Laredo provides update on water issue: Boil Water Notice not due to bacteria, but rather to lost pressure in water lines

By LareDOS Staff | February 22, 2022

The City of Laredo addressed the community’s concerns on the current water issue during a press conference Tuesday morning.

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Texas Chemical Council donates prizes for TCEQ’s Take Care of Texas Art Contest

By LareDOS Staff | February 18, 2022

Contest is for K-5 students; closing date March 4

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Clean Air Laredo responds to EPA announcement rejecting TCEQ’s watered-down cancer risk assessment on ethylene oxide

By LareDOS Staff | January 27, 2022

Elected officials and residents praise EPA move, but demand swift action from the feds and state to end cancer-causing industrial emissions in Laredo.

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COVID-19 vaccine drive-through at City’s Hillside Park and Ride

By LareDOS Staff | January 11, 2022

Begins Wednesday, Jan. 12; continues through Jan. 26 

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City of Laredo expands COVID-19 testing accessibility; site moved to Sames Auto Arena

By LareDOS Staff | January 10, 2022

Drive-through testing at Arena through Mon., Jan. 24

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State confirms highly evasive Omicron variant in Laredo

By LareDOS Staff | January 4, 2022

City urges booster

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Three LC professors appointed to higher ed board’s Texas Transfer Advisory Committee (TTAC)

By LareDOS Staff | January 4, 2022

Martinez, Underbakke, and Macdonald will work to ease process for community college students transferring to public four-year university

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Bethany House looks to March 2022 “Havana Nights” as major fundraiser

By LareDOS Staff | December 29, 2021

Local donors are main source of support for the homeless in Laredo