Community
COVID-19 vaccine drive-through at City’s Hillside Park and Ride
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Begins Wednesday, Jan. 12; continues through Jan. 26
Community
City of Laredo expands COVID-19 testing accessibility; site moved to Sames Auto Arena
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Drive-through testing at Arena through Mon., Jan. 24
Community
Three LC professors appointed to higher ed board’s Texas Transfer Advisory Committee (TTAC)
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Martinez, Underbakke, and Macdonald will work to ease process for community college students transferring to public four-year university
Community
Bethany House looks to March 2022 “Havana Nights” as major fundraiser
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Local donors are main source of support for the homeless in Laredo
Community
A Laredo plant that sterilizes medical equipment spews cancer-causing pollution on schoolchildren
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Nobody told Yaneli Ortiz’s family that the factory they lived near emitted ethylene oxide. Not when the EPA found it causes cancer. Not when she was diagnosed with leukemia. And not when Texas moved to allow polluters to emit more of the chemical.
Community
Sarah Weddington, lawyer in Roe v. Wade case, dies at 76
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“Sarah Weddington, lawyer in Roe v. Wade case, dies at 76” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
Community
Sister Maria Luisa: a face of Mercy retires
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The mission of a healthy community, however, remains
Community
Concerned Citizens Launch Clean Air Laredo Coalition to Dec. 8 town hall
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Group Demands end to cancer-causing Ethylene Oxide emissions from Midwest Sterilization facility on Mines Road
Community
Volunteers Serving the Need fundraiser aims holiday raffle goal at $15,000
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VSTN serves 300 veterans and surviving spouses with food pantry and other needs through donations and thrift store proceeds