Rio Grande Guardian's Podcast
Official podcast for the Rio Grande Guardian, the first online newspaper to launch on the South Texas border, starting out in July, 2005. The Rio Grande Guardian has an excellent reputation for accurate and thorough news reporting, with a specialty for border business, legislative, political, healthcare, environment, and education issues.
Episodes
1059 episodes
An interview with Harlingen Mayor Norma Sepulveda about drainage
HARLINGEN, Texas - Cameron County Drainage District No. 5 is partnering with the City of Harlingen to improve drainage.The first drainage project is the widening of the North Main Drain that the drainage district owns. The Ci...
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Season 7
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Episode 782
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5:41
Student recommends taking Texas Southmost College's pipefitting program
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jesse Acevedo just completed a pipefitting course at Texas Southmost College.In an interview with Ron Whitlock of Ron Whitlock Reports he said he would recommend the program to anyone because pipefitters are in big d...
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Season 7
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Episode 781
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8:18
De La Cruz discusses congressional redistricting, Mexico's water treaty debt
PALMVIEW, Texas - U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz spoke about congressional redistricting and Mexico’s water debt to the U.S. at a top GOP dinner in Palmview.The event - titled the Lincoln-Reagan Dinner - was hosted by Hidalgo County Republi...
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Season 7
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Episode 780
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5:26
Paxton: We need someone in Washington that has creativity and courage
PALMVIEW, Texas - U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton says he wants to take to the Washington the same sort of creativity and courage he has shown as Texas attorney general. Paxton was keynote speaker at the Hidalgo County R...
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Season 7
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Episode 779
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19:03
COO makes pitch for Texas PACE program in the Rio Grande Valley
PHARR, Texas - Dub Taylor is COO of Texas PACE Authority. He recently spoke at an event hosted jointly by the Pharr Economic Development Corporation and the Rio Grande Valley Partnership. It was titled the Pharr Commercial & Investment Summ...
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Season 7
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Episode 778
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18:19
Everything state Rep. Sergio Muñoz said at Mission Chamber's Buenas Tardes Luncheon
MISSION, Texas - The Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce held the latest in its Buenas Tardes Luncheon series on Aug. 13, 2025. It centered on a panel discussion titled “The State of Current Business.”
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Season 7
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Episode 777
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5:56
Everything TIPA President Dante Galeazzi said at Mission Chamber's Buenas Tardes Luncheon
MISSION, Texas - The Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce held the latest in its Buenas Tardes Luncheon series on Aug. 13, 2025. It centered on a panel discussion titled “The State of Current Business.”
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Season 7
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Episode 776
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5:32
Everything Taco Palenque Group CEO Juan Francisco Ochoa said at Mission Chamber's Buenas Tardes Luncheon
MISSION, Texas - The Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce held the latest in its Buenas Tardes Luncheon series on Aug. 13, 2025. It centered on a panel discussion titled “The State of Current Business.”
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Season 7
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Episode 775
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6:47
Everything COSTEP Director Rick Carrera said at Mission Chamber's Buenas Tardes Luncheon
MISSION, Texas - The Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce held the latest in its Buenas Tardes Luncheon series on Aug. 13, 2025. It centered on a panel discussion titled “The State of Current Business.”
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Season 7
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Episode 774
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3:38
Everything Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez said at Mission Chamber's Buenas Tardes Luncheon
MISSION, Texas - The Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce held the latest in its Buenas Tardes Luncheon series on Aug. 13, 2025. It centered on a panel discussion titled “The State of Current Business.”
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Season 7
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Episode 773
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4:12
Everything RGV banker Joe Quiroga said at the Buenas Tardes Luncheon event.
MISSION, Texas - Joe Quiroga is president of Texas National Bank. He was one of six panelists at a Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce event on August 13 titled “Buenas Tardes Luncheon.The panel discussion was titled The State...
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Season 7
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Episode 772
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4:24
Everything Sean Ferguson and Michael Camden said at COSTEP's RFI Best Practices event.
HARLINGEN, Texas - The Council for South Texas Economic Progress recently hosted a Lunch & Learn session at Texas State Technical College. The event focused on RFI Best Practices and was organized by COSTEP’s di...
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Season 7
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Episode 771
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1:18:08
Previewing the 2025 Pathways for Trade Symposium
LAREDO, Texas - The 32nd Annual Pathways For Trade Symposium takes place at the Laredo County Club on Thursday, Aug. 28. The evening before a reception will take place titled the Trade Ambassador’s Dinner.The symposium is bein...
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Season 7
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Episode 770
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11:38
Jokl: River Walk-type project planned for Downtown Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - On Friday, Aug. 1, the City of Brownsville and their outside consultants, Freese and Nichols, hosted a community information session about their new Downtown Renaissance Master Plan.Longtime Brownsville-ba...
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Season 7
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Episode 769
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3:08
Edinburg Mayor: New water tower will help us meet demands of growing population
EDINBURG, Texas - Pam Bentsen Havens and her mother, Marge Bentsen, have explained why they donated land for a million gallon water tower in north Edinburg.They said it was the right thing to do for the community. Here is the ...
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Season 7
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Episode 768
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3:49
Everything Manny Cruz said to the Small Cities Coalition
WESLACO, Texas - The Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council set up the Small Cities Coalition in 2011 and, potentially, 46 cities could participate.Unfortunately, not all do, said LRGVDC Executive Director Manuel Cruz, at...
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Season 7
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Episode 767
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9:54
We must come together in a unified fashion, Hidalgo County RMA chairman tells RGV MPO
WESLACO, Texas - Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority Chairman Robert L. Lozano has made a plea for unity when it comes to transportation projects across the region.Lozano made his comments at a special meeting of the Ri...
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Season 7
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Episode 766
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6:01
Texas House Minority Leader: I'm going make sure Hidalgo County Democrats are financially competitive
MCALLEN, Texas - The minority leader of the Texas House says he is going to ensure Hidalgo County Democratic Party gets the funding it needs to be competitive in the 2026 election.State Rep. Gene Wu of Houston visited the Vall...
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Season 7
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Episode 765
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9:32
A Young Democrat gives the Texas House Minority Leader a tour of Hidalgo County
MCALLEN, Texas - Julio Salinas is chairman of Texas Young Democrats. On Saturday, July 12, 2025, Salinas took state Rep. Gene Wu of Houston on a tour of key locations in Hidalgo County. Wu is minority leader in the Texas House of Re...
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Season 7
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Episode 764
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5:07
A Mexican perspective on calls for an automotive industry cluster for the Rio South Texas region
René Xavier González, head of new business development and marketing for Sidee Industrial Development in Matamoros, has given a Mexican perspective to the idea of a bi-national auto cluster initiative.The idea has been propose...
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Season 7
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Episode 763
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6:07
Schwartz: We need to create an Eco Center District on South Padre Island
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas - South Padre Island City Council Member Kerry Schwartz wants to see an Eco Center District established to capitalize on the amount of interest there is in ecotourism.Schwartz made his case at a speci...
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Season 7
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Episode 762
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6:36
Villarreal: We have an amazing transportation project for western Hidalgo County
MISSION, Texas - Hidalgo County Commissioner Ever Villarreal has announced what he says is an “amazing” transportation project that will help transform the western part of the county.Villarreal said the county, working with the City of M...
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Season 7
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Episode 761
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8:56
Former El Periódico USA Editor Launches New Binational News Agency
MCALLEN, Texas - The former editor and publisher of El Periódico USA has launched a new binational Spanish language media project called Debate X Media, LLC.The plan, says Jose Luis B. Garza, is to highlight the potential and ac...
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Season 7
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Episode 760
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18:24
Morgan: No one at MHP Salud has lost their job because of federal funding cuts
WESLACO, TEXAS - A spokesperson for MHP Salud says no staff member has lost their job because of federal funding cuts to the Affordable Care Act Navigator Program.Heather Morgan is vice president of communications and business...
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Season 7
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Episode 759
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1:58
Longoria: South Texas Rotarians were shocked when I told them who the budget cuts will affect
EDINBURG, Texas - The director of Hidalgo County’s Community Service Agency (CSA) says Rotarians from across South Texas were shocked when he told them the extent of the cuts his agency is facing, should Congress adopt President Trump’s budget ...
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Season 7
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Episode 758
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