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The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show is more than its annual event that draws over 300,000 visitors to Mercedes every March. The RGV Livestock Show’s leadership has been focusing in […]

Bill Bunton Auto Supply & Machine Shop is a throwback business – in the best of ways – a store with stellar customer service and deep community ties, even as […]

Upcoming Livestock Show To Feature National Broadcast The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show is gearing up for its 85th annual edition with the March 2024 version featuring a first in […]

Leadership Mercedes Making Its Mark In Community Dr. Barbara Baggerly-Hinojosa has organized and led leadership workforce training all over the state – and country – with one venture of late […]

Mercedes Celebrates Opening of McDonald’s It was 10 years in the making and when it happened, the community’s high school band, cheerleaders, and dozens of elated residents were on hand […]

Travel Center Sparking Rapid Growth In Mercedes Mohamed Sharaf stood amid a festive crowd gathered for a ribbon cutting of a business at an emerging Rio Grande Valley crossroads. “We […]

Broker Gives Back Via Business & Chamber Service Hector Rocha Jr., sees opportunities emerging for his hometown from a business office on Vermont Avenue that’s just steps away from a […]

The `Buzz’ In Mercedes Leading To Growth Fred Gonzalez knew 2023 would be a watershed year of economic growth and development for Mercedes. It has gone even better than Gonzalez, […]

Winning Three Local Pageants Sparks Big Dreams Ambition burned bright and early for Genevieve Vallejo. Genevieve was three years old when she went to her first beauty pageant. It was […]

It has been an active year for Starbucks in the Rio Grande Valley as the company has opened three new coffee shops along the Expressway 77/83 corridor. San Juan and […]