Laredo
Laredo, TX · Municipal
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Laredo mayor declares state of disaster over DoubleTree collapse risk
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo Mayor Dr. Victor D. Trevino declared a local state of disaster from Oct. 16 to Oct. 23 due to a severe fire and ongoing collapse risk at the DoubleTree Hotel. The declaration covers a designated collapse zone around Garden Street and San Bernardo Avenue. People...
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Laredo City Council to take up border buoys, hospital referendum, south Laredo incentives
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at City Hall at 1110 Houston St. Topping the agenda is an update from the city manager on Homeland Security reinstalling border buoys on the Rio Grande. Hospital referendum cost. The council will also...
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DoubleTree structural probe to take 5-6 weeks, Laredo officials say
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Officials said that a structural investigation into the DoubleTree hotel near downtown Laredo is expected to take another five to six weeks. Mayor Dr. Victor Trevino, Fire Chief Guillermo Heard and Police Chief Miguel Rodriguez gave an update early Friday, Oct. 17, on the ongoing investigation into the building’s infrastructure.
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Cigarroa tops website poll following Chamber mayoral forum
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - An online poll conducted on our website asking viewers who had the stronger performance in the mayoral forum shows Alyssa Cigarroa leading with 388 votes. The forum was hosted at the Laredo Country Club by the Laredo Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The poll...
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City of Laredo addresses DoubleTree structural concerns
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The city of Laredo will hold a press conference at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, to address concerns about the structural integrity of the DoubleTree Hotel following the Oct. 7 three-alarm fire. The briefing will focus on the building’s current condition, the status of structural engineering...
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Pushback grows over buoys near Bridge 2 in Laredo
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Calls to pause the buoy project in the Rio Grande near Bridge 2 are growing, with Laredo leaders, advocacy groups, and river visitors urging federal officials to halt installation. After months stuck at home sick, Daniel Montes — who has lived in downtown Laredo for nearly...
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‘Journey’ brings deportation story filmed in Laredo back to hometown screen
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - “Journey,” now screening in Laredo where it was filmed, follows Roberto, a Laredo college student deported to a country he barely knows. Roberto, the main character, grew up in Laredo, does not speak Spanish, and is undocumented before being sent to Mexico by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He is deported while looking for a job in the U.S. to support his pregnant girlfriend.