First State Bank of Uvalde has hired Bryon Borchers as senior vice president and commercial lending officer and Schervy Ortiz as vice president and director of client engagement and deposit strategy. Borchers With a career spanning over two decades in banking and community leadership, Borchers joins FSB from Round Rock where he most recently served as commercial lender and banking […]

Kate Marmion Foundation donated $325,000 to the Briscoe Animal Resource Center to help build a new animal shelter, the center announced Aug. 6. BARC board treasurer Janece McClung said the donation narrowed the fundraising gap. BARC needs to raise about $320,000 to fully fund the project. When construction began last year, BARC had raised about $2.3 million, including a cornerstone […]

As summer continues, Uvalde Memorial Hospital urges the community to stay aware as high heat temperatures blanket the region – especially as it relates to the danger of leaving a pet or child alone in a hot car. With an outside temperature of just 86 degrees, Uvalde Memorial Hospital, in partnership with the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council, shows that […]

The following information was submitted by Ismael Martinez, media relations specialist at Southwest Texas College. Uvaldean Eunice Garza is one step closer to her dreams of becoming a pre-K teacher after completing Southwest Texas College’s adult education and literacy program and earning her GED. The program, federally funded since 1973, provides English literacy, reading, writing, mathematics, workplace, and family literacy […]