Amazon plans to open three new facilities in San Antonio and create over 1,500 jobs
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Amazon is boosting its presence in South Texas with plans to open three new facilities in San Antonio and create more than 1,500 full-time jobs.
San Antonio’s size and proximity to Austin, Houston and other large cities appealed to the e-commerce behemoth.
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“We’re excited to be continuing our growth in San Antonio, which is such a growing market in and of itself,” Amazon spokesman Daniel Martin said. “We’re really seeing increased demand from customers, and we’re proud to be able to build out capacity to help meet that demand.”
Express Briefing: SpaceX Starship chasers converge in South Texas
Dec. 21, 2020
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A kayaker is seen from Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island. Many space enthusiasts from all over the country converged on the Texas beach town where just around 5 miles away stands SpaceX‘s Starship SN8, seen on the horizon before its Dec. 9 launch.Bob Owen /Staff photographer
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Express Briefing: Pandemic aid favored big firms in S.A., not small family outfits
Dec. 18, 2020
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San Antonio-based Army North dispatches medical personnel to New Mexico
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U.S. Army North said Wednesday it was deploying military medical personnel to battle the coronavirus pandemic in the Navajo Nation in New Mexico.
It sent elements of Task Force 51, a deployable command post, to Farmington on Friday. Only days earlier, the command ordered military medical specialists to four hospitals in Wisconsin. Some in those task forces came from San Antonio.
Army North, the Joint Force Land Component Command of U.S Northern Command, will oversee a military operation that will bring 25 Navy personnel who are part of four Rapid Rural Response teams.