Hidalgo County reported its second deadliest day of new COVID-19 related fatalities Friday as the death toll climbed to 142 after 19 people died from complications of the disease. The county announced the new total in a Friday news release where they reported the total number of known COVID-19 cases in the county rose to…

Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation Friday extending his Disaster Declaration for all Texas counties in response to COVID-19 that was originally issued on March 13th. The Disaster Declaration provides the state a number of resources to effectively serve Texans as the state continues to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, according to a news release…

With one third of the population in the Rio Grande Valley living in rural areas, now is the most important time to connect rural residents to better internet. That’s the mission of a new campaign launched by La Union del Pueblo Entero last week which hopes to collect signatures in support of better internet services…