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…

The city of Mission is still receiving results from a voluntary COVID-19 testing done on its employees last month. According to the city, which released the amount of positive cases per department Tuesday after the Progress Times submitted a public information request, 26 city employees in 10 different departments have tested positive for the novel…