Sharyland school board trustees said goodbye to one of their own as they swore in a new board member during their Monday meeting. Criminal investigator Alejandro Rodriguez was sworn into the board after beating incumbent Julio Cerda during the November 3 general election. Rodriguez, who previously ran for the board in 2014, received nearly 56%…

The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the food pantry at Mission First United Methodist Church from serving hundreds of families every two weeks. On Thursday, volunteers with the church were on hand to distribute bags of groceries and, depending on the size of the family, frozen turkeys and chicken to county residents who had lined…

Voters for the Agua Special Utility District elected for change as they voted for the first ever female directors for the Agua SUD board. Business owners Maribel Diaz and Esmeralda H. Solis became the directors of Agua SUD Districts 1 and 3 after being sworn in last week to the Agua SUD board. Since the…

With the Mission school district still going virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has infected nearly 39,000 people in Hidalgo County alone, the school board of trustees held a virtual ceremony to welcome their three new board members and a returning trustee. The Monday school board meeting saw retired educator Iris “Coach” Iglesias, incumbent…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The article was originally published with the incorrect date for the start of early voting. Early voting begins Monday, Nov. 23. We apologize for this error.  A new face appeared in the Palmview City Commission Tuesday following the results of the November 2020 general election after Mayor Pro-Tem Linda Sarabia lost her Place…

With 679 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths related to the disease reported on Thursday, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez and other officials urged the public to be responsible to prevent another surge similar to the one seen during the summer. “The reality we have been warning you about for the last several weeks…

County health authority reacts to news of potential COVID-19 vaccine  With a nationwide surge of new COVID-19 cases that are leading health experts to believe a spike in new cases of the disease will come within the next few weeks, those same experts are hoping a vaccine will help combat  a possible surge. On Monday,…

With education and the workforce heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, local leaders expressed confidence in the Valley’s ability to forge a new path ahead. On Tuesday, the Mission location for the local nonprofit Teach for America held an hour-long panel where local officials discussed the challenges the pandemic has brought to the Valley, and…

An August social media post meant to warn residents of a major accident on a busy Mission road resulted in disciplinary action being taken against a Mission firefighter who has spent more than two decades on the force. During a Monday city council meeting, Mission Fire Department Lieutenant Mike Silva addressed Mission council members after…

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will be able to provide more help to victims of sexual assault on campus while increasing the number of certified nurses trained to deal with these survivors in the Valley. Last week, university officials accepted a $499,948 check for the Office for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention from…