Area News

La Joya ISD has approved a contract with Bob Treviño Insurance to cover the district health insurance. The La Joya Independent Board of Trustees held a regular board meeting via Zoom this Wednesday Jan. 13, 2021 to discuss several items. Among those was the consideration of a contract presented by the highest-ranked agent of record…

State lawmakers may stop the Agua Special Utility District from holding workshops on South Padre Island and move utility board elections to November. State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, said he plans to introduce a bill that would block the utility district, which serves western Hidalgo County, from holding workshops at hotels on South Padre…

When candidates for Sullivan City Council submit ballot applications for the May election, they’ll need to bring $500 — or be ready to perform 500 hours of community service. The Sullivan City Council approved the $500 fee during a meeting on Jan. 4. Anyone who can’t pay may perform 500 hours of community service instead.…

Open enrollment continues to be discussed at the Sharyland school district as school board trustees weigh in on the possible financial implications of such a move. During a meeting with the finance committee last week, the issue of open enrollment was brought up nearly a month after the district announced in their December board meeting…

The amount of new COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations continue to rise Thursday as the county reported 14 more individuals succumbed from complications related to the disease as 421 COVID-19 afflicted county residents remain in area hospitals due. County health officials also reported 563 new cases of the disease, bringing the total amount of known positive…

A Border Patrol agent who pushed a woman against a wall and forced her to stop filming law enforcement officers was sentenced to probation Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker sentenced Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Adriana Gandarilla, 45, of San Benito to two years probation. Gandarilla will spend the first 60 days on home…

It started with the border wall and ended at the border wall. After announcing his candidacy for president in 2015 by campaigning for stronger borders and a restrictive immigration policy, President Donald J. Trump made his second – and last presidential – visit to the Rio Grande Valley Tuesday. The President held a press conference…

Hidalgo County continues to see COVID-19 hospitalization rates not seen since the summer, nine more residents lost their lives to the contagious disease. On Wednesday, the county reported 637 new cases of the disease, 483 of which were confirmed to be cases of COVID-19. The total amount of reported COVID-19 cases in the county now…

11 new Hidalgo County residents afflicted with COVID-19 have been admitted into area hospitals, raising the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients in the county to 406. The new numbers arrived Tuesday, the day of President Donald J. Trump’s scheduled visit to the Valley and less than a week after the four-county areas of Cameron, Hidalgo,…

Criticism against President Donald J. Trump’s scheduled visit to the Valley was raised over the weekend  after news broke out of his planned tour of the border wall. Trump is tentatively scheduled to visit the Valley on Tuesday where Trump would fly to Harlingen and tour the border wall, as previously reported. Since news of Trump’s visit…