Area News

DHR Health will provide vaccinations for eligible residents of the Rio Grande Valley this Tuesday at the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg. The announcement of the 6,500 doses of the Moderna Vaccine that will be administered came on the same day as the county reported the amount of reported COVID-19 cases in the county crossed another grim…

President Donald J. Trump may visit the Rio Grande Valley next week. Trump is tentatively scheduled to visit the Valley on Tuesday, according to two law enforcement sources. Whether or not Trump will actually make the trip, however, remains unclear. “I think he’s got much bigger issues than coming over and seeing his 14th century…

Counties to reduce occupancy levels to 50% Facing an increase in new reported cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations, the entire Rio Grande Valley will decrease occupancy levels in all businesses and hold off on any performing elective surgeries. Starr County first made the announcement in a Friday morning virtual news conference where he announced the…

MISSION – A bond election of $14.2 million, along with $22 million for Certificates of Obligation, was discussed today over Zoom. The Mission city council met this morning to discuss the potential for Certificates of Obligation and a bond election for the upcoming year. City staff and Dusty Traylor, a financial consultant for Mission, presented…

The total amount of reported cases of COVID-19 in Hidalgo County crossed the 54,000 threshold Friday as the county reported 758 new positive cases of the disease. In a news release, county health officials announced that there are now a total of 54,600 cases of known COVID-19 cases in the county with 1,957 of them…

The city of Palmhurst will be seeing more growth in the new year after a proposal passed this week. On Mon. Jan. 4, 2021, the Palmhurst City Council met via an Uber Telephone Conference for a called meeting. During the executive session, they discussed a proposal to acquire property for the city. Palmhurst will purchase…

For the first time in nearly a year, the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds were bustling with people after the annual livestock show was cancelled last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the large crowd at the showgrounds were there for the same reason the show was cancelled. On Tuesday, Hidalgo County held…

National Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month highlights Mission firefighter Over 29 years ago, Lieutenant Homer Salinas fought his first fire. Salinas was a reserve police officer in Mission when he witnessed a house fire on Glasscock Rd. When he saw them working to put out the flames, Salinas was in awe. “I wanted to be a…

La Joya ISD may be signing on an agent of record to handle their health insurance, as ongoing litigation with Ruth Villarreal Insurance continues. The La Joya Independent School District Board of Trustees held a special called meeting Wednesday Jan. 6, 2021 via Zoom. The board discussed an approval to authorize district administration to negotiate…

New Hidalgo County commissioner sworn in The new year kicked off with a new county commissioner to represent western Hidalgo County. On New Year’s Day last week, local businessman Everardo “Ever” Villarreal was sworn in as Hidalgo County Precinct 3 commissioner by state Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the swearing in…