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This Mon. Dec. 28, 2020, the Mission city council met via Zoom and amended a resolution to extend the deadline for the authorization on a line of credit. Because the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act from the county extended their deadlines for expensing and requesting reimbursements, and the current line of credit…

2020 ended with Hidalgo County seeing a total of 51,662 reported cases of COVID-19 with over 2,200 county residents losing their lives to the contagious disease. On New Year’s Eve Thursday, the county  reported 697 new cases of the disease and nine more deaths, bringing the total amount of COVID-19 fatalities to 2,201 since the virus…

Hidalgo County residents will have a chance to receive the COVID-19 vaccine next week as part of a county-wide effort. In a Wednesday news release, the county announced they have scheduled their first community vaccine clinic to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to healthcare workers and elderly residents. The clinic will be held at the Rio Grande…

The amount of new reported COVID-19 cases in Hidalgo County nearly doubled from Tuesday’s numbers, the county announced Wednesday. In a news release, the county reported five new deaths from the disease and 604 new cases of the contagious disease, up from the 329 new cases reported the day before. More than half of those…

The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley began administering the COVID-19 vaccine to specific groups Tuesday. The university announced in a Tuesday news release they are administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine– the second vaccine granted emergency authorization by the federal government –  in Mercedes and Harlingen the day after receiving the vaccine at the UT…

On the same day the county announced an increase in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez ordered a temporary curfew for the New Year’s holiday weekend for everyone age 17 and under. “Many people continue to avoid taking this virus seriously – particularly younger people,” Judge Cortez said in a statement made…

The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect of a weekend robbery at a Stripes convenience store. Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an aggravated robbery at the Stripes convenience store located at the corner of 5 Mile Line and La Homa Road in rural Mission on Sunday, according to…

The Hidalgo county COVID-19 death toll increased by six Tuesday as the county reported the new amount of deaths and 329 new cases of the contagious disease. In total, 2,187 people have lost their lives after contracting the virus that has infected 50,361 county residents. Of those cases,  2,158 remain active. The amount of hospitalized COVID-19…

Hidalgo County reached a grim milestone as the county announced Monday a total of 50,032 COVID-19 cases. The announcement came in a news release that revealed 304 new positive cases of the disease and five deaths related to COVID-19. Of those total cases, 2,633 remain active according to the release. The deaths bring the total…

A special meeting was held in Mission last week that has prompted the start of Phase I of the much-anticipated all-inclusive park project. Last Friday, Dec. 18, the Mission city council, city leadership and the Parks and Recreation board met with ARKiiForm, LLC via Zoom to discuss the ongoing renovation of Lions Park. Lions Park,…