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Following days of counting mail-in ballots, what America decided was determined. Joe Biden, the former Vice President, was elected to be the 46th President of the United States. The Associated Press called the election on Saturday, November 7, 2020. By Wednesday evening, on Nov. 11, Biden won 290 electoral votes – while 270 are needed…

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…

Five more Hidalgo County residents died from COVID-19 related causes and 183 more people tested positive, officials with the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department reported Tuesday. The numbers were announced in a Thursday news release as numbers were not compiled for Wednesday, which was Veterans Day. With the new numbers, the total number…

Nine more Hidalgo County residents died from COVID-19 related causes as 193 more people tested positive, officials with the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department reported Thursday. With the new cases, a total of 1,978 county residents have died from complications related to the disease as 36,686 positive cases have been found, the county said in…

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…

The shadow of a federal investigation into an unfinished $459,000 daycare paid for by funds with the La Joya Economic Development Corporation reappeared last week during a city council meeting. Council members met Thursday, Oct. 29 to review and approve the delayed audit for the 2018-2019 fiscal year that was due last March. Besides a…

In an effort to continue to monitor the pulse of Mission business, the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce will do a second business impact survey asking Mission business owners how their businesses were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Now that we’ve kicked off the fiscal year we want to identify the needs assessment of our…

Certain students enrolled at the La Joya Independent School District have started classes this week. Last week, the LJISD Board of Trustees held a special meeting to approve the second phase of the district’s phase-in plan for on-campus instruction. Superintendent Dr. Gisela Saenz presented Phase II of the plan on Thursday. The plan was presented…

The idea that the nation would have a definitive result by the end of election night – or even when waking up the next morning – was too good to be true. Since election night on Tues. Nov. 3, 2020 the two major party candidates for the United States Presidential election (President Donald Trump (Republican)…

Meet Natalia Alegria Limas-Jilpas Princess Anna LXXI In only her second pageant ever, six-year-old Natalia took the crown and became the Valley’s next Princess Anna. Natalia Alegria Limas-Jilpas, a McAllen native who attends school at the Edinburg Classical Academy, was named Princess Anna LXXI (71) during the annual Texas Citrus Fiesta’s Princess Anna Pageant on…