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For Amy Contreras, going to a pumpkin patch every fall is a tradition she loves doing with her family. “I would’ve felt sad if we missed out on it this year,” Contreras said. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has infected more than 33,000 residents in the county and killed nearly 2,000 people, the county…

Local author discusses Valley’s haunted attractions Ghosts, even if they’re real or not, are born from a tragic moment in our history – and the stories we tell are our way of dealing with that tragedy. That’s the message behind David Bowles’ book “Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley,” where the UTRGV literature professor looks…

With many families struggling to get their children ready for in-person instruction during this unprecedented time, a local Samaritan is making sure families in need are being helped. On Thursday, Oct. 22, officials with the Mission school district, Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce and the San Juan-based Cano and Sons Trucking Co. met to receive…

Local campuses have recently been recognized as among the top public high schools in the nation that prepare students for college and beyond. Last week, national non-profit organization GreatSchools.org announced their winners of the 2020 College Success Award – given to schools “that are successfully preparing students to succeed in college.” A total of 2,158…

The Phase I Design of the first all-inclusive park in Mission was approved this week. The Mission city council held a regular called meeting at the Mission Event Center this Mon. Oct. 26. There, they approved the design for Phase 1 of the All-Inclusive Park project, which will redesign Lions Park (1500 E. Kika De…

A local state representative announced his candidacy for Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Oscar Longoria, (D-Mission), who has represented Cameron and Hidalgo counties as House District 35 representative for four terms, announced he has filed his candidacy with the Texas Ethics Commission Thursday. “I am running for Speaker to ensure that we have stability, civility, and…

Hidalgo County continues to see a steady rise in the number of COVID-19 cases after reporting Thursday officials with the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department reported seven more deaths related to COVID-19 on Wednesday and 177 new known positive cases. The new numbers bring the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the county…

Hidalgo County health officials reported 10 more COVID-19 related deaths and 181 new positive cases of the disease on Monday, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Tuesday. With the new numbers, the county is now looking at 1,934 recorded deaths related to the outbreak of this disease and 35,281 known positive cases. 2,121 of those cases…

After reporting three cases of West Nile virus last week, officials with the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department are reporting four new cases of West Nile virus and three new cases of Dengue Fever – two mosquito-borne illnesses. The county announced the new cases Monday where county Health and Human Services Director Eduardo Olivarez…

With the rest of the country seeing a spike in new COVID-19 cases, the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services reported 5 more deaths and 130 new positive cases as of last Friday, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Monday. Due to the county’s new method of reporting COVID-19 cases, weekend numbers won’t be…