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Bar owners react to county decision to keep bars closed Hidalgo County bar owners hopeful that bars could reopen this week will have to wait longer to begin serving their regular customers. On Tuesday, nearly a week after state Gov. Greg Abbott declared bars could reopen if county judges choose to allow them to do…

The amount of deaths attributed to COVID-19 related complications was in the single digits Thursday as Hidalgo County announced eight more deaths. The county also reported 246 new known cases of the COVID-19 virus, bringing the total amount of COVID-19 fatalities to 1,892 and the total amount of new cases to 34,034. The amount of…

Trustees with the Mission CISD  approved a request from administration to extend remote learning for students for an additional four weeks. The start of in-person learning was set to begin next month but, if the approval from the district is approved by the Texas Education Agency, the first day for Mission CISD parents to have the…

Those using the UTRGV Edinburg Campus as an early voting election site will have access to the flu vaccinne. On Wednesday, the university of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced UT Health RGV is making flu vaccinations available during early voting at the starting Oct. 15, as a way to increase the public’s access to the…

Officials with the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department reported 16 more deaths related to COVID-19 and 174 new known positive cases of the virus, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said in a Wednesday news release. This brings the total amount of COVID-19 related deaths to 1,884 with 33,788 known cases of the…

Officials with the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department reported 15 more COVID-19 related deaths Tuesday and 119 new known positive cases. This brings the total amount of COVID-19 related deaths to 1,868 and the amount of known cases to 33,614. 2,297 of those cases are active, the county said in a news release.…

Citing a steady count in the amount of COVID-19 deaths and new cases reported daily, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez has decided  to keep county bars closed. “I am convinced that reopening bars this week – as Governor Greg Abbott is allowing with local consent – is too risky,” Judge Cortez said in a statement.…

The Hidalgo County COVID-19 death toll climbed past 1,850 after the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department reported 12 more deaths over the weekend and 143 new known positive cases of the virus. This brings the total amount of recorded deaths related to the outbreak to 1,853 and 33,495 known positive cases. 2.193 of those cases remain…

As many counties across the state consider the benefits of reopening local bars, Hidalgo County Health Authority Dr. Ivan Melendez has said he is recommending they remain closed. During a Wednesday news conference, state Gov. Greg Abbott announced bars could reopen for the first time in months as early as Monday at a 50% percent…

A drug used to lower cholesterol could prevent dementia, disability, and heart disease among those 75 and older. That’s the basis of a new study DHR Health Institute for Research and Development and DHR Health announced Monday. DHR announced in the news release that enrollment is now open for a new clinical trial called PREVENTABLE. The study…