Area News

A man from Pharr in his 40s was the only person in Hidalgo County  Saturday to test positive for the COVID-19 virus, the county announced Saturday in a news release. This marks the fewest number of new cases since a single person tested positive on March 29 five weeks ago, the county announced. “While this…

Five people tested positive for the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus, bringing the total number of positive cases in Hidalgo County to 339. One person was released from isolation Friday, meaning the patient has not had symptoms for ten days or a fever for three days straight. The total number of those released from isolation now stands at…

Following a Monday executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott, many local restaurants and retail stores will be seeing customers inside their businesses for the first time in weeks. Abbott released a plan detailing steps that will be taken to resuscitate the economy by allowing restaurants, retail stores, malls, libraries, theaters and museums to open at…

A series spotlighting locally-owned restaurants adjusting to the pandemic One of the longest-standing locally-owned restaurants in the Rio Grande Valley, Taco Ole is known as a popular spot where everyone and their abuelos can gather for a meal. The community atmosphere at Taco Ole has been lively since it opened its doors in 1973. Driving…

  This week the city of Mission held a special council meeting over Zoom to discuss the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), and extended the disaster declaration caused by COVID-19. The CAFR included an audit on the budget and operations of the city, and was conducted by the financial department and Carr, Riggs & Ingram,…

For the first time in over a month, Palmview High School seniors returned to campus for possibly the only rite of passage they’ll be able to complete on campus. Last week, seniors arrived at Palmview High to pick up their graduation cap and gown through curbside delivery performed by representatives from the company Jostens and…

Despite two new cases of COVID-19 in the area this past week, a Starr County official says there are still no signs of community spread of the contagious disease in the county with a population of nearly 65,000. On Monday, the county reported its first case in three weeks, and the county confirmed its 9th…

Joseph Andrew Lopez wanted to make sure his sister Kristen had a prom to remember. With Texas campuses closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, seniors throughout the state have had to face the swift turn their final year of high school took. Major events, like prom and graduation, were either put on hold or cancelled…

132 new residences will be built in Mission. The Mission city council approved a preliminary and final plat approval for a subdivision that will span 25.259 acres of land on the Northwest corner of South Inspiration Rd. and Mile 1 South along the north side of Mile 1 South. The Rio Plata Subdivision will be…

10 more people in Hidalgo County tested positive for the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 334, the county announced Thursday. Despite the new cases, the amount of people who have been released from isolation after showing no symptoms for 10 days and no fever for three days has surpassed the…