Area News

Valley View Independent School District Superintendent Silvia Ibarra will retire at the end of the summer. According to Ibarra, the Valley View school board accepted her resignation Monday and appointed an interim superintendent, though Ibarra says she’ll officially continue to serve as superintendent through the end of August. After August 31, Ibarra says she’ll be…

The Mercedes school board voted to fire its superintendent in May without saying why, and that process doesn’t appear to be going smoothly. In April, the Mercedes ISD board voted to place Superintendent Maria J. Chavez on administrative leave with pay. Trustees appointed an acting superintendent and, late in May, voted to fire Chavez “for…

Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 1 candidate Ramon Segovia sued Democratic primary opponent Sonia Treviño last week alleging that she only wound up winning their May run-off race by 31 votes because the Hidalgo County Elections Department failed to enforce the law and her campaign capitalized on that lapse to secure…

Western Hidalgo County prepares for impact Amid hurricane season, the Rio Grande Valley witnessed seven-inch rainfalls the past week while western Hidalgo County prepares for flooding. On Tuesday afternoon, a storm spread inland off the Gulf of Mexico coast, inching across the RGV and repeating the process Wednesday night and Thursday morning. According to the…

If Jitterz Coffee were to walk into your bar, you shouldn’t have to ask for their ID. On June 7th, 2024, Jitterz Coffee celebrated their 21st year in business at 1625 N Conway Ave. in the city of Mission, Texas. Over the course of 21 years, Jitterz has revolutionized the coffee game and has shown…

On Tuesday evening, the main yard of the city of Mission’s public works department compound sat completely open and unguarded to any thief who wanted to wander in and steal city material, equipment or paraphernalia. At least one warehouse in the yard stood wide open, both doors flung ajar, the building brazenly displaying equipment within.…

Mission CISD trustees voted Wednesday to change the district’s primary legal counsel for the first time since 1998. Trustees voted to hire the law firm O’Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo to replace firm Eichelbaum, Wardell, Hansen, Powell & Muñoz. That Austin-based firm has served as the district’s primary legal counsel for close to a quarter of…

Faced with a mammoth $55.3 million budget deficit, La Joya ISD dismissed 175 employees as part of an operational overhaul this semester aimed at righting the district’s incredibly poor financial position. Clues of significant human resources changes in the district have been evident for weeks, occasionally showing up in the form of angry public comments…

Mission Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Carol G. Perez will receive three month’s worth of severance to quietly resign under a separation agreement she signed with the district Wednesday. Under Perez’s current contract, three months of pay is worth a little under $60,000. The Mission school board placed Perez on paid administrative leave a little…