The State of Texas will allocate $200 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for the purchase of eLearning devices and home internet solutions to enable remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for Texas students that lack connectivity.

Twenty-two residents have died today due to complications related to COVID-19, while 1,248 learned they have tested positive for the virus, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Thursday.

U.S. Border Patrol and Starr County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) work together to dismantle a stash operation in rural South Texas.

As part of Texas Southmost College’s (TSC) ongoing comprehensive CARE initiative, all students enrolled in the fall 2020 semester will receive an automatic 20% tuition reduction scholarship.

During a special City Council meeting Thursday afternoon, the Edinburg City Council approved amending the city’s emergency order once again to help mitigate the increasing numbers.

Census responses are used to produce statistics about how many people live in what areas and who they are by age, sex, race, and ethnicity.

At a special city council meeting held on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Palmview Mayor Ricardo “Rick” Villarreal and the Palmview City Council acted swiftly to approve an updated Emergency Order to delay in-person instruction at all schools within the city limits for the 2020-2021 school year, including La Joya ISD, amid concerns of a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Hidalgo County.

While multiple companies are in a race to develop a vaccine that brings a solution to the Pandemic started in China, Texas Border Business and Mega Doctor NEWS added two dashboards, one for Texas and the other to track World fatalities caused by COVID-19.

All IDEA Public School campuses in the Rio Grande Valley will begin classes 100% virtually on August 10. This decision comes after careful consideration from IDEA leadership.

As COVID cases skyrocket, anxieties around remote learning are growing in the Rio Grande Valley’s low-income colonias, where access to broadband Internet is scarce.