With certain businesses reopening all across the country in an effort to reverse some of the nearly 41 million job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the Cities with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Rates Due to COVID-19, as a follow-up to our report on the States Hit Most by Unemployment Claims.

Measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19, while necessary, have had substantial negative effects on the Texas economy.

The Mission Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) administration is moving forward with planning for the start of the 2020-2021 school year in a manner that will allow for various possibilities and adjustments as needed, based upon the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in our area.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce tomorrow will announce a national town hall on June 25th as part of an ongoing initiative to address inequality of opportunity through education, employment, entrepreneurship, and criminal justice reform.

In preparation for Hurricane season, rural county residents can do their part to clean up our neighborhoods, roads, and ditches by dumping old tires at free collections sites this Saturday, June 6.

The UTRGV School of Medicine, through its practice plan, UT Health RGV, is substantially increasing the number of COVID-19 tests it can process in-house, via an automated extraction machine called the Thermo Fisher Kingfisher Flex.

Hidalgo County Budget Officer Sergio Cruz briefed the court with an overview of the 2021 budget process.

As a response to new Coronavirus cases and their continued preventive measures in Starr County, Judge Eloy Vera and Health Authority Dr. Jose Vazquez will be joined by local partners including Starr County Industrial Foundation, municipalities and educational institutions to host a press conference to announce the relocation and expansion of the COVID-19 Drive-thru Testing Site.

Hidalgo County Commissioners Court honored long-time employee and Palmview resident, Norma Linda Ochoa for her dedication to the Hidalgo County Tax Assessor Collector’s Office after 40 years of going above and beyond to assist the citizens of Hidalgo County.

The Hidalgo County Commissioners Court voted unanimously on Tuesday to raise the amount of federal relief funds it is allotting to the 22 municipalities in the county. Each city will receive an allotment at a rate of $132 per capita with $18 of those dollars to be held in reserve for unforeseen future needs related to the pandemic.