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.

Another 35 residents have died due to complications related to COVID-19 and 651 people learned they have tested positive for the virus, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Wednesday. This brings the total number of positive cases to 9,244.

Next Tuesday, July 21, the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing with some of the innovative biopharmaceutical companies leading the coronavirus vaccine race.

Governor Greg Abbott today hosted Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue for the ceremonial signing of the Shared Stewardship agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the State of Texas.

Smugglers kept agents busy this morning by attempting to smuggle more than 1000 lbs. of marijuana worth an estimated $860K.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Department of Defense (DOD) will surge resources to the Rio Grande Valley to help combat COVID-19.