Tag: Hidalgo County
State jobless rate declines; Valley lags behind
Texas added jobs for the eighth straight month in December, with the unemployment rate falling to 7.2% from 8.1% the previous month, the Texas...
Pharr man arraigned on murder indictment
A 37-year-old Pharr resident entered a not guilty plea Friday morning to charges of murder and tampering with evidence.
A Hidalgo County grand jury indicted...
COVID cases up by 750 in Hidalgo County as 17 die
Hidalgo County officials reported 17 COVID-19 related deaths and an additional 750 positive cases of the virus Thursday, raising the case tally here to...
Hidalgo County turns vaccination focus on efficiency, accessibility
“This is a test for us,” Weslaco Fire Chief Antonio Lopez said Thursday morning as a line of cars snaked smoothly through the Bobby...
Hidalgo County property taxes due at end of January
Hidalgo County residents have until Feb. 1 to pay property taxes, the county’s Tax Assessor-Collector Pablo Villarreal Jr. announced in a release Wednesday.
Normally, the...
Edinburg CISD stalls software purchase due to transparency concerns
EDINBURG — An effort to purchase software to analyze online education data stalled at an Edinburg school board meeting Tuesday because of transparency concerns...
Cost escalates for new county courthouse project
EDINBURG — The new county courthouse project is currently estimated to cost taxpayers about $180 million, or about 20% more than initially projected.
When Hidalgo...
HCSO traffic stop for failing to signal results in federal meth case
When a motorist failed to signal a lane change Tuesday, the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office pulled the vehicle over and authorities discovered a little...
HCSO traffic stop for failing to signal results in federal meth case
When a motorist failed to signal a lane change Tuesday, the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office pulled the vehicle over and authorities discovered a little...
Eleven COVID-19 related deaths, 540 positive cases in Hidalgo County
Hidalgo County officials reported 11 COVID-19 related deaths and an additional 540 positive cases of the virus on Wednesday, raising the total number of...