Tag: RGV
Hidalgo County residents lose $1M in rental assistance
Too little, too late. Just as the number of applications for rental assistance reached a fever pitch this summer, Hidalgo County was forced to turn over nearly $1 million that went unused by the federal government’s deadline.
Inflation ushering new wave of shoppers to pulgas, a Valley food alternative staple
A cacophony of English, Spanish and spanglish prattle emerging from crowds threading through narrow Pulga de Alamo aisles on a sweaty Sunday afternoon in July was pierced by an enthusiastic merchant’s sales pitch, “¡A dólar! ¡A dólar la bolsa de tomate!”
Gulf system unlikely to develop into named storm
An area of low pressure off the Louisiana coast is unlikely to spin up into a tropical storm or hurricane, and most of the heavy rain associated with this weather system should go well to the north of the Valley, meteorologists say.
Potential tropical trouble brewing in gulf
Hurricane experts are putting Texas residents on alert for a potentially fast-forming tropical system now churning off the coast of Louisiana.