Tag: Starr County
Despite leading in rate of new cases, likelihood of Starr County vaccination hub dwindles
Though COVID-19 cases in Starr County continue to rise at a higher rate than in neighboring Hidalgo and Cameron counties, hopes of setting up...
State to deploy vaccination team to Starr County
State officials are deploying mobile vaccination teams to Starr County as well as four other rural counties across Texas.
As part of an effort to...
Starr County hospital to receive low-temperature fridge for vaccine
Starr County is expected to receive a low-temperature refrigerator with the capability to store the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine which the county has, so far,...
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...
Starr County mother confronts cartel about missing son
A Starr County mother filed reports with U.S. and Mexico law enforcement when her teenage son went missing in Miguel Aleman on Dec. 29....
Starr County still awaiting reimbursement of virus relief funds
RIO GRANDE CITY — As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the Starr County judge revealed in a meeting with U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar that...
Starr County attempting to acquire more vaccines for mass distribution
In an attempt to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to more people, Starr County officials are hoping to obtain more doses from the state to...
Roma city manager to retire in June
After more than 20 years with the city, Roma City Manager Crisanto Salinas is set to retire when his contract expires in June.
Salinas, 62,...
Major crash in Starr County under investigation
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a major crash on U.S. Highway 83 that sent six people to the hospital, including one...
US eyes accused drug trafficker’s property for border wall
The U.S. government on Dec. 22 filed to take the property of an accused Starr County drug trafficker and use it to build a...