The Arrival of Winter Texans Threatens the Rio Grande Valley’s Hospital System

December 8, 2020.

For the last three years, Jeffery Jasper has escaped the brutal winters of his home in Minneapolis for the tall palms and sunny skies of South Texas. In early October, after considering the risks of contracting COVID-19 at age 76, he decided he’d rather be “warm and worried than cold and worried” and drove 1,500 miles to the Rio Grande Valley in his 37-foot-long Newmar RV.

Pct. 1 commish to participate in state leadership conference

December 8, 2020
Hidalgo County Precinct 1 Commissioner David Fuentes was chosen as one of 14 to participate in a prestigious leadership program for county officials across the state.

Hidalgo County Preparing To Receive More Than 10,000 Doses In Initial Shipment Of COVID-19 Vaccine

December 7, 2020

Hidalgo County is learning it will receive 11,700 doses in its initial allotment of the first coronavirus vaccine. The word comes from state health officials who say the vaccines will be going to five local hospitals, which is in line with the state’s guidelines to give the first shots to frontline medical staff.

Rio Grande Valley saw COVID-19 surge mid-summer; how their orders helped them overcome

December 5, 2020

The state of COVID-19 in El Paso is one that another county in Texas has been in before.
Hidalgo county sits on the U.S.-Mexico border just like El Paso.

Hidalgo County health officials keep close eye on available hospital beds as COVID-19 infections rise

December 3, 2020

Hidalgo County health officials are keeping a close eye on the number of available hospital beds in across the county, as COVID-19 infections rise.