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After Funds Exhausted, Community Service Agency Ends Applications For Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program
EDINBURG – The Hidalgo County Community Service Agency (CSA) has exhausted all funding and is no longer accepting applications for the Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the 2022 program year. The agency received just over $6 million from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to assist residents with the high energy costs,…
7th Annual “Purple Day” Supports Domestic Violence Awareness Month
EDINBURG – The Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney’s Office; the Rio Grande Valley District Attorney Coalition; the Texas Council on Family Violence; the City of Edinburg; Edinburg Police Department; Mujeres Unidas; and the Hidalgo County Family Violence Taskforce will commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month with the 7th annual “Purple Day” event on Thursday, October 20, from 9 a.m.…
Up, Up, and Away!
By Dr. M. Ray Perryman The Federal Reserve recently announced another increase in the target interest rate for federal funds to 3-3.25%. The point is to slow the economy in order to reduce inflation. It’s a balancing act of the Fed’s twin mandates – maximizing employment and keeping inflation at bay. The pandemic required stimulative…
EE High School Staff Charged With Improper Relationship Between Educator And Student
The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32-year-old Raul Diaz for an Improper Relationship between Educator and Student. The charge stems from when Diaz was a teacher at Edcouch Elsa High School. On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, Raul Diaz turned himself in to the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office. Diaz was taken into custody and has been…
Hidalgo County Tax Offices Return To Normal Hours
EDINBURG – Hidalgo County Tax Assessor‐Collector, Mr. Pablo (Paul) Villarreal, Jr. PCC, announced this week that seven offices will return to normal operating hours beginning Monday, October 3rd, 2022. However, the Alamo substation will be open on Mondays and Tuesdays only for the foreseeable future. “I appreciate that our taxpayers understood and showed us patience as we closed our offices on Wednesdays these past several weeks due to shortage in personnel,” Villarreal said. “Even as we continue our personnel shortagestruggles, I am pleased that we are able to fully open all but our Alamo office beginning the…
Precinct 4 Lights Up the Streets of San Carlos Home Sites
EDINBURG – Hidalgo County Precinct 4 Commissioner Ellie Torres has given residents of the San Carlos Home Sites Subdivision something to smile about with the installation of street lights via the Hidalgo County Unincorporated Subdivision Street Lights Program. The San Carlos Home Sites subdivision was developed with 112 residential lots in 1946 and the residents could…
Memorial Middle School Lockdown lifted
EDINBURG – Edinburg CISD’s Memorial Middle School was placed on lockdown at Noon today due to a suspicious person in a vehicle in a nearby neighborhood. However, the lock down has since been lifted. According an Edinburg CISD spokesperson, “the suspect was never on school grounds. The scene is secure and the lockdown is lifted.…
Hidalgo County Judge’s Office Awarded “Best Practices” Award By Texas Association Of Counties
Photo above: Texas Association of Counties presenting Best Practices Award to Hidalgo County Judge’s Office. EDINBURG – The Texas Association of Counties (TAC) recently awarded the Hidalgo County Judge’s Office with the prestigious “Best Practice” Award for the Cooking School for Emergencies events. The honor was announced by the TAC on August 15, 2022, and Hidalgo…
Hidalgo County Passes 4,000 COVID-19 Related Deaths; Marks Grim Milestone With 4th Video Memorial
EDINBURG – As Hidalgo County marks the 4,000th COVID-19 related death, it released its 4th memorial video showing some of the victims of the deadly disease. “Each of these deaths is a tragedy,” said Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez. “But our hope is that this latest video memorial shows our family, friends and neighbors as they…
Hidalgo County Declares September National Deaf Awareness Month
EDINBURG – During last week’s Commissioners Court meeting, County Clerk Arturo Guajardo, Jr. and Hidalgo County Precinct 2 Commissioner Eduardo “Eddie” Cantu sponsored a proclamation declaring September as National Deaf Awareness Month. The deaf population includes a wide range of individuals, from those who were born profoundly deaf and use American Sign Language (ASL) as a primary…
