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Disappointed by Trump, dubious of Talarico: This Rio Grande Valley health official mulls his midterm vote
by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune McAllen TX — Dr. Ivan Melendez was among the 110,000 voters in Hidalgo County who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 in a historic swing that amounted to the first time the predominantly Hispanic county has gone for a Republican presidential nominee in more than 50 years. In the…
PRECINCT 4 BREAKS GROUND ON $9.5 MILLION COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER IN EDINBURG
Hidalgo County, Precinct 4, Edinburg, Community Resource Center, Groundbreaking Staff Report EDINBURG TX – Hidalgo County Precinct 4 Commissioner Ellie Torres joined community leaders, county officials, project partners and residents Thursday to break ground on a new $9.5 million Community Resource Center at 10187 Carmen Avila Road in Edinburg, the second such facility in Precinct…
UPDATE: EDINBURG OFFICER IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES; SUSPECT DEAD
Edinburg, Police, Shooting, Law Enforcement, Texas Rangers Staff Report Edinburg TX – An Edinburg Police Department officer is in critical but stable condition following emergency surgery after being shot multiple times Thursday morning by a suspect who later died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the department said. At approximately 9:10 a.m., Edinburg dispatch received…
EDINBURG OFFICER SHOT Taken To Hospital; SCENE SECURED AT WEST OAK APARTMENTS
Edinburg, Police, Shooting, Law Enforcement Staff Report Edinburg TX – An Edinburg Police Department officer sustained at least one gunshot wound this morning during a police-involved shooting at the West Oak Apartments in the 100 block of West Chapin Street and Bodark Drive, according to the department. The officer was transported to a local hospital…
UT Health RGV expands treatment options for depression, OCD
Photo above: UT Health RGV offers Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy, a non-invasive treatment that uses magnetic pulses to target specific areas of the brain. Updated technology has allowed the program to offer shorter and accelerated treatment options for patients with depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. (UTRGV Photo) By Heriberto Perez-Zuniga, UTRGV Communications Edinburg TX – Getting…
High housing costs cut into Texans’ income gains in 2025 While Incomes Dropped in McAllen Area
Photo above: Newly developed apartments sit next to older homes in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas on July 11, 2024. Azul Sordo for the Texas Tribune by Joshua Fechter and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune Incomes largely slowed in Texas last year, and fell dramatically in at least one major urban area, as Texans face…
Therapy for Perfectionism Starts Where Praise Stops Working
By Martha Fernandez, LCSW “Échale ganas.” Give it your all. Plenty of families in the Valley say it to their kids before a test, a tryout or a first job, and it has carried a lot of people a long way. It is good advice. For some people, it quietly turns into a rule that…
Hidalgo County Mails Out 2026 Consolidated Tax Statements
Hidalgo County, Property Taxes, Tax Bills, Edinburg, Rio Grande Valley Staff Report Edinburg TX – Hidalgo County Tax Assessor-Collector Pablo (Paul) Villarreal Jr. announced Wednesday that 2026 consolidated tax statements have been mailed to property owners across the county. The new statements are light blue in color and include taxes for multiple taxing entities, including…
PRECINCT 4 TO BREAK GROUND ON SECOND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER IN EDINBURG
Hidalgo County, Precinct 4, Edinburg, Community Resource Center, Groundbreaking Staff Report Edinburg TX – Hidalgo County Precinct 4 Commissioner Ellie Torres will host a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a new Community Resource Center at 10187 Carmen Avila Road in Edinburg, marking what the commissioner’s office called a historic milestone for residents in the northernmost part…
Keeping the Valley moving: UT Health RGV highlights benefits of physical therapy
Photo above: Alex Alejandro, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, and Desiree French, PT, physical therapists at UT Health RGV, help patients improve strength, mobility and function through personalized physical therapy. Their work supports patients recovering from injury while helping others stay active and continue doing the activities they enjoy. (UTRGV Photo by Heriberto Perez-Zuniga) By Heriberto Perez-Zuniga,…
