BROWNSVILLE – U.S Customs and Border Protection officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged heroin and marijuana. CBP officers discovered the alleged narcotics, valued at approximately $69,539, hidden within 2007 Mitsubishi Endeavor.
McALLEN – In an effort to provide support to local restaurants, McAllen Public Utility will be waiving wastewater surcharges through the end of July 2020. Wastewater surcharges are assessed to compensate for the extra treatment that must be conducted due to excess grease or industrial waste collected into the wastewater systems and treated at the wastewater treatment plant. MPU is relaxing the requirement to have grease traps cleaned every 90 days due to less volume of wastewater coming from these businesses.
EDINBURG –– National healthcare organizations have seen shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) supply during the COVID-19 global pandemic. DHR Health anticipated the needs and established a PPE Conservation Team to provide innovative methods to create and sustain adequate PPE in order to maintain a safe environment for their patients, workforce and community during this pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday that seven recent computer models show COVID-19-related deaths will indeed rise in coming months.
AUSTIN – It cannot be denied that nursing homes and assisted living communities are on the frontline in the war against COVID-19. Nursing homes are enduring the greatest concentration of outbreaks, and deaths in Texas and across the nation. The numbers are heartbreaking.
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