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Rep. Cuellar announces over $14M in Provider Relief Fund payments

ROMA — On Monday, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, TX-28, announced $14,097,742 in Provider Relief Fund payments for Starr County. The federal funds will be distributed to eligible health care providers who diagnose, test, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19, and have health care related expenses and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.

Spanish shipwrecks off of South Padre

Reading about old shipwrecks reminds one of how brave, or crazy — take your pick — sailors were back in the, say, late 1400s when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, all the way through the 1600s when sailing vessels were so flimsy, like timber boxes, so prone to sinking in high winds and high waves. Add to that, the fact that most sailors in that time period didn’t know how to swim. Not a good combo.

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