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City of McAllen Office of Communications wins at Annual Industry Awards Ceremony

Wed, 09/15/2021 - 12:00am

The Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (TAMIO), a division of the Texas Municipal League (TML), announced the 2021 winners of its state-wide TAMI Awards Competition during a ceremony at the annual conference held in late August in Round Rock, Texas. The City of McAllen Office of Communications earned a total of four awards for various public relations, social media and video production work. Also a winner was Hidalgo County Public Affairs. A total of 435 entries, from 83 different municipalities in Texas, were submitted for the 38 categories in this year’s competition.

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Water Levels as of 09/14/2021

Wed, 09/15/2021 - 12:00am

Source: International Boundary and Water Commission

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Are you looking for a little buddy?

Wed, 09/15/2021 - 12:00am

Cinderella is happy to feature two adorable little guys this week, Nigel, a black and white, spiky-haired terrier, about a year and a half old, and Tinker, a marmalade and white kitten, with pretty markings and gold eyes, who’s still a baby at 4 months old.

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At least 92 Texas hospitals were out of ICU beds last week, according to the latest federal data. Look up the ones near you.

Wed, 09/15/2021 - 12:00am

Every Monday, hospitals in Texas report their current ICU bed capacity to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Here’s the latest as the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 spreads and sends unvaccinated Texans to the hospital.