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DPS issues official 60-day notification that DL Expiration Waiver ends in April

Wed, 02/17/2021 - 12:00am

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has officially issued the 60-day notice that the COVID-related waiver on expiration dates for driver licenses (DLs) and identification cards (IDs) ends on April 14, 2021. Therefore, DPS continues to urge customers to make an appointment or renew online today. The department first advised the public that the waiver would end two months ago.

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Goodbye, Lear:

Wed, 02/17/2021 - 12:00am

When I came up through the aviation ranks, there was one plane all charter pilots hoped to fly one day: the Lear Jet. Without a doubt, at the time, late 1970s, early ‘80s, the Lear was the coolest executive jet in most corporate fleets. Its look could rival that of a movie star – sleek, slender, with looks known to make pilots drool.

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Free income tax preparation services for qualifying taxpayers at PSJA ISD

Wed, 02/17/2021 - 12:00am

PHARR — The United Way Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is now offering free income tax preparation at Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (PSJA) locations to families earning less than $60,000 a year. Due to new health and safety measures implemented, these services will be offered by appointment only.

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DHR Health Involved in Mayo-Clinic-Coordinated Study

Wed, 02/17/2021 - 12:00am

Edinburg, TX (February 16, 2021) – As the number of patients with COVID-19 continues to increase nationally, DHR Health Institute for Research and Development, which is affiliated with DHR Health, is pursuing innovative ways to treat patients infected with the potentially life-threatening disease. Through this study, first coordinated by the Mayo Clinic, DHR Health continues to provide convalescent-plasma therapy to patients in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) hospitalized with severe COVID-19.

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Nine deaths related to COVID-19 reported in Hidalgo County and 600 positive cases

Wed, 02/17/2021 - 12:00am

Hidalgo County uses the case status definition provided by the Texas Department of State Health Service’s 2020 Epi Case Criteria Guide revised November 2020.