EDINBURG – Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez issued the following statement Wednesday morning regarding the 2020 election:
EDINBURG – Officials with the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department are reporting four new cases of West Nile virus and three new cases of Dengue Fever – two mosquito-borne illnesses that serve as reminders that Hidalgo County is in the middle of mosquito season.
The continuing IDEA Public Schools (charter school) legal saga continues as one reads its court response to a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by its former chief financial officer, Californiabased Wyatt Truscheit, this past August, less than a month after he resigned from the charter.
BROWNSVILLE – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged fentanyl, hidden within a 2008 Dodge Caliber.
EDINBURG – After consulting with local health experts and local mayors, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez on Wednesday signed amended safety orders that prohibits door-todoor Halloween activities, but provides for city-sanctioned drive-by celebrations such as trunk or treat. The amended orders by Judge Cortez also offer guidance, based on guidelines from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, for upcoming holidays such as Dia de los Muertos, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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