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Old courthouse shut down for three days

Hidalgo County needs a bit of luck. Ask a priest to bless it, hire a curandera for backup, and hope for the best.Last week, the old and still up-and-running courthouse, first opened in 1954 and renovated in 1980 and 2006, was shut down after a cooling tower collapsed (details still sketchy), which put the building’s AC out of commission.Here’s where the bit of bad luck comes in -- on top of the fact that the new courthouse still remains out of commission while experts work to uncover its pending problems, but if not for an alleged drunk driver barreling into ...

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