Is the City of Pharr really going to get into the ambulance business, and in what way? We’ll find out this Friday when the bankruptcy judge overseeing Hidalgo County EMS’s demise is expected to sign a final order awarding Pharr the bid, given the fact that the city was the only party that laid down a cash bid during a bankruptcy auction held last Friday. Hidalgo County EMS currently serves Pharr, Edinburg, and some rural parts of Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kleberg and Jim Wells counties, along with the relatively smaller cities of Sullivan, Peñitas, and Taft. Meanwhile, Hidalgo County EMS’s main ...