Dina Arévalo

EDINBURG — Nearly four years after its builders projected it to reach “substantial completion,” the new Hidalgo County Courthouse is at last tangibly close to opening its doors to the public.

Three years after Donna voters narrowly approved a proposal to extend the terms of office for the mayor, city council and municipal judge from three years to four, city officials have at last ratified voters’ wishes.

MERCEDES — A shy Samuel Sosa, 7, sits on a comfy brown sofa burying his face against his big sister, Esmeralda Sosa’s side as she and their grandmother, San Juanita de Leon, recount the nightmare that has been the last year-and-a-half.

McAllen city leaders gave their unanimous approval to a sweeping overhaul of land use and development regulations.

McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos has officially announced his intent to seek a second term as the city's top elected official.

DONNA — Just four months after a split city council sought to fire him, officials here have instead reassigned City Manager Carlos Yerena and named his temporary replacement.

EDINBURG — The first public housing project to be constructed here in more than four decades is finally open and will soon be home to its first residents.

McAllen city leaders gave their unanimous approval to a sweeping overhaul of land use and development regulations.

EDINBURG — Three months to the day after the Edinburg City Council implemented proximity and water use restrictions on commercial car washes in light of worsening water scarcity, the council approved of an exception to the new rules.

EDINBURG — The city now has a backup plan in the event that Municipal Judge Hector Bustos is unavailable to attend to residents’ traffic tickets or the bond hearings for defendants arrested by Edinburg police.