Rio Grande Valley

Texas Public Radio is providing COVID-19 updates and information for the Rio Grande Valley and the San Antonio area. You can read news stories in Spanish under "TPR Noticias: COVID-19" here.

Their work and lives have been upended in this region devastated by the coronavirus, and where poverty and preexisting conditions like diabetes, hypertension and obesity are prevalent.

This post has been updated. It was originally published on Monday, Aug. 17, at 4:28 p.m.A man entered a Weslaco Walmart armed with a hand gun and an…

Though the census deadline has been extended to the end of October, certain areas in Texas remain undercounted — even compared to the national average.The…

Texas is in the midst of a COVID-19 surge, but one area is in crisis. Hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley are near or at capacity, and EMS crews are…

A South Texas region exhausted by a months-long struggle with COVID-19, drought and economic distress now marshaled its resources to endure one more…

It’s just after midnight and Dr. Ivan Melendez still has several hours to go before he finishes his shift at a hospital in Hidalgo County. It’s been…

 "Ten out of the 12 hospitals in Texas' Rio Grande Valley are now full" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media…

Several hundred people braved the 94 Texas degree heat on Saturday  — the majority in face masks — to protest racism and police brutality.Megaphone in…

Texas Public Radio is updating information on COVID-19 in the Rio Grande Valley here. You can find the latest news from TPR in San Antonio here.…