8 a.m. to 5p.m. So the kids could get it at school, at whatever event, and then bring it home to their parents and grandparents. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18. “We did it in the spring, but we’d be much better prepared this time.”.Krouse said so far, the trends don’t indicate a need to move that direction yet.“We’ve not seen the exponential growth that would make us worry,” he said.But students say the low case counts, while worth the extra precautions, come at a high price.Martinez said he feels “selfish” for wanting to be on campus but doesn’t see an easy answer to his struggles to learn online, which are hampered by the fact that he has to drive to his mother's house in Mission to get Wi-Fi.He goes to campus once a week for swimming classes and would like to do more, but worries about the implications.“If they open the schools too early, there’s going to be a spike in COVID,” he said. They were ready for it.”.If you need help with the Public File, call 210-351-1241.catching, transmitting and dying from the coronavirus.safely send college students back to school.2018 survey of mid- to large-sized cities by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance. All of her classes are online, and she works full time at a lumber shop.“It was a little scary for us because of my grandparents,” she said. The dispute has left one person dead in Mexico and provoked a diplomatic clash between the two countries.In a controversy simmering since the summer, Mexican farmers in Chihuahua state began blocking authorities from extracting surface water from reservoirs for delivery to the U.S. A Mexican woman was shot dead Sept. 8 following a protest over water in Delicias, Chihuahua, about five hours south of the El Paso-Juárez border; the incident is under investigation.Meanwhile, in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, growers are waiting on the water Mexico owes them according to the terms of a 76-year-old bi-national treaty.Last week , Texas Gov. “It’s going to be from family-to-family transmission. … But I’m angry. Some 80% of the total cases were reported before the end of July, according to a dashboard maintained by the university. "There is no way they can deliver the water by the deadline," said Sonny Hinojosa, general manager of Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. Then her grandparents and great-grandmother tested positive for COVID-19.Just before finals, her great-grandmother died. Major cities of the Rio Grande Valley including Green Gate Grove in Mission Texas. Population: 806,447. "The climate change models for the region show less rain, higher temperatures and increases in demand for water. "It’s pretty consistent that Mexico doesn’t comply," he said. “You have people coming in all the time saying, ‘Hey, you need to do the chores, feed the dog, go get the groceries.’ You just hear everything going on in the background. Isolated without Wi-Fi in the rural Hidalgo County home he shares with his dad, Ruben Homar Martinez is determined to graduate from college this December with a degree in criminal justice.But he’s frustrated as he struggles through his online classes at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley when he should be sitting in the front row, he said, where he learns best.He’s having a hard time paying bills and tuition after his hours were reduced due to the pandemic at AutoZone.And he feels helpless because he lives in a national hot spot for coronavirus, where COVID-19 death rates are among the highest in the country — which means that the situation on his campus is unlikely to change soon.“I’m determined and willful enough to pass,” said Martinez, 24.
EDINBURG, TEXAS – Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez says he cannot disagree with Gov. They're also looking ahead to next year's planting season and see scarcity on the horizon.They have continued protesting — even facing off against Mexico's National Guard —to prevent the release of water from the reservoirs, including La Boquilla Dam, which lies south of Delicias. Last week, there were no new reported cases among the school’s students, faculty or staff who had been on campus either to work, live, attend class or use services. Those are the ones we’re really worried about.”.Castillo lives with one set of grandparents, both her parents and, until recently, her brother, who just left for college in Austin.Her father works two jobs, and both her mother and her grandfather work, all of them outside of the home. "What's at risk is there won't be enough precipitation," said Alfredo Granados, a water researcher at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez. On Thursday, three counties in the Rio Grande Valley reported a combined total of 11 more coronavirus deaths and 450 more people who tested positive for the disease. A woman was shot dead and her husband wounded following a Sept. 8 clash between National Guard troops and farmers over water. "The new orders … (AP Photo Christian Chavez),Burned structures are seen at La Boquilla Dam in Chihuahua, Mexico, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, a day after farmers wrested control from Mexican National Guard troops in order to close the dam's valves and reduce the flow of water toward the United States. This is the reality of pandemic-era college life in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, a four-county region just north of the Mexican border, where over 90% of the population is … ".Downstream, in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, the growing season lasts nearly all year. “If you look at the campus parking lots, they are by and large empty.”.The payoff, university officials say, is that the school has reported 108 cases among UT-Rio Grande Valley students, campuses and staff since mid-June. "The farmers might be caught in the middle," he said.Mexican National Guard troops equipped with riot gear stand guard at Las Pilas dam, two days after withdrawing from nearby La Boquilla dam after clashing with hundreds of farmers in Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Off-campus, 13 tested positive out of 75 tests administered.Meanwhile, schools like the UT-Austin reported three clusters of more than 100 cases last week, and a total of 645 since the pandemic began. They waited too long. Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council. Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez recently extended the county's Shelter at Home order to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, September 13. Texas Travel Guides.