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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events July 23, 2025

DHR Health to host 19th Annual “Fishing for Hope” Fundraising Tournament

DHR Health is getting ready once again to make a big splash at its 19th Annual “Fishing for Hope” Fundraising
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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events July 22, 2025

DHR Health Women’s Hospital to Celebrate 150,000th Delivery Milestone

WHAT: DHR Health Women’s Hospital is proud to celebrate a major milestone – its 150,000th delivery. This event will honor
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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events July 22, 2025

STHS Children’s Hosting Back-To-School Block Party

For the fourth year, STHS Children’s will partner with local community organizations and business to distribute free school supplies, no-cost
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 22, 2025

Texas lawmakers largely ignored flood prep advice for rural areas like Kerr County

Context & Background Over the past two decades, despite Texas experiencing increasingly damaging floods—especially in rural and economically marginalized regions—state
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured July 21, 2025

Burnet County Disaster Recovery Center Opens July 20

A Disaster Recovery Center will open Sunday, July 20, in Burnet County to offer face-to-face help to survivors who had damage
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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events July 19, 2025

City of McAllen Celebrates Grand Opening of Camp McAllen

The new campground opens July 22, 2025 McALLEN, TEXAS – The City of McAllen held a ribbon cutting ceremony for
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured July 16, 2025

United States to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Amid Global Crisis

According to a report published today by The Atlantic, President Trump’s administration has ordered the destruction of nearly 500 metric
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 15, 2025

Attorney General Ken Paxton requests death row inmate Robert Roberson be executed Oct. 16

By Kayla Guo and Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune “Attorney General Ken Paxton requests death row inmate Robert Roberson be
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 14, 2025

Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Eric Cespedes Sacrifices Life to Save His Children

EDINBURG, Texas – With heavy hearts and deep reverence, we announce the passing of Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Eric Cespedes, who
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 14, 2025

Hidalgo County Precinct 3 and Driscoll Health Plan Host Back-to-School Fair to Support Precinct 3

Mission, TX  – Hidalgo County Precinct 3, in partnership with Driscoll Health Plan, is proud to announce Precinct 3’s Back-to-School Fair, taking
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