Good morning, Edinburg.

The La Rosita Volunteer Fire Department received protective gear, hoses, rescue tools and a thermal camera from two grants — its first update since 2019.

The department now seeks more funding for a new tanker.

The City of Edinburg Cultural Arts Department will host Los Muertos Bailan, a free Día de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, Oct.

24 from 5 to 11 p.m. at the Promenade Park Amphitheater (201 W. McIntyre St.) with live music, dances, a kids zone, and food vendors.

Chairman Paul R. Rodriguez praised STC staff at Fall Convocation at the McAllen Convention Center and defended keeping the tax rate at $0.1620 per $100 from a Sept.

23 meeting. He said the move supports debt retirement and taxpayer savings (addressing a $6.5M shortfall under HB 8).

IDEA Public School campuses will begin offering free meals for students 18 and under starting Thursday in the Rio Grande Valley + families should contact their nearest campus for details.

Hidalgo County Emergency Management is stationing eight water pumps along the IBWC floodway levee from Mercedes to La Villa ahead of this weekend's weather.

Crews are cleaning drainage ditches and have two high water vehicles on standby to help protect residents.

Edinburg will host the 6th annual Run for Hope 5K (a suicide awareness event) on Saturday, Oct.

3 at Edinburg Municipal Park, with the run starting at 7 a.m.

A Monday report from the American College of Surgeons shows Texas leads in lost rural surgery care — 38 rural hospitals dropped general surgery in the past decade, leaving over 15 million Americans without surgical support.