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3 COVID-19 DEATHS IN RGV, COB CITY PLAZA CASE CONFIRMED
Special to El Rrun-RrunA City of Brownsville employee working out of City Plaza on Levee Street has been tested and found positive for COVID-19.The third death in the RGV was confirmed in Hidalgo...
View ArticleBISD REGAINS ITS SENSES; WILL REINSTATE KIDS' LUNCHES
Special to El Rrun-RrunThank heaven that the superintendent and the board members of the Brownsville Independent School District have regained their sense and are reconsidering the suspension of...
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UNACAST: CAMERON GETS B-GRADE ON SOCIAL DISTANCING
By Gaige Davilaeditor@portisabelsouthpadre.comCameron County has received a “B” average rating from Unacast, a location data company from the same creators of TIDAL music streaming services. The...
View ArticleSAN BENE COMMISSION BACKS DOWN: NO WORKERS CUT
"Good morning Mr. Montoya. City employees are thankful to you (for posting th city agenda proposing workers' hours cuts). Some people’s jobs were saved in our city. The city received negative feedback...
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HAD TO BE FOX NEWS: CAN YOU DO IT IN AGE OF COVID-19?
By Brie StimsonFox NewsAs the majority of Americans are under some type of stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, you may be wondering if it’s safe to have sex in the age of...
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WOULD YOU BUY A USED SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM THIS BUNCH?
(Ed.'s Note: They are two members short - one resigned rather than be removed, the other prohibited from getting near the district under federal indictment - and now the district's meal deliveries for...
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THOSE WERE THE DAYS...WE THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER END...
Special to El Rrun-RrunIt was 1944 and the United States was still engaged in the War to Make the World Safe for Democracy. The War to End All Wars (WWI) was thing of the past. On the home front in...
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TUG OF WAR OVER MEALS BY BISD, MAYOR, COUNTY, ABBOTT
Special to El Rrun-RrunIs it all a matter of interpretation? Or is it a matter of territory?Or is it deteriorating into a pissing match?The interpretation to these questions are but two that are in...
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TOO LATE TO PLUG ALL THE LEAKS IN THE COVID-19 DIKE
By Juan MontoyaLike Hans Brinker, the Dutch boy who is overwhelmed by cracks in the bursting dike, local public officials at all levels have been besieged as the number of COVID-19 positive cases climb...
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NEITHER HEAT, NOR THE CODIV-19 STOPS B.V. EASTER BUNNY
(Ed.'sNote: We thought it was still early before Easter Sunday when this Easter Bunny was spotted going door to door fully decked in Personal Protective Equipment at the Brownsville Housing...
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STARTING MONDAY, GO OUTSIDE, WEAR A FACIAL COVERING
"Facial Coverings are recommended when outside of your home for all individuals over the age of 5. Face coverings will become mandatory on Monday, April 13." Amended City Disaster DeclarationSpecial to...
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STATE POWER VS.1ST AMENDMENT DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
"The mayor of Port Isabel, Texas, has decided, for whatever reason, that residents may not travel with more than two people in their vehicles. What if you’re a single parent with two kids? Well, sorry,...
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SUDDENLY, HEB IS NO LONGER A COVID-19 SANCTUARY
(Ed.'s Note: What started out as rigorous rules for shoppers on essential grocery shopping at HEB has deteriorated somehow as the photo above indicates. The six-foot rule doesn't seem to apply here....
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GABRIEL MARQUEZ ON THE VALUES OF A TOO-SHORT LIFE
(Before he died on 17 April 2014 at the age of 87, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia’s illustrious Nobel Laureate for literature, had declared his retirement from public life. He had terminal cancer and...
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THE BISD BOARD ROOM: HIGH COMEDY OR LOW TRAGEDY?
They're Eddie and Druci,Phil, Minnie and Pricsi(Laurita is missing)They're altogether ooky,The BISD Family.Their board room's a museumWhen people come to see 'emThey really are a screamThe district...
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IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL THE UPWARD CURVING COVID-19 SPIKE SINKS
CITY OF BROWNSVILLE TESTING DRIVE-THRU SITE (SPORTS PARK)Cameron County cases reported as of 8 a.m. April 8, 2020: Tested 401 peopleCity of Brownsville Health Department:At this point we’ve had 401...
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JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, OR WERE ON THE MOON...
(Ed's Note: Quick: Do you know of anybody who doesn't know the city [and county] - and entire states - have been under the Stay at Home and Shelter in Place orders going on close to a month? Well, the...
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THE FAMILIAR STRANGERS AMONG US....
(Ed.'s Note: Just who are they, how's their health, maybe infected, and are they hungry and need some toiletries to spiff up a bit?Downtown homeless, transients on the way somewhere else or stranded...
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