Delays in SNAP applications leave El Paso families in limbo
by Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, El Paso MattersSeptember 27, 2023 Texas families are waiting more than 100 days to get their SNAP applications…
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How to donate items, volunteer time for migrants in El Paso
by Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, El Paso MattersSeptember 21, 2023 Migrants who’ve risked their lives traversing through dangerous jungle and…
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Biden extends temporary legal status, work permits to Venezuelans
by Cindy Ramirez, El Paso MattersSeptember 21, 2023 Just under half a million Venezuelans – many who arrived in the U.S. through the Ciudad…
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City looks to purchase vacant EPISD middle school for migrant and animal shelter
by Claudia Lorena Silva, El Paso MattersSeptember 18, 2023 Update 3:30 p.m. Sept. 19: The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees voted…
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‘Cassandro’ film depicts trailblazing borderland luchador
by Cindy Ramirez, El Paso MattersSeptember 12, 2023 In the dressing room of the Gimnasio Josué Neri Santos in Ciudad Juárez, Sául Armendáriz…
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City hosting meet-and-greet for El Paso Police Department chief finalists
by Cindy Ramirez and Elida S. Perez, El Paso MattersSeptember 12, 2023 The next El Paso police chief will take charge of a department that has helped…
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‘It’s a wonderful movie,’ El Paso author Ben Sáenz says of ‘Aristotle and Dante’ film adaptation of his novel
by Cindy Ramirez, El Paso MattersSeptember 6, 2023 Benjamin Alire Sáenz has a straightforward opinion about his acclaimed book having been adapted…
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Corruption sentence complete, Luther Jones seeks to regain law license
by Robert Moore, El Paso MattersSeptember 6, 2023 Luther Jones, a former El Paso elected official who was disbarred a decade ago after being…
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Federal, state officials move to ease gas shortage in El Paso following refinery outage
by Diego Mendoza-Moyers, El Paso MattersSeptember 4, 2023 After a breakdown at Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s El Paso refinery cut off a major source…
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City manager search on hold as City Council rejects search firm recommendation
by Elida S. Perez, El Paso MattersAugust 29, 2023 Hiring a new El Paso city manager is on hold as City Council on Tuesday rejected a recommendation…
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Texas National Guard shoots man found wounded on Juárez bank of Rio Grande
by Puente News Collaborative, El Paso MattersAugust 28, 2023 By Blanca Carmona and Veronica Martinez/La Verdad CIUDAD JUAREZ – A Texas National…
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El Paso police chief finalists named, final interviews in two weeks
Editor’s Note: ABC-7 also confirmed the final four candidates with El Paso City Representative Henry Rivera. by Ramon Bracamontes, El Paso…
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El Paso gas prices surge more than 50 cents since last month, approach $4 per gallon
by Diego Mendoza-Moyers, El Paso MattersAugust 24, 2023 Gasoline prices climbed by more than 50 cents per gallon in El Paso since last month, hitting…
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Can El Paso’s curfew law stay in place with a veto by the mayor? Questions remain as new state law says no.
by Elida S. Perez, El Paso MattersAugust 22, 2023 The city’s juvenile curfew ordinance is set to end on Sept. 1 despite a last-minute move by El…
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Portions of Montwood Drive to close until September
by Ramon Bracamontes, El Paso MattersAugust 18, 2023 Portions of Montwood Drive – from Montwood High School to Hanks High School – will be closed…
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El Paso taxes: County proposes tax rate increase, gives elected officials pay raise
by Cindy Ramirez, El Paso MattersAugust 23, 2023 El Paso County is considering adopting a tax rate that would raise some property taxes about $100 a…
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Kermés season: Here’s a list of El Paso church bazaars
by Alyson Rodriguez, El Paso MattersAugust 11, 2023 The smell of gorditas and enchiladas and the sounds of cumbias and norteñas fill the air as El…
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El Paso and other Texas cities are getting ready for Abbott’s ‘Death Star Law’
by Christian Betancourt, El Paso MattersAugust 14, 2023 In 2015, El Paso became the second city in the country to safeguard its workers by passing a…
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Number of COVID-19 cases rise in El Paso with global spread of EG.5
by Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, El Paso MattersAugust 16, 2023 El Paso is experiencing an uptick in COVID-19 cases again as the dominant virus strain…
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Ron Stallworth, El Paso’s ‘Black Klansman’ author, has new police book coming out in 2024
by Robert Moore, El Paso MattersAugust 14, 2023 El Paso’s Ron Stallworth, whose book “Black Klansman” became a New York Times best seller and a…
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