El Paso County Jail has 1st inmate death due to Covid-19
EL PASO, Texas — A 59-year-old inmate at the El Paso County Jail has died of Covid-19, Sheriff Richard Wiles told El Paso Matters on Tuesday. It is…
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‘We’re running out of nurses’: Virus outbreak depletes Providence Memorial ICU nursing staff
EL PASO, Texas — Between five and eight intensive care unit nurses at The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus have tested positive for Covid-19,…
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19-year-old who wanted to be a nurse may be El Paso’s youngest virus fatality
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso family is waiting for their 19-year-old daughter’s Covid-19 test results while making her funeral arrangements. …
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ACLU demands El Paso police release videos from deadly Paisano crash
EL PASO, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is seeking videos and other documents related to a June 25 crash that killed…
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Noted El Paso artist, actor and war hero Bob Snead dies at 84
El PASO, Texas — Bob Snead, an El Paso artist, actor and decorated war veteran who told the stories of Black soldiers of the frontier, died on…
Continue Reading Growing virus outbreak at El Paso County jails now infects 174 inmates, 14 staff
EL PASO, Texas — Mass testing at El Paso County jails has revealed 174 Covid-19 cases among inmates, Sheriff Richard Wiles said Monday. The sheriff…
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El Paso hits extreme high in virus hospitalizations as available ICU beds dwindle
EL PASO, Texas — State health officials late Thursday afternoon reported that only 28 intensive care unit beds and 388 hospital beds are available…
Continue Reading Border Patrol changes policy on Paisano pursuits in wake of deadly crash, agents speak out
EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Border Patrol abruptly changed its policy on pursuits along a crash-prone stretch of Paisano Avenue through downtown El…
Continue Reading 40 inmates, 5 officers at El Paso County’s jails test positive for virus
EL PASO, Texas — Forty inmates and five detention officers have tested positive in recent days for Covid-19 at El Paso’s two county jails. Sheriff…
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State probes El Paso nursing home as workers say they were denied PPE before virus outbreak
EL PASO, Texas — A west-central El Paso nursing home that has had numerous Covid-19 cases failed to provide adequate personal protective equipment…
Continue Reading El Paso nursing home hit with virus outbreak offers signing bonuses to try and hire nurses
EL PASO, Texas — Officials at a west-central El Paso nursing home with a confirmed Covid-19 outbreak are offering sign-on bonuses of $2,500 for…
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National Guard at El Paso nursing facility tied to potential virus spike as city releases case cluster data
EL PASO, Texas — Texas National Guard soldiers were present Sunday at a nursing home where El Paso’s latest spike in coronavirus cases may be…
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El Paso Chihuahuas wait for Major League Baseball to decide season plans
EL PASO, Texas — By this time of year, El Paso Chihuahuas fans are usually finding their way out to Southwest University Park to enjoy baseball…
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It’s been 10 weeks since El Paso’s 1st virus case: Here’s what the latest data shows
EL PASO, Texas — Friday marks 10 weeks since El Paso’s first confirmed Covid-19 case, though the infection almost certainly was present before it…
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Virus outbreak exploding at El Paso’s Rogelio Sanchez State Jail
EL PASO, Texas — At least 99 of El Paso County’s Covid-19 infections come from an outbreak at the Rogelio Sanchez State Jail in far east El Paso,…
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Where are the Borderland’s largest known virus outbreaks? Detention and psychiatric centers
EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says a coronavirus outbreak at El Paso’s Rogelio Sanchez State Jail has now grown to…
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Large El Paso religious congregations not gathering, despite governor’s OK to do so
EL PASO, Texas — As Texas began to open up a select number of businesses over the weekend, spiritual communities across El Paso were still taking…
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Central El Paso’s 79903 zip code emerges as hot spot as county reaches crossroads in virus fight
EL PASO, Texas — Friday marks seven weeks since El Paso’s first reported Covid-19 case. It’s also the day that Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the…
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Juárez maquiladora supervisor dies from coronavirus in El Paso hospital
EL PASO, Texas — Raul Rosales, a supervisor at a Lear Corporation maquiladora in Ciudad Juárez, died in an El Paso hospital of the novel…
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State health call center in El Paso closed because of virus case
EL PASO, Texas — A Texas Health and Human Services Commission call center in El Paso’s Lower Valley has been closed temporarily after an employee…
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