Canutillo school voters reject major bond issue, select 3 trustees
Canutillo school voters reject major bond issue, select 3 trustees by Molly Smith, El Paso Matters November 8, 2022 The Canutillo Independent School…
Continue Reading 
3 City Council races headed to runoff; Salcido re-elected
3 City Council races headed to runoff; Salcido re-elected by Elida S. Perez and Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, El Paso Matters November 8, 2022 Three…
Continue Reading
Incumbents Veronica Escobar, Tony Gonzales win reelection to Congress
The two incumbent U.S. representatives for El Paso — one a Democrat and one a Republican — are on their way to reelection, according to early…
Continue Reading
Biden nominates former DA Jaime Esparza as US attorney
Former El Paso District Attorney Jaime Esparza was nominated on Friday by President Biden to be the top federal prosecutor for the Western District…
Continue Reading
Biden taps 2 Del Valle High grads for Hispanic education commission
Two of the 21 members of a presidential commission recently appointed to explore education equity and other issues affecting Hispanics are graduates…
Continue Reading
Families of migrants shot in Sierra Blanca seek justice, answers
CIUDAD JUÁREZ — A living room near downtown Juárez is filled with folding lawn chairs and hand-written signs that beg for justice. Neighbors,…
Continue Reading
El Paso queer community demands clarity on monkeypox vaccinations
El Paso is now administering the monkeypox vaccine to people who are at high risk of contracting the disease, after weeks of only offering it to…
Continue Reading
El Paso city government spending $300,000 a day on migrant response
The El Paso city government may spend $10 million this month processing and transporting recently arrived migrants, 10 times the amount spent between…
Continue Reading
Recusal hearing for state judge in Walmart mass shooting case postponed
An out-of-town judge on Monday postponed a hearing to determine if the state judge will continue to preside over the 2019 Walmart mass shooting.…
Continue Reading
After soldiers’ presence, homeless service agency rethinks role as El Paso’s migrant transport hub
The nonprofit organization that has served as the city of El Paso’s hub for busing migrants out of the region is reconsidering its role,…
Continue Reading
El Paso city government buses migrants to New York City
EL PASO, Texas — The city government of El Paso this week charted a bus to send 35 Venezuelan migrants to New York City, a step meant to address a…
Continue Reading
Petition drive seeks voter approval requirement for UMC’s $345 million bond issue
A group of El Pasoans has begun a petition drive to force University Medical Center to allow voters to decide whether the county-owned hospital can…
Continue Reading
El Paso receives first shipment of monkeypox vaccine
With monkeypox cases on the rise in the United States and Texas, El Paso has received its first shipment of Jynneos, the monkeypox vaccine. El…
Continue Reading
‘I think of them always,’ Walmart shooting survivor says of those who died in massacre
EL PASO, Texas — An ominous cloud of white gun smoke, bloody police boot prints and an empty baby carrier on the body of Jordan Anchondo are images…
Continue Reading
ACLU again questions Border Patrol pursuits, investigations after rollover leaves 2 dead
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — Civil rights advocacy groups are again raising concerns about high-speed pursuits by U.S. Border Patrol agents after a…
Continue Reading
Texas health advocates advise El Paso abortion seekers to protect their data privacy, safety
The Heartbeat Act. The abortion bounty law. The “sue thy neighbor” law. Texas Senate Bill 8 goes by many names, but abortion rights advocates…
Continue Reading
PSB: El Paso Water utility seeks $441 million in additional revenue bonds; issues drought emergency
EL PASO, Texas — After getting approval in March to issue $365 million in revenue bonds, El Paso Water is now requesting $441 million more in…
Continue Reading
Deported Army vet becomes naturalized US citizen
Editor’s note: This story comes from El Paso Matters as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a group of newsrooms — including ABC-7, which…
Continue Reading
Military leaders use ‘honest conversations’ to combat service member suicides
Editor’s note: This story comes from El Paso Matters as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a group of newsrooms — including ABC-7, which…
Continue Reading
El Paso Starbucks workers cancel union vote
Organizers with the Starbucks at The Fountains at Farah shopping center in El Paso have withdrawn their petition to unionize, according to the…
Continue Reading