WATCH: Star on the Mountain Award given to 2 El Paso brothers
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser on Thursday made the Star on the Mountain Award presentation at a City Hall ceremony. He recognized the…
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Gadsden ISD 1 of 2 local school districts mandating masks
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — The Gadsden Independent School District has more than 12,000 students enrolled in it’s schools this fall semester and of…
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El Paso hospitals getting Covid patients from across Texas
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso hospitals have started receiving transfers of Covid-19 infected patients from other cities across Texas where hospitals are…
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El Paso hockey team is born from blind child’s curiosity & fearless coach
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Mooses are a blind inline hockey team that is ready to take the sport to a whole new level. The Mooses started nine…
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California woman charged with giving gun to felon who killed officer near Deming
LUNA COUNTY, New Mexico — A California woman has been charged by federal prosecutors with illegally supplying a gun to a convicted felon who shot…
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El Paso private schools mandate masks as Abbott’s ban doesn’t apply
EL PASO, Texas — The Delta variant has been detected in El Paso, posing a new threat and raising a recurring issue among parents who have students…
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EP Catholic Diocese requires employees to get vaccine, masks for parishioners
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Catholic Diocese is mandating that all church employees get vaccinated against Covid-19, and will require any that any…
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El Paso opens new Covid-19 mega-testing site due to increased demand
EL PASO, Texas — The city of El Paso opened a new mega-testing site for Covid-19 in east El Paso on Wednesday as worries about the Delta variant…
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New Las Cruces apartment complex provides housing for the homeless
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico –Desert Hope Apartments, a complex designed to house the homeless, is now open in in Las Cruces. The tenants began moving…
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El Paso teen accused of drunk road rage, trying to hit man with car
EL PASO, Texas – A teenager has been arrested following what El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies described on Wednesday as a drunken case of road…
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Motorist hospitalized in Sunland Park crash of semi-truck, SUV
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A motorist was hospitalized following the crash of a semi-truck and an SUV Wednesday morning at a Sunland Park…
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Canutillo ISD to host Covid-19 webinars for parents
CANUTILLO, Texas — It’s been more than a week since students with the Canutillo Independent School District have been back in the classroom. The…
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Socorro ISD board takes no action after considering mask rule
UPDATE: After a two-hour special meeting that included public comment and an executive session discussion behind closed doors, the Socorro…
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Texas House Speaker signs arrest warrants for absent Dems
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan on Tuesday night signed civil arrest warrants for 52 House Democrats still missing from…
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Las Cruces toddler death mistrial OK’d by New Mexico Supreme Court
UPDATE, Aug. 10: The New Mexico Supreme Court has OK’d a mistrial hearing and scheduled appeal arguments in the case of a Las Cruces man accused in…
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Cartel members arrested for Juarez car junkyard arson fires
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least five car junkyards were set ablaze simultaneously by members of the Mexican drug cartel called “La Linea,”…
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Sunland Park Fire captain climbs stairs to honor 9/11 first-responders
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Sunland Park Fire Department Capt. Dennis Schoen Jr. comes up on his 5 year journey to commemorate the New York…
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Fewer LCPD officers on school campuses due to shortage
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – As the Las Cruces Police Department seeks to fill dozens of positions, the department has removed most of its school…
Continue Reading El Paso hospital capacity better than rest of Texas amid Covid wave
EL PASO, Texas — As hospitals across Texas are being filled to the brink with Covid-19 patients, El Paso is fairing much better. As of Tuesday, 87…
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$1M bond set for 1 of 2 arrested in northeast El Paso arson fire case
UPDATE, Aug. 10: Fire Marshals on Tuesday identified the two men arrested in connection with a Monday morning house fire in northeast El Paso that…
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Mexican gunmen again fire shots across boundary at El Paso Border Patrol agents
UPDATE, Aug. 10: EL PASO, Texas – For the second time in under a week, a U.S. Border Patrol agent in El Paso’s Lower Valley has been shot at by…
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El Paso food ‘mega-pantries’ to reduce hours; northeast site closed
By Danielle Prokop, El Paso Matters El PASO, Texas — One of El Paso’s largest food distribution sites will close and others will reduce hours…
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Feds offer plea deal to Cowboys for Trump leader for Capitol riot
OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — Federal prosecutors have offered a confidential plea agreement to Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin that might…
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SISD may join Dallas, Austin & Houston schools to defy Abbott on masks
UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — The Socorro Independent School District may join three other key school districts in the state – Dallas, Austin and…
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Motorist seriously hurt in Lower Valley car crash & fire
EL PASO, Texas — A motorist was seriously injured Monday night in a car crash and fire in the Lower Valley. It occurred at Trowbridge and Clark…
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Pedestrian struck by car, seriously hurt in Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas — A pedestrian was struck by a car and seriously injured Monday night in the Lower Valley. It happened at Alameda Avenue and Snelson…
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Former El Paso cop pleads guilty to helping stepdad deal drugs
EL PASO, Texas — A former El Paso police officer has admitted helping her stepfather deal drugs in the Borderland, federal prosecutors said Monday.…
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Fire burns vacant building in Duranguito neighborhood
EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters battled a building blaze in El Paso’s Duranguito neighborhood on Monday evening. The fire was reported just after 5…
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Quorum not met yet again for Texas House special session
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House on Monday fell just short of having enough members to begin conducting official business and voted overwhelmingly…
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12 cases found in Dona Ana County of troubling Delta variant of Covid
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A dozen cases of the very contagious Covid-19 Delta variant have been confirmed in Dona Ana County. The tally came from a…
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