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Project HIGHER celebrates 10 Years

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Community College’s Center for Students with Disabilities celebrated their tenth year anniversary. Project HIGHER is a program that is dedicated to helping students with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve their degree. Maria Lopez, left with EPCC Trustee Carmen Olivas Graham and husband Raymond. Out of the close

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Honoring El Paso’s veterans

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Downtown Veterans Day Parade presented by the United American Veterans Organization with the theme of “Celebrating 250 years of America’s Military”. Thousands lined up with flags to honor the men and women who sacrificed for our nation’s freedoms.  Antonio R. Cassagnol LTC (RET), SC, USAR The parade

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NMDOT hosts free car seat safety clinic

VADO, New Mexico (KVIA)– Three out of four car seats are installed incorrectly, according to safety experts, putting thousands of children at risk every year. To help keep families safe, the New Mexico Department of Transportation hosted a free car care clinic Saturday, offering parents and caregivers hands-on help with car seat installation. “Car accidents

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Supreme Court justice temporarily pauses order requiring Trump administration to fully fund SNAP by end of Friday

A Supreme Court justice has temporarily paused a lower court’s ruling requiring the Trump administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November by the end of the day Friday. In an order late Friday night, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the pause will remain in effect until the 1st U.S. Circuit

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Socorro ISD employees face skyrocketing health insurance costs after failed tax proposal

by Claudia Lorena Silva, El Paso MattersNovember 7, 2025 Some Socorro Independent School District employees will see their health insurance premiums skyrocket, reducing their take-home pay, after voters this week rejected a tax ratification proposal that would have generated up to $49.2 million for the district. The district had planned to infuse $5 million from

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Dan Patrick pledges $1 million in campaign funds to install Turning Point USA at every Texas college and high school

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas TribuneNovember 7, 2025 Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday he is committing $1 million from his campaign coffers to put chapters of Turning Point USA, the group founded by the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, on every Texas college and high school campus. In a social media post, Patrick said

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Borderland Blitz: Week 11 Schedule & Scores

Chapin 52Hanks 50FinalCanutillo 7Andress 41FinalEl Paso 14Burges 27FinalJefferson 7Horizon 35FinalBel Air 12Americas 63FinalYsleta 45Bowie 6FinalAustin 48San Elizario 7FinalFabens 7Riverside 52FinalClint 15Irvin 20FinalCrane 52Anthony 6FinalCapital 0Gadsden 50FinalMayfield 36Highland 22FinalFranklin 28Pebble Hills 15Final (Thursday)Eastlake 55Coronado 44Final (Thursday)Socorro 49Montwood 56Final (Thursday)El Dorado 59Parkland 21Final (Thursday)

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Public weighs in on proposed land exchange between Mescalero Apache Tribe, New Mexico State Land Office

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Community members gathered Thursday to share feedback on a proposed land exchange between the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the New Mexico State Land Office. The meeting, held in Las Cruces, centered on a proposal that would involve land near Sonoma Ranch Boulevard, close to Tellbrook and Escondido roads. While

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Man murdered on Alameda identified

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are investigating the murder of Pedro Garcia, 53. Police officers found Garcia dead outside a Jack in the Box on the 5500 block of Alameda on October 15, 2025. Garcia was discovered unconscious with a serious forehead injury. Emergency crews rushed him to the hospital, where medical

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Trump administration asks appeals court to immediately halt ruling on SNAP funding

A judge on Thursday ordered SNAP to be fully funded. By Katherine Faulders and Peter Charalambous November 7, 2025, 9:29 AM The Trump administration has asked the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an emergency stay of a judge’s ruling Thursday ordering the administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by today. Lawyers for the Department

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