El Paso is resuming curbside recycling service, suspended since Dec. 1, starting next week. But the re-start is being phased in, so some households won’t have recycling again until next month. The city’s Environmental Services ...
El Paso Matters is hiring a managing editor and a reporter to expand coverage of our region. The managing editor will oversee day-to-day news operations and assist CEO Robert Moore in developing strategic plans to ...
Public education funding will be one of the major issues Texas lawmakers tackle during the 2021 legislative session, which starts Tuesday. The state faces a nearly $1 billion shortfall for the current two-year budget, which ...
Jewél Jackson, whose investigation showed that her hometown police department in Louisville was using thermal imaging to detect marijuana cultivation, will join El Paso Matters in February as a reporter covering higher education. Jackson has ...
Three El Paso nonprofit organizations are receiving $34 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, part of $4.2 billion she is giving to 384 groups nationally. El Pasoans Fighting Hunger, the United Way of El Paso County ...
El Paso Matters is one of 64 local news organizations nationwide selected to host a Report for America corps member for the next two years. The journalist hired for the position will report on issues ...
El Paso Matters journalists are documenting developments during this historic day. Check back frequently for updates. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 8 a.m. El Paso sets voting record More than 256,000 votes have been counted in El ...
The El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization and Border Interfaith hosted a virtual accountability session in October with candidates for El Paso mayor and City Council. The church-based groups take a different approach than most other ...
Molly Smith, an experienced reporter on the U.S.-Mexico border, has joined El Paso Matters, where she will focus on education coverage. “I’m excited to explore how state decisions affect education along the border, as well ...
El Paso Matters is seeking a higher education reporter to join our diverse and innovative team of journalists covering the El Paso border region. This reporting position — a one-year position that we hope to ...
El Paso Matters is seeking a revenue development director to support our mission of providing in-depth and investigative journalism to enhance civic engagement in a dynamic multi-cultural, binational community. The revenue development director will help ...
The El Paso County Elections Department provides important dates and tips if you plan to vote by mail. Learn more about who’s eligible to vote by mail, and how to request a mail ballot, by ...
Two college students have joined the El Paso Matters team for the summer to enhance our data efforts and build our audience engagement. Michaela Román Michaela Román is a UTEP graduate now pursuing a masters ...
For the next two weeks, El Paso Matters is offering a unique celebration of El Paso high school students in the Class of 2020. These students have persevered under unimaginable circumstances. Their senior year began ...
El Paso journalist Robert Moore is among a group of investigative reporters who received the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award on Thursday for a series of stories on the U.S. Border Patrol. Moore, the founder ...
El Paso Matters is seeking several full-time journalists to help tell the important stories of a major binational community. Ideal candidates understand the uniqueness of the U.S.-Mexico border region. Bilingual English-Spanish speakers preferred. Multimedia, data ...
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A 70-year-old man was released this week from Del Sol Medical Center after four days of treatment for COVID-19. He received antibiotics, supplemental oxygen and was connected to a cardiac monitor, officials at the East ...
Workforce Solutions Borderplex has created a stunning series of charts documenting the sudden rise in unemployment in El Paso and Far West Texas as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. The charts break down first-time unemployment claims. ...
The number of positive COVID-19 tests is growing rapidly in El Paso as more people are being tested. These numbers almost certainly understate the actual spread of COVID-19 in El Paso because testing has been ...
If you have a cough, fever, or shortness of breath, how can you tell if you’ve got COVID-19, a common cold, the ordinary flu, or a bad case of worry? Should you get tested? When ...
El Paso’s Department of Public Health has implemented new restrictions effective Saturday in line with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order earlier in the week. The United States and Mexico limited who will be allowed ...
Claudia Ordaz Perez and Elisa Tamayo, candidates running in the March 3 Democratic primary for the Texas House District 76 seat, will talk about education issues at a candidate forum Tuesday in the Bel Air High ...
Your guide for the March 3 2020 Republican and Democratic primary elections in El Paso County. It includes: How candidates in contested primary races responded to our questionnaires on key issues Where to find sample ...
El Paso’s Beto O’Rourke ended his presidential campaign in October, in large part because his fundraising was badly trailing the top Democratic candidates. But one area where O’Rourke dominated in fundraising was in his hometown, ...
Like the United States and Texas, the percentage of El Pasoans without health care has been on the rise for the past two years, Census Bureau data indicates. The rate of uninsured El Pasoans had ...
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- Where to find sample ballots
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