The days of dialing seven digits to call your fellow El Pasoans are coming to an end. Beginning Oct. 25, all local calls in El Paso will require 10 digits — the 915 area code, ...
Update 3:50 p.m. Oct. 1: This story has been updated with information from area schools El Paso’s mandate requiring masks in indoor spaces, including schools, was ended on Thursday by the 8th Court of Appeals. ...
Raymundo J. Peña, who served as bishop of El Paso from 1980-1995, died on Friday at a nursing home in San Juan, Texas. He was 87. “Our prayers are with the soul of Bishop Peña ...
Diana Natalicio, the groundbreaking president at the University of Texas at El Paso for more than three decades, died on Friday, her family announced. She was 82. “My sister loved El Paso, and she chose ...
Ten El Pasoans will be featured at this month’s Texas Tribune Festival, an annual gathering focused on politics, public policy and current events. The event, normally held in Austin, is being conducted virtually Sept. 20-25 ...
Sept. 1 of every odd-numbered year marks for Texans the day hundreds of new laws will go into effect after being passed by the Texas Legislature the previous spring. The 87th Legislature concluded in May ...
El Paso Matters accountability reporter Elida S. Perez is doing a story examining how increases in property taxes are impacting El Pasoans. She wants to talk to El Pasoans about how property tax bills are ...
El Paso’s two largest school districts will follow an indoor mask mandate from the county health authority, the El Paso and Socorro school boards decided Tuesday night. The El Paso Independent School District’s Board of ...
El Paso County now has a “substantial” risk of community spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, meaning people are advised to wear masks in indoor settings, even if they are ...
El Paso Matters has received a $1 million grant from the American Journalism Project, the first news organization in Texas to win support from the nation’s largest journalism venture philanthropy organization. The American Journalism Project ...
El Paso Matters is one of several local news organizations that is partnering with Consumer Reports, the nationally recognized nonprofit consumer advocacy publication, for the launch of the Broadband Together initiative, which seeks to uncover ...
Join us for an online event in celebration of Pride Month, where we’ll discuss El Paso’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community. Panelists Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Adri Perez, and Diamond Briseño come from wide-ranging corners of El Paso’s ...
We’re continuing our reporting on this year’s property re-appraisals and their potential impact on property taxes. We want to talk with El Pasoans about their experiences. We’re particularly interested in talking with people who live ...
The pandemic has brought mental health issues to the forefront and we’re giving you the opportunity to hear from the experts in El Paso. El Paso Matters reporter Elida S. Perez will talk with Dr. ...
Veteran border journalist Julián Aguilar is joining El Paso Matters as its first editor. Aguilar, an El Paso native and graduate of Burges High School, has covered border issues for the Texas Tribune since 2010. ...
Victoria Rossi — who has experience as a journalist, immigration paralegal and human rights researcher — will join El Paso Matters in June to report on the status of women in our area. The new ...
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday on all three counts stemming from last year’s murder of George Floyd. Here’s a sampling of reactions from El Pasoans. Abeni Merriweather, 19, sophomore, commercial music ...
Danielle Prokop is the newest member of the El Paso Matters team, focusing on the environment and the impacts of climate change on the Paso del Norte region. “I’m excited to play a part in ...
We’re kicking off a new series of conversations with El Pasoans working to better our community. First up, former Congressman Beto O’Rourke. Join us from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 15. El Paso Matters ...
Homeowners have begun receiving their 2021 property valuations from the Central Appraisal District. Some homeowners are reporting significant increases in valuation, which could result in higher property tax bills. As we report on the impact ...
Starting this fall, El Pasoans and other residents of the 915 area code will have to dial a 10-digit number — rather than seven digits — to make local calls. The change is needed to ...
We’re hosting forums for school board candidates in the El Paso and Socorro school districts that will air on PBS El Paso on April 16 and 18. What questions do you think we should ask ...
The Biden administration, facing criticism from Congress and the public over how it is responding to large numbers of migrants entering the United States, released videos on Tuesday of Border Patrol migrant centers in El ...
University Medical Center will take registrations for 4,000 first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations starting at 6 p.m. this evening. Registrations for seniors and educators will be available Thursday. Registrations today can be made at UMC’s website starting at ...
A unique binational news collaboration will begin publishing stories this week about significant issues facing El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. The partnership, called Puente News Collaborative, will begin with a two-week series of stories that ...
University Medical Center will take registrations for 5,000 first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations starting at 6 p.m. this evening. Registrations can be made at UMC’s website until all the vaccines are spoken for, which will take only ...
University Medical Center is opening registration at 6 p.m. Tuesday for 4,000 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19. People qualified for current vaccination under Texas Department of State Health Services vaccination groups 1A ...
Robert Moore has been a journalist for 38 years, most of it in El Paso. He currently is president and CEO of El Paso Matters, a nonprofit news organization he founded that began publishing in ...
Migrants trapped in Mexico for more than a year by one of former President Trump’s most controversial policies rejoiced to the news Friday that the Biden administration was ending the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols and ...
Three college students have joined the El Paso Matters team for the next several months to help tell the story of the El Paso region. Two of the students are from UTEP and one is ...
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A unique binational news collaboration publishing stories about significant issues facing El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.The Puente News Collaborative is: La Verdad in Ciudad Juárez; and ABC 7, El Paso Inc., El Paso Matters, El Paso Times, Univision 26, KTEP public radio and Borderzine.com as part of the multimedia journalism program at UT El Paso.
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