Some El Paso librarians have been reinstated to their jobs, two days after the city sparked public outrage by sending them layoff notices. Sue Barnum, a longtime librarian who received a layoff notice on Wednesday ...
Five city leadership executives received higher pay rates in October, triggering concerns among some city representatives who said they were not advised ahead of the changes. City executive pay raise data from March through January ...
The city of El Paso on Wednesday informed 75 furloughed employees — mostly library workers — that their jobs are being permanently eliminated. Officials said the employees would be offered other jobs in the city, ...
The El Paso Police Department can’t account for more than half the internal reports it says are regularly conducted to track performance, according to documents obtained by El Paso Matters through the Texas Public Information ...
An effort to redistrict and reduce courts of appeals in Texas could have major implications for El Pasoans. Texas currently has 14 courts of appeals throughout the state, including the 8th Court of Appeals that ...
Climbing onto her blue Yamaha sports motorcycle and taking a long drive is one of the tools Ursula Martinez, a single mother of three, uses to cope with the periodic stress of supporting her children ...
Multiple city employees who have been furloughed since May said they are in the dark on whether they will have a job to return to, or when they may be able to return to work. ...
The more contagious variant of COVID-19 will likely reach El Paso — which could send the city toward another deadly surge in cases and hospitalizations, medical experts say. More contagious COVID-19 variants, while not proven ...
Proposed amendments to the city’s ethics ordinance include restrictions for who can file a complaint and punishments for people who file complaints that are deemed to be frivolous — changes that are raising concern among ...
With an overwhelming call by voters for a change in leadership at the helm of the city, many El Paso City Council representatives are looking forward to moving ahead in the New Year by focusing ...
With the onset of winter and cooler weather driving many El Pasoans indoors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an infectious disease expert answers key Q:s about what people should keep in mind to protect themselves from ...
Lorena Montoya, like thousands of El Pasoans facing financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been relying on the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank to help feed her family. Montoya, who cleans houses for ...
In the Dec. 12 mayoral runoff, El Pasoans face a unique choice — two candidates who have held the office, and have a record from their time of service. Oscar Leeser, El Paso’s mayor from ...
District Attorney-elect Yvonne Rosales has told dozens of attorneys and staff that they will be out of a job when she takes office Jan. 1. The attorneys handling the prosecution of the Walmart mass shooting ...
El Paso’s low-income neighborhoods bore a disproportionate share of El Paso’s fall COVID-19 explosion, an El Paso Matters analysis shows. Advocates for low-income families said a variety of challenges face those areas, including many essential ...
This story has been updated with comment from Mayor Dee Margo. In a nationally televised interview, El Paso Mayor Dee Margo said El Paso is facing a COVID-19 crisis because Hispanics are far more likely ...
A young family lost their husband and father to COVID-19. They are coping with grief as the holidays approach Erika Morales and her four young children are facing the holiday season without a key member ...
As El Paso’s COVID-19 crisis continues, an emergency medicine expert warns hospitals may run out of space to treat those affected by the pandemic. State and federal agencies have sent a wave of medical personnel ...
Thirty-two-year old Juan Chico died of COVID-19 in an Austin hospital after his family agreed to have him flown out of an El Paso intensive care unit for treatment. Area hospitals and families that participate ...
Three City Council representatives asked for a special City Council meeting on Monday so they could criticize three colleagues for issuing a press release supporting County Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s order to close many businesses because ...
As El Paso is facing the worst COVID-19 outbreak among major U.S. cities and with the flu season looming, a local infectious disease expert is urging the community to get the flu vaccine by this ...
Valentine’s Day has been forever changed for El Pasoan Norma Lowry, who was diagnosed with breast cancer on that date this year. The 36-year-old Army veteran and mother of two did not have a history ...
El Paso city leaders responded to nationwide concerns over policing with a resolution that “seeks to encourage the elimination of racial disparities and improve law enforcement interactions” and called for a review of use-of-force policies ...
The winner of El Paso’s mayoral election will be tasked with leading the city during tumultuous times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The mayor, who presides over City Council meetings and votes in case ...
El Paso’s next mayor will be elected amid the global COVID-19 pandemic that has not only jeopardized the health and safety of residents, but has severely strained the local economy with potentially long-lasting effects. The ...
Deaths by suicide among adults have declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in El Paso, but mental health experts are concerned at a rise in suicide attempts. Not only have attempts at suicide for adults increased ...
El Pasoans feeling their jeans fitting a little tight these days may have fallen victim to another aspect of the pandemic — weight gain, also being referred to as the “quarantine 15.” The 15 refers ...
As families have been maneuvering through the COVID-19 pandemic, the social isolation of staying home may also be leading to strain on the mental health of children and adolescents. Dr. Sarah Martin, child and adolescent ...
A state attorney general ruling will allow the city of El Paso to withhold the names of facilities where COVID-19 outbreaks. A Houston attorney with extensive experience in transparency laws criticized the ruling. “The AG ...
As El Paso enters the sixth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, infectious disease expert Dr. Ogechika Alozie talks about the importance of not letting one’s guard down when it comes to navigating life during the ...
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