Alexsandra Annello has represented District 2 for one term on El Paso City Council, with challengers Judy Gutierrez and James Campos looking to oust the incumbent in the Nov. 3 election. Annello, 36, a native ...
Hospice care agencies have had to adjust their employees’ and volunteers’ work schedules and services with the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the border region. People in the latter days of their lives receive care, compassion, and ...
Public outcries on racial issues have been on the rise with renewed questions around buildings and landmarks honoring Confederate soldiers. In El Paso, debate has rekindled about a statue honoring Spanish conquistadors. Artist John Houser ...
Students and instructors who are involved with El Paso-area career and technical education courses have had to change their approaches to course work in light of schools and laboratories dealing with COVID-19 restrictions. Career and ...
A cross-section of faith-based leaders provided a peace-filled presence between two divergent groups during competing protests last week about policing in Downtown El Paso. Faith Peace Keepers were present as several hundred protesters calling for ...
El Paso’s sports scene, as in other cities across the United States, has taken a backseat because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The El Paso Locomotive, though, is getting ready to get back in action. It’s ...
El Paso hospitals and physicians, looking for a delicate balance between social distancing, patient care and maintaining their personal protective equipment supply, are tapping into the power of telemedicine during the COVID-19 outbreak. Nationally, according ...
By this time of year, El Paso Chihuahuas fans are usually finding their way out to Southwest University Park to enjoy baseball games. This, though, is not a normal situation as both major- and minor-league ...
Editor’s note: All individuals are identified by first name to respect their anonymity. Recovery communities focused on addiction issues regularly meet around the world on a daily basis. During these times of social distancing, though, ...
Substance abuse issues, whether in the midst of COVID-19 or not, never subside. How treatment centers and addiction specialists approach clients and patients has been altered during these times. Dr. Fabrizzio A. Delgado, division chief ...
As the number of El Pasoans filing unemployment claims continues to rise, there is another number rising, too — people in need of food. Thousands of people from the Upper Valley to the Lower Valley ...
El Paso restaurant owners are taking different approaches to opening their doors on Friday after Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to reopen a select number of Texas businesses even as local COVID-19 case numbers keep rising. ...
As Texas begins to open up a select number of businesses, spiritual communities across El Paso are still taking precautions around COVID-19 seriously and caring for their members while giving them support and guidance. Parishes ...
As El Paso continues to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, area groups and organizations are working together to make sure the homeless population receives proper care and support. The Opportunity Center for the Homeless, located ...
This story has been updated with a statement released on Thursday, April 23, by Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare. El Paso hospitals are making preparations to offer some elective procedures for patients after Gov. Greg ...
El Paso restaurant owners have had to take a hard look at how they are responding to decreased sales and changes in food delivery operations in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. It’s also affecting ...
The parent companies of El Paso’s private hospitals, faced with increasing financial concerns due to the COVID-19 outbreak, have started furloughing employees and cutting back hours and pay. The Hospitals of Providence, El Paso’s largest ...
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