As the number of cases of COVID-19 in El Paso continues to decline and the number of people vaccinated increases, the city and county are preparing to get employees back to work in person. El ...
By René Kladzyk, Phil Galewitz and Elizabeth Lucas | El Paso Matters and KHN Alfredo “Freddy” Valles was an accomplished trumpeter and a beloved music teacher for nearly four decades at one of the city’s ...
By Veronica Martinez/La Verdad CIUDAD JUÁREZ – Angelica Ruiz crossed the border for her vaccine appointment at the El Paso County Coliseum in February. The Juárez native remembers that it took her less than half ...
This story has been updated to include data through Saturday, May 22. As COVID-19 cases have decreased in El Paso, it has become a disease primarily affecting children and teens, an El Paso Matters analysis ...
When Rita De La Rosa was searching for a welcoming place where she and her mother, Reynalda Staufer, could socialize and make new friends, they found it at the Memorial Park Senior Citizen Center. The ...
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. ...
Updated 5:27 p.m. May 17: Revised with additional information The number of younger Texans now able to get the COVID-19 vaccine continues to grow after state health officials announced children 12 or older are eligible ...
By Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times and Veronica Martinez/La Verdad Army Maj. Carlos Gutierrez popped into an El Paso airport gift shop on his way to catch a flight for his second trip to California since getting ...
El Paso has reached perhaps its most important milestone in the fight against COVID-19, with new COVID-19 infections falling below 500 in a week for the first time since June 2020. The number of COVID-19 ...
By Marisol Chavez/Borderzine In Ciudad Juárez, being a U.S. citizen or resident may be a saving grace when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The delay in the pace of vaccination in Ciudad Juárez, and ...
A new exception to a Trump-era border policy has allowed some transgender people and other members of “vulnerable populations” to enter the United States and seek asylum, the Department of Homeland Security and migrant advocacy ...
When Miguel Venegas graduated from UTEP in December 2020 with a degree in mechanical engineering, he knew he was entering a job market as the world was grappling with a world-wide pandemic. But he was ...
The number of new COVID-19 infections and cases requiring hospital treatment in El Paso dropped in the past week to levels not seen in seven months. However, the number of El Pasoans getting vaccinated against ...
El Paso shifted in recent days to something unthinkable just weeks earlier: wait lists are no more and people can visit a walk-up COVID-19 vaccination site. There are more shots than people wanting to get ...
Almost 60% of eligible El Pasoans have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But getting shots into the arms of people not yet vaccinated will grow increasingly difficult. Even as vaccines ...
By Karen Cano/La Verdad This story was originally published in Spanish by La Verdad. Due to her age and the initial letter of her last name, Sonia Campos was assigned the morning schedule to receive ...
As more El Pasoans receive their COVID-19 vaccines, questions remain about what activities are safe to participate in following the two-week waiting period after the second doses. El Paso Matters asked local infectious disease experts ...
At the height of the fall coronavirus case surge, a now-candidate seeking to represent Central El Paso families on the EPISD school board called into question the efficacy of face masks. “The masks are not ...
For the first time in her life, Giselle Paredes needs help feeding her family. “Many times I don’t have something to cook so I’m like, ‘what am I going to do?’” Paredes said. “They’re hungry ...
Despite the windy Saturday morning, farmworkers waited outside the El Paso County Courthouse entrance to receive their first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. El Paso-area farmworkers have not been prioritized to receive immunizations by ...
More than half of eligible El Pasoans have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and a third are fully vaccinated. Still, the number of new infections has been stuck at a high ...
Tuesday’s recommendation to suspend the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines will have a slight impact on El Paso’s vaccination efforts, potentially making it more difficult to protect hard-to-reach populations. The state ...
Child advocates have seen changes in the ways cases of abuse have been reported to authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when the majority of children haven’t returned to schools for in-person learning — ...
This past week proved that El Paso has not escaped the COVID-19 crisis. The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths increased over the past week, even as more El Pasoans were vaccinated against the ...
After months of waiting for an appointment and a 45 minute bus ride, Verenice De La Mora received the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine at the Border Agricultural Workers Center on March 12. “I was ...
El Paso will receive its largest shipment ever of first dose COVID-19 vaccines this week. The increase in vaccine availability comes as new infections continue to be near the lowest levels in months, though still ...
By JC Navarrete/KVIA-ABC 7 The area once referred to as the “Golden Horseshoe” district in downtown El Paso is now marred by uncertainty brought on by policies meant to slow the spread of the pandemic. ...
By Sara Sanchez/El Paso Inc. Here on the U.S.-Mexico border, El Paso’s informal economy, made up of workers who cross to the United States every day to do everything from cut lawns to work in ...
When COVID-19 reached the Southwest last March, library systems faced multiple challenges. The impact on Texas and New Mexico libraries has varied when it comes to budget cuts, furloughs and the level of services provided. ...
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El Paso has settled into a “new normal” with COVID-19, with a few hundred new cases each week, hospitalizations inching downward and a slowing rate of vaccinations. Because of this, we’re going to suspend our ...