When it comes to campaigning during COVID-19, necessity breeds invention. For some of El Paso’s mayoral candidates, this has certainly been the case, as they have embraced new and unconventional methods of voter outreach. For ...
A security company and a temporary employment agency say El Paso City Council candidate Shawn Nixon owes them more than $280,000 from bad checks and unpaid invoices from this summer. Nixon’s campaign has faced repeated ...
It’s been more than six months since the U.S.-Mexico border closed to all but essential travel to slow the spread of COVID-19. The disruption of lives and livelihoods has been widespread in El Paso and ...
This story has been updated with age data through Sept. 30. Children are making up an increasing proportion of new COVID-19 cases as El Paso County sees a second wave of novel coronavirus infections. Almost ...
An El Paso City Council candidate has been funding his campaign with thousands of dollars worth of bounced checks and wage theft, according to several police reports filed in recent weeks. Shawnason Nixon, 21, has ...
Public health officials said El Paso recorded its 500th death due to COVID-19 on Wednesday. That would make the novel coronavirus the second or third leading cause of death for El Pasoans, based on prior ...
A detainee who has tested positive for COVID-19 at the ICE El Paso Processing Center described neglectful conditions among sick detainees as an outbreak spread in the facility. Sandra, whose last name will not be ...
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 ...
The number of new COVID-19 cases in El Paso this past week rose for the first since early August, an indication that Labor Day gatherings two weeks ago may have fanned viral embers. Health officials ...
El Pasoans love their furry friends. That’s why we reached out to you, El Paso Matters readers, for your input on the latest installment of How we pandemic, where we discuss why this unique moment ...
Although COVID-19 is the concern for many parents as children prepare to return to classrooms in the coming weeks, the threat of influenza also looms, an El Paso pediatrician says. Unlike the novel coronavirus, a ...
U.S.-Mexico border travel restrictions have not only affected lawful cross-border activity, but also illicit border crossings, including smuggling operations. Borderwide drug smuggling arrests of U.S. citizens have increased 47 percent this fiscal year. Since March ...
Note: This story has been updated with the deportation being completed Monday night, and with comments from an ICE spokeswoman and Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso. A woman who alleged she was assaulted by two ...
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 ...
El Paso’s number of new COVID-19 cases declined for the fifth consecutive week, and hospitalizations for the novel coronavirus showed little change over the past week. This coming week should provide some indications of whether ...
El Paso Matters is working on a story about the role pets have played during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can help us by sharing your experiences. Loading… Cover photo: Ivan Hernandez, 10, accompanied by his ...
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 ...
El Paso firefighters and police issued more citations for violations of pandemic health orders over the Labor Day weekend than they had over the three previous months combined, officials said Thursday. From Sept. 4-7, “we ...
El Pasoans were reminded of the grave risks of cross-border smuggling when seven people died in a car crash on Paisano Drive on June 25 after the driver allegedly fled the Border Patrol during what ...
Although the global COVID-19 pandemic is undeniably awful, a silver lining can be glimpsed through rapid innovation in medical technologies, underscoring the extent of human ingenuity when confronted with crisis. El Paso health officials say ...
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 ...
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 ...
UPDATE: El Paso’s high Tuesday was 100 and the low was 60. El Paso’s long, hot summer will finally break Tuesday night when a cold front sweeps through, sending temperatures plummeting more than 40 degrees ...
El Paso continued on its promising downward trend with COVID-19 over the past week. Now, we wait and see what impact the Labor Day weekend and the reopening of schools will have on that trend. ...
Smuggling attempts at the U.S.-Mexico border during the COVID-19 pandemic include more than drugs. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at international bridges are also finding a popular contraband comfort food stashed in vehicles — ...
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 ...
Last month was — by far — the hottest August in El Paso’s recorded weather history. The average temperature for this August is 88.3 degrees. The previous record was set last year, 87.6 degrees. Before ...
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 ...
Francisco “Paco” Isais, 71, an employee of The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus, died on Aug. 5 of COVID-19. His wife Martha, 66, said that if the testing process at University Medical Center had been ...
The number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in El Paso appear to have stabilized at levels just above what we saw in mid-June, before the summer explosion of new cases. New cases this past week ...
COVID-19 Dashboard
Borderland Coronavirus Updates
El Paso Matters Voters Guide
Your guide for the July 14, 2020, Republican and Democratic runoff elections in El Paso County. It includes:
- How candidates responded to our questionnaires on key issues
- Where to find sample ballots
- Voting locations and methods
- Important dates
Become a Supporting Member
El Paso needs a nonprofit, member-supported digital news organization that dives into the complex issues shaping our region – and serves as a catalyst for solutions-oriented conversations. You can help by becoming a member of El Paso Matters today.
To donate, go to epcf.org/epmatters.
Tips, Submissions
Do you have a story tip you’d like El Paso Matters to pursue? A press release you’d like to share? A commentary you’d like us to publish? Send your ideas or submissions to news@elpasomatters.org.
Messages for Graduates
Graduation Video Special: Notable El Pasoans and Juarenses salute our community graduates
Follow updates on Social Media