Unfortunately, the dry desert doesn’t protect from mosquitoes. These bloodsuckers emerge each year and, according to Jeff Anderson, the Agronomy and Horticulture Agent for New Mexico State University’s Dona Ana County Cooperative Extension Service, the state’s mosquitoes are especially active in July and August, once the monsoon season rains kick in. Anderson warns the mosquitoes […]Read More
Information from around El Paso and the Borderland
On Wednesday, Sun Metro announced four new routes in an effort to give El Pasoans even more commuting options and ease congestion related to the construction of GO 10 along I-10 and the Border Highway West extension. Commuters can avoid the frustration of dealing with traffic by taking advantage of Sun Metro’s award-winning service. These new routes, some serviced by […]Read More
Texas Tech’s UHSC Veronique Masterson brings you this week’s events and updates from TTUHSC, including grants for Cancer Research, Parkinson’s treatments and blood vessel malformation.Read More
The City of El Paso is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act during the month of May. The Ysleta Independent School District, along with the El Paso County Historical Commission and District 19 Retired Teachers Association, will host a panel discussion and question-and-answer session at 6:30 p.m. May 12 at Cadwallader Elementary School. Panelists […]Read More
The Diocese of El Paso is reaching out to community members for help after scores of Cuban migrants arrive in the Borderland. Officials with the Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services (DMRS) has been informed that Mexico and some Central American countries have come to an agreement to fly 3,000 to 3,500 Cubans from Central America to Northern Mexico […]Read More
In conjunction with the Offices of City Representatives, Emma Acosta and Cortney Niland, the City of El Paso’s Capital Improvement Department has scheduled a community meeting to present the design plans for the first phase of the South Central Street Reconstruction projects. At the meeting City staff will be on hand in order to answer […]Read More
Parents with business-minded middle school-aged children have until June 8 to sign them up for Camp Innoventure, a unique day camp run by New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center. Camp Innoventure offers middle school students a weeklong experience in innovative thinking and entrepreneurial development. Now in its sixth year, the camp offers students a chance […]Read More
Members of the Texas House on Tuesday took their swing at the higher education topic du jour in the Capitol this year — tuition. But compared with their Senate colleagues, the discussion was decidedly kinder and gentler. House members expressed worry over the rising cost of tuition, and they indicated a willingness to try to […]Read More
The City of El Paso is gearing up for the 2017 budget and is looking for suggestions from city residents on how to save the City money and improve services. “As we begin developing the budget for Fiscal Year 2017, we want to encourage our citizens to participate in the process by submitting their ideas and suggestions,” […]Read More
Socorro Middle School teacher, Karen Arras, was named the 2016 Krispy Kreme and Bush’s Chicken Teacher of the Year. The eighth grade reading teacher was awarded a $500 prize, an engraved plaque and a Krispy Kreme prize pack. In addition, Socorro Middle also will receive $500. “I feel on top of the world,” Arras said. […]Read More