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City officials are inviting residents to the Wellington Chew Senior Center this Friday for its 40th anniversary celebration. The party is set for Friday, August 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the center, …
August, 2019
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19 August
Ysleta ISD Trustees vote to place $425m bond measure on November ballot
The Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Monday night to approve a $425 million bond referendum to be included in the November 2019 election. The proposed bond projects were recommended by the Facilities …
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19 August
Gallery+Video: Widower Antonio Basco given new SUV by Team Casa Dealerships
In the span of just two weeks, Antonio Basco has lived the range of emotions many will never experience. On August 3rd, Basco’s wife, Margie Reckard, was shot and killed during the Walmart shooting. In …
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19 August
UPDATE: Suspect Caught – El Paso County Constable’s unit tires slashed; Suspect, vehicle caught on camera
The alleged suspect in the weekend slashing of a Constable’s Office patrol vehicle has been caught. Via a social media post the El Paso County Constable’s office shared the news and the alleged suspect’s photo. …
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19 August
Lone Star Title Company welcomes Annaí Escobedo home
On Monday, officials with Lone Star Title announced that Annaí Escobedo – an accomplished Clint, UTEP and Iowa Law grad has joined the company as a commercial examiner and legal counsel. Annaí was born and …
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19 August
Workforce Solutions Borderplex seeking Employers for September’s JobCon at SISD
Ahead of next month’s SISD JobCon, Workforce Solutions Borderplex (WSB) officials are actively seeking “dynamic businesses” to take part in the event. JobCon scheduled for Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at Socorro Independent School District (SISD.) …
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19 August
Deployed Siblings: Kelsey and James Harty
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Multiple family members serving in the Armed Forces is not an uncommon thing. Sometimes those family members serve in the same location, which may even be a deployed environment. This …
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19 August
Undergraduate Research Talent on Display at 2019 COURI Summer Symposium
Josue Martinez, a sophomore computer engineering major who was a visiting student at The University of Texas at El Paso in summer 2019, has a very clear idea of what he would tell any fellow …
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19 August
Analysis: Texas presidential candidates and the strength of geography
The Texas politicians in the race for president — that’s a way of skipping around Marianne Williamson for a minute — are rebooting. Beto O’Rourke, who owes his prominence to an unconventional U.S. Senate race …
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18 August
Gallery+Story: Messages of love from all over the world arrive at 2 EPISD schools
What began as a simple request of kindness from two EPISD teachers following the tragic attack on El Paso earlier this month has turned into an international movement of support for students. After the shootings …
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18 August
Real-world challenges inspire CSM’s arrival to Joint Modernization Command
Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher D. Gunn had been wanting an appointment to the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command (JMC) for a long time – even if he didn’t yet know of JMC’s existence. Gunn, who …
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17 August
Story+Gallery: The Brown Scapular explained
“Whoever dies in this garment shall not suffer the eternal fire.” The Brown Scapular is a ubiquitous sight in almost every Roman Catholic Church in El Paso. You’ll see them around the necks of the …
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17 August
After losing his wife in a mass shooting, he invited El Pasoans to her funeral. Hundreds showed up.
After a gunman took the life of Margie Reckard in a mass shooting at a Walmart store two weeks ago, her husband Antonio Basco didn’t have any other family in this town. So he invited …
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16 August
XII Travelers to unveil model of future statue at Chamizal National Memorial
Officials with the XII Travelers of the Southwest are inviting residents to the unveiling of the maquette (model) of the Benito Juarez – Child to Man bronze sculpture, to be held at Chamizal National Memorial …
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16 August
NMSU, University of Washington students learn community health first-hand in rural NM
Riding in the passenger seat of a pickup truck, Shoko Espinoza braced as the truck hit another pothole and she knocked her head against the window. They were not traveling far, only about a mile, …
