On Friday morning, officials with the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and the El Paso Museum of History opened their doors for a sneak peek of the Resilience: Remembering August 3 exhibition that is dedicated to the victims of the Walmart massacre. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Museum of History remains closed and the exhibition is available to the public via virtual means. Museum officials did […]Read More
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Thursday night, El Pasoans gathered in downtown’s Cleveland Square Park to remember and reflect on the approaching first anniversary of the August 3rd Walmart massacre. For more information about all the upcoming memorial events, click here. Our very own Andres Acosta was there and we bring you his view of the event via this gallery. […]Read More
El Pasoans this weekend will mark the somber one-year anniversary of the Aug. 3 attack on our city by lighting traditional luminarias that were – at least in part – distributed by Bowie High School volunteers at Guillen. The luminarias will stand in honor of the 23 people who died and the dozens who were injured by […]Read More
Communities for Peace, a collaboration of El Paso’s leading music institutions, announced today that it has commissioned a new piece of music to honor the victims of the August 3, 2019 mass shooting in El Paso. “We have come together to form Communities for Peace as an artistic response to the pain and shock our […]Read More
The tragic events of August 3 served as inspiration for a book of poems that captures the emotions and thoughts of Jefferson students and their impressions of how it changed the city forever. English teacher Jim Riddle compiled the collection of poems in a book titled “915 #ElPasoStrong! A Silverfox Response to the Walmart Shooting” in hopes […]Read More
More than six months after the tragic attacks on El Paso, students throughout the country continue to shower EPISD schools with positive messages, support and even chocolate bars. Tom Lea Elementary — which gained local and national recognition following the August 3 shootings after fourth-grade teacher Teresa Garrett asked the country on Facebook to send […]Read More
The man accused of killing 22 people during a mass shooting at a Walmart store in the border city last summer has been charged with nearly 100 federal crimes, John Bash, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, announced Thursday. Patrick Crusius, the alleged gunman in the Aug. 3 massacre, already faces state […]Read More
Bishop Seitz returned from his Ad Limina visit at the Vatican with a gift from the Holy Father, Pope Francis, for the victim’s families and the injured victims of the tragedy at Walmart on August 3rd. During his two and a half-hour audience with the Holy Father, along with the Region X Bishops of Texas, […]Read More
The life and legacy of an Austin High School alumna killed in the August 3 attack at the Cielo Vista Walmart was celebrated on Thursday during a poignant memorial that united her family with a new generation of Panthers. Maribel Hernandez-Loya, a 1980 graduate, and her husband Leo Campos died that tragic August day. Her […]Read More
As the El Paso community continues to heal after the August 3rd shooting, the El Paso Office of Emergency Management, along with Emergence Health Network and other community partners, have launched an informational campaign designed to remind borderland residents that help is available, especially during the holiday season. “Although it’s been a few months since […]Read More