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El Paso · El PasoOscar Ugarte and Bobby Flores, the Democratic candidates for El Paso County sheriff, discuss qualifications, Downtown jail staffing and responding to school threats. Early voting for the primary runoff begins Monday.See the Story
El Paso County sheriff candidates in primary runoff tout experience, leadership styles
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El Paso · El PasoDaniel Chacón says he writes stories the way he sees reality. “I see reality in really weird ways where coincidence is a habit. It’s not something that happens to you,” Chacón said during a recent episode of the El Paso-based literary radio show, Words on a Wire, which he co-hosts.
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He explained that understanding the principles of abstract, metaphysical and intellectual forms of realism al…See the Story
Daniel Chacón’s ‘The Last Philosopher in Texas’ latest El Paso Matters Book Club pick
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El Paso · El PasoHere’s a roundup of some culture and civic events and entertainment in the borderland in the coming week. Neighborhoods & Shared Memories: South Central The El Paso Museum of History will host a series of family events for the closing of its exhibit, “Neighborhoods & Shared Memories: South Central,” dedicated to the area surrounding Jefferson/Maxine Silva Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, at the museum, 510 N. Santa Fe St. El Paso artist G…See the Story
Looking for something to do? Check out history museum’s mini-mural workshops, opera’s ‘Sunday in the Park’ and zoo’s Bug Fest
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El Paso · El PasoThe Socorro Independent School District is anticipating a $41 million deficit during the 2024-25 school year and is looking to cut costs by lowering its contributions to employee healthcare, reducing overtime, forgoing pay raises and closing its aquatic center. While the district isn’t planning any layoffs, Socorro ISD’s Acting Superintendent James Vasquez told El Paso Matters it has paused hiring staff to fill vacancies. Vasquez said he knows …See the Story
SISD anticipates $41 million deficit, no pay raises next school year
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El Paso · El PasoPaso del Norte Children’s is expanding its development center and specialty clinic to East El Paso. The nonprofit earlier this year broke ground on the new facility at 1410 Bob Hope Drive, near the northwest corner of Joe Battle Boulevard and Pellicano Drive. The disabilities support organization opened its first center more than 75 years ago in West Central El Paso, serving children with developmental delays and learning disabilities. Alfonso V…See the Story
Early learning center, health clinic for children with disabilities coming to East El Paso
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Jamie Dimon · El PasoBy Sam Silerio I’d like to speak with Jamie Dimon, please. As the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, he also oversees the bank’s Infrastructure Investment Fund, which owns El Paso Electric. I would advise him that the electric company of the future should be more like an internet service provider. The energy internet is coming, and it will revolutionize humanity as much as the data internet has over the last 40 years. Our future electric utili…See the Story
JP Morgan should encourage El Paso Electric to innovate
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El Paso · El PasoEditor’s Note: El Paso Matters is partnering with Gigafact to produce “fact briefs” that examine claims about issues shaping our community. YES. El Paso saw 4.34 inches of rainfall in 2023. For the past three years, El Paso and other Texas cities have experienced drought conditions on and off. Levels of drought are determined by factors such as short- and long-term precipitation levels, snowpack, humidity, lake and reservoir levels, soil moistu…See the Story
Did El Paso record only four inches of rain in 2023?
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El Paso · El PasoIn the desert expanse east of El Paso County, it’s easy to speed past a small, nondescript mountain adjacent to Interstate 10 near Sierra Blanca. However, the smooth, 1,250-foot monolith – called Round Top Mountain – holds hundreds of millions of metric tons of rare earth elements and other industrial minerals that are essential to develop the advanced electronics that power modern life, from batteries to cell phones. Whether any rare earth el…See the Story
Mountain near Sierra Blanca, Texas, gold mine of rare metals
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