Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton touts experience, asks for prayers in El Paso campaign stop
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made his first Senate campaign stop in El Paso on Wednesday. He faces Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian and former teacher, in the Nov. 3 general election.
Tibor Schaechner, El Paso’s last living Holocaust survivor, dies at 98
Tibor Schaechner survived forced labor and several close encounters with death during the Holocaust before moving to El Paso in 1961 and raising three daughters with his wife and fellow Holocaust survivor, Agnes.
Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policy
Under a series of often-secret agreements, Trump’s Republican administration has deported some 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries. The case comes amid a sweeping immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.
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Education
EPISD adopts new tax rate, but more than 20,000 homeowners will pay nothing
The new EPISD tax rate will generate $13,389 per student – $183 less than last year but $396 more than this year’s no-new-revenue rate – while more than 20,000 owner-occupied homes will owe no school property tax.
Back in the classroom: El Paso ISD administrators substitute as cost-saving measure
El Paso ISD’s new substitute program puts central office administrators – including the superintendent – back in classrooms while helping reduce costs.
YISD offers $7,500 separation incentive; veterans programs awarded $1.7 million
This week: YISD offers $7,500 separation incentives, veterans programs receive $1.7 million and Planned Parenthood launches a privately funded birth control program.
El Paso school districts to retrofit, purchase buses to meet state’s new seat belt law
Texas school districts have three years to ensure all their school buses are equipped with lap-and-shoulder seat belts, costing the districts millions.
Culture
PHOTOS: 2nd annual El Paso Matters 9.15K run draws hundreds Downtown
About 700 people participated in the event, which served as a fundraiser for the nonprofit newsroom, played tribute to the region’s 915 area code and blended fitness, culture and community.…
Border Biennial 2026 invited regional artists to imagine the border
More than 70 works explore the border through sculpture, painting, photography and other media in an exhibition celebrating artists from the Paso del Norte region.
Podcast: UTEP raises millions to compete in Mountain West Conference amid college sports money race
Following an intensive, multi-million dollar fundraising campaign, the university in July exited Conference USA, where it spent 21 years. ESPN 600’s Steve Kaplowitz and Adrian Broaddus join us on the…
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