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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 7:06pm EDT
Clarification: A story that ran in Thursday's El Paso Times left an impression that the family of Haley Michelle Welsh declined to comment after Ronald Wayne Thompson, 31, pleaded guilty in her murder. The family was not available to comment and family members said they are not satisfied with the outcome as District Attorney Jaime Esparza was quoted as saying.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 6:02pm EDT
EL PASO -- The city's sixth bank robbery this year took place about 3:30 p.m. Friday at an El Paso Employees Federal Credit Union, the FBI said.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 6:00pm EDT
EL PASO - Crime Stoppers of El Paso is helping the U.S. Marshals Service hunt a local fugitive.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 5:19pm EDT
EL PASO -- At 81, Teresa Aguirre held her daughter's hand as she leaned over to kiss a sewing machine. There were tears in her eyes. For 22 years, Aguirre worked for Farah Manufacturing Co., and on Friday she and other former workers had a chance to remember and reflect at the El Paso Museum of History.
›› Blog: Future looks bright for Farah at fifty ›› Blog: Farah clothing pioneer dies ›› Farah photo gallery |
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 3:00am EDT
Dear Trish: My name is Mike Burton, I grew up in El Paso, and now live in Wasilla, Alaska.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 2:04am EDT
AUSTIN -- In a landmark vote that will shape the future education of millions of Texas schoolchildren, the State Board of Education on Friday approved new curriculum standards for U.S. history and other social studies courses that reflect a more conservative tone than in the past.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 1:51am EDT
EL PASO -- So powerful is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall that 500 motorcyclists are riding across America to see it.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 1:36am EDT
EL PASO -- The Sheriff's Office presented its case for possible prosecution to the District Attorney's Office on Friday in a pedestrian crash involving two teenage girls.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 1:36am EDT
EL PASO -- The Sheriff's Office is trying to find the family of a man who was hit and killed while crossing a street May 18.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 1:36am EDT
EL PASO -- A man accidentally burned his home down while attempting to destroy a beehive in his backyard Friday morning.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 12:20am EDT
EL PASO -- The bicyclist who was hit by a vehicle and left on a West Side access road two weeks ago may be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life, his family said. Ruben Lemus, 51, was riding his bike near Interstate 10 and Trans Mountain Road about 10:30 p.m. May 6 when a vehicle struck him.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 12:15am EDT
EL PASO -- April's unemployment rate in El Paso jumped to 10 percent -- the highest rate in almost 11 years.
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Posted: May 21st, 2010, 11:14pm EDT
The Star on the Franklin Mountains may be lighted in honor of an El Pasoan or an El Paso business. Tonight, the star is lighted: In memory of Bobby Perez.
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Posted: May 21st, 2010, 11:13pm EDT
EL PASO -- Teddy bears, even a stack of them, weren't adequate cover for a fugitive.
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Posted: May 21st, 2010, 11:04pm EDT
Students at the school will receive their diplomas at 2 p.m. today in the sanctuary, 1201 Hawkins. Robbie Williams is the school's valedictorian.
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Posted: May 17th, 2010, 1:57pm EDT
AUSTIN -- A social conservative on the State Board of Education said he plans to keep working to the last moment to correct years of liberal bias in history classes. Don McLeroy, a member of the board's majority conservative bloc, said he will propose at least nine more amendments at this week's board meetings to establish history curriculum standards.
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Posted: May 17th, 2010, 11:37am EDT
EL PASO -- Two former UTEP football players were arrested in connection with an assault involving a handgun outside a West Side restaurant.
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Posted: May 17th, 2010, 1:28am EDT
EL PASO -- Now that Javier Padilla is in his mid-30s, he knows it's time for him to get in shape. The annual Braden Aboud Memorial Run and Walk on Sunday provided the perfect incentive. Started in 2007 as a way to memorialize Braden Aboud the annual 5K and 10K run has turned into a fitness program known as B-Fit.
›› Photo gallery: Braden Aboud Memorial Run/Walk ›› Results: 5K |
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Posted: May 17th, 2010, 1:02am EDT
EL PASO -- A 21-year-old man was arrested after he was caught with cocaine outside an East Side nightclub, El Paso police said.
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Posted: May 17th, 2010, 1:02am EDT
EL PASO -- The El Paso Fire Department this week will recognize first-responders at part of National Emergency Medical Services Week.
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Posted: May 16th, 2010, 11:39pm EDT
LOS ANGELES -- The federal agency responsible for ensuring that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that inspections be done at least once per month, an Associated Press investigation shows.
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Posted: May 5th, 2010, 1:37am EDT
EL PASO - Two teenagers were arrested after allegedly caught tagging graffiti soon after 1 a.m. Tuesday, El Paso police said.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 1:56am EST
With experience in El Paso County government and commitment on her side, Veronica Escobar is the clear choice in the county judge primary.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:51am EST
EL PASO -- A bank robber who struck twice in El Paso is believed to be have also robbed five banks in Tucson, Crime Stoppers of El Paso said.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:47am EST
EL PASO -- For the first time in almost three years, the housing voucher waiting list for low-income families will be opened today by the Housing Authority of El Paso.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:45am EST
The family of Adam Espinoza, 20, who was shot and killed Jan. 5 in an apparent armed robbery as he drove from Texas to California, has already made two trips to New Mexico.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:36am EST
EL PASO -- A member of a Christian motorcycle club was killed in a crash Sunday in Central El Paso.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:36am EST
EL PASO -- Passage of a higher property tax rate in the El Paso Independent School District could hinge on whether a trade organization buys in to Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia's Plan for Excellence.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:35am EST
EL PASO -- An old sword and a French opera music book together might fetch around $450 should Becky Brooks and her family ever decide to sell them.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:29am EST
EL PASO -- City Council on Tuesday will consider joining a lawsuit filed by the city of Alpine that alleges the Texas Open Meetings act violates the First Amendment rights of public officials.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:29am EST
EL PASO -- The County Commissioners Court will discuss the chief medical examiner's resume at today's meeting.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:15am EST
EL PASO -- Among the many who gathered Sunday for the 18th Annual Komen El Paso Race for the Cure was a group remembering a friend.
››Photo gallery: Race for the Cure |
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 12:05am EST
EL PASO -- After a winter of wheel-crunching dips, potholes are under siege.
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Posted: February 21st, 2010, 8:48pm EST
Americans generally take their history seriously, frequently paying little attention to other world events, especially at times when our own country was up to its neck in fighting.
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Posted: December 26th, 2009, 1:37pm EST
After a couple of blog postings from the 1930s about the Christmas tree in San Jacinto Plaza this week, a co-worker asked me when the Christmas tree was first placed in the plaza.
›› Blog: Tales from the Morgue
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Posted: December 26th, 2009, 12:28am EST
EL PASO -- The Army's attempt to stem a rising tide of suicides made it impossible for a Fort Bliss soldier convicted of cruelty toward subordinates to get a fair trial, the soldier's parents say.
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Posted: December 26th, 2009, 12:24am EST
EL PASO -- El Paso Water Utilities treated a record amount of water from the Rio Grande this year for its customers to drink.
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Posted: December 26th, 2009, 12:23am EST
EL PASO -- The H1N1 flu virus has been so unpredictable that it is hard to know what to expect next. "This virus hasn't behaved according to the textbook of flu viruses," said Michael Hill, director of the city Department of Public Health.
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Posted: December 26th, 2009, 12:19am EST
EL PASO -- After six years as chairman of the Republican Party in El Paso County, Michael Moore is stepping aside and going back to the ministry.
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Posted: December 26th, 2009, 12:16am EST
EL PASO -- Republican candidates know they face uphill battles for most races in El Paso County, but they predict victory in one legislative contest in 2010. It is a seat they say belongs to them.
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Posted: December 25th, 2009, 11:30pm EST
EL PASO -- Police on Friday searched for a gunman who fired two shots at a man, wounding him in the torso.
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Posted: December 25th, 2009, 11:30pm EST
EL PASO -- A free variety show to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 at the El Paso Community College Administrative Services Center.
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Posted: December 25th, 2009, 11:30pm EST
EL PASO -- The city, the area chambers of the commerce, the state and the U.S. Small Business Administration are joining to sponsor a Jobs & Economic Growth Forum in January.
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Posted: December 8th, 2009, 12:04am EST
EL PASO -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, with the help of a drug-sniffing dog named Popeye, made the largest cocaine seizure in five years at the Santa Teresa port of entry, a CBP spokesman said Monday.
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Posted: December 7th, 2009, 9:04am EST
EL PASO -- With a missing hiker found, rescuers' efforts have turned to finding Zulu, the dog credited with helping to save the life of her owner when he was lost.
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Posted: December 7th, 2009, 1:44am EST
EL PASO -- In the end, the 76th Brut Sun Bowl wasn't left with a real choice for its New Year's Eve day game. What they were left with was something better: Stanford versus Oklahoma. "We wound up with the best possible matchup we could have had," Sun Bowl executive director Bernie Olivas said.
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Posted: December 7th, 2009, 12:30am EST
EL PASO -- Thanks to electronic security systems, several suspects who sprayed graffiti on fire stations, a church and several houses in Fabens were caught on camera.
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Posted: December 7th, 2009, 12:30am EST
EL PASO -- Police arrested four men suspected in the burglary of several vehicles in West El Paso, a police spokesman said Sunday.
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Posted: December 7th, 2009, 12:02am EST
EL PASO -- Restrooms in 13 of the city's largest parks are getting automatic door locks.
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Posted: December 6th, 2009, 11:55pm EST
AUSTIN -- State lawmakers during the next year will revisit the costs of providing services to undocumented immigrants.
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Posted: December 6th, 2009, 10:57pm EST
EL PASO -- Lucy G. Skatzes collapsed on the ground. Bleeding. Dazed.
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Posted: December 6th, 2009, 10:12pm EST
Here are El Paso's lawmakers and how to get in touch with them. EL PASO CITY COUNCIL: 2 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso, TX 79999. MAYOR: Mayor John Cook, 541-4145; mayor@elpasotexas.
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Posted: November 30th, 2009, 12:45am EST
EL PASO -- A team of recruits touts Schuster Elementary's strengths to anyone who will listen.
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Posted: November 30th, 2009, 12:24am EST
EL PASO -- A 21-year-old man facing an escape charge for allegedly running away from El Paso police while handcuffed is this week's Manhunt Monday.
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Posted: November 30th, 2009, 12:24am EST
LAS CRUCES -- A New Mexico State University student from El Paso faces a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm after he was allegedly found with a handgun on campus.
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Posted: November 29th, 2009, 11:58pm EST
EL PASO -- County Commissioners Court will once more take up the request to modify the incentives agreements with the DoubleTree Hotel owners.
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Posted: November 29th, 2009, 11:16pm EST
EL PASO -- The season's first winter storm could dump one to two inches of snow in the region by late Monday, according to the National Weather Service. "It could be very little or a lot of snow. It depends on how fast the temperatures cool down when the storm moves in," Greg Lundeen, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Santa Teresa, said Sunday.
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Posted: November 29th, 2009, 10:40pm EST
EL PASO -- The Public Service Board, arguably one of the most powerful organizations in El Paso, will be getting a new look in the new year. Four new members will take office Jan. 1 after being recently appointed by the City Council.
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Posted: November 29th, 2009, 10:38pm EST
EL PASO -- Nationally, the economy aided by the federal cash for clunkers program and government bailouts is doing better but still struggling, economists say. Locally, El Paso's regional economy remains stronger than the rest of the United States in part because the housing market in this region never dropped dramatically.
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Posted: November 29th, 2009, 10:28pm EST
EL PASO -- The city government and the Downtown Management District will end an agreement between them, leaving in doubt who will pick up litter in El Paso's central business district in 2010.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 2:29am EST
FORT BLISS -- Troops serving in combat zones soon will be required to sit down for a series of interviews with counselors trained to recognize post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal tendencies and other mental health problems.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 1:49am EST
EL PASO -- The city has spent nearly $168,000 responding to complaints generated from two bars on property leased out by the airport.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 1:46am EST
EL PASO - The rush to obtain passports in El Paso has finally waned following months of long lines and long waits.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 1:42am EST
EL PASO -- Some join out of patriotism, others to change their lives. But one way or another, thousands of local high school students every year are affected by JROTC programs. "The military has made a huge impact on my life," said Fabiola Ramos, a junior in the Del Valle High School JROTC program.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 12:21am EST
EL PASO -- El Paso Water Utilities has an early holiday present for its ratepayers.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 12:21am EST
EL PASO -- Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. will retake control of Asarco LLC after a U.S. District Court Judge decided that the parent corporation's plan to end the company's bankruptcy is the best one.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 12:18am EST
EL PASO -- A strong, suspicious odor caused firefighters to evacuate an East Side store Sunday.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 12:08am EST
EL PASO -- Jaime O. Perez, chief of staff to County Judge Anthony Cobos, announced that he will run for Congress as a Republican.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 12:08am EST
EL PASO -- A 23-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Downtown early Sunday, a police spokesman said.
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 1:48am EST
EL PASO -- The small tattoo on the back of Alfredo Flores' right hand serves as a reminder of his gangbanging past and how far he has come. "Every time I see it, it reminds me of all the stuff that I used to do," he said while standing at Tula Irrobali Park in the heart of Segundo Barrio.
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 1:37am EST
EL PASO -- Health department statistics say no one in El Paso died from seasonal flu in the past three years but 10 people died from swine flu in just the past seven months.
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 1:20am EST
EL PASO -- The city is pursuing a $1.6 million state grant to tackle homelessness in El Paso.
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 1:19am EST
EL PASO -- El Paso County sheriff's deputies are searching for a man accused of violating a protective order by harassing and threatening his ex-girlfriend, in this week's Manhunt Monday.
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 1:16am EST
EL PASO -- Robert Nachtmann, dean of UTEP's College of Business Administration, and Laura Uribarri, the university's director of MBA programs, will be the guest speakers at the Central Business Association lunch on Wednesday.
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 1:16am EST
EL PASO -- Police on Sunday identified the pedestrian struck and killed Saturday night.
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 1:15am EST
EL PASO -- Police are investigating a West Side aggravated robbery.
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Posted: November 8th, 2009, 8:13pm EST
Across the centuries and decades, local and regional historians have debated the big question: Who were the first El Pasoans?
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Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 12:14am EST
Several hundred bikers representing more than 30 clubs rumbled Sunday along Paisano near Downtown El Paso during the 27th Annual Toy Run by the El Paso Motorcycle Coalition of Clubs Sunday.
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Posted: November 1st, 2009, 1:34am EST
EL PASO -- Josh Coleman had prepared his young musicians for the ultimate competition of their season.
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Posted: November 1st, 2009, 1:21am EST
EL PASO -- Texas voters will decide Tuesday on 11 proposed state constitutional amendments, including one that could help UTEP receive millions of dollars for research.
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Posted: November 1st, 2009, 1:18am EST
Rosa Guerrero and Elvia Hernandez are part of the welcome wagon that greets newcomers to El Paso.
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Posted: November 1st, 2009, 1:07am EST
EL PASO -- Skulls, spiders and webs, oh my! Those just a few of the images that community members and businesses displayed Saturday in the 24th annual KLAQ Halloween Parade.
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Posted: November 1st, 2009, 1:03am EST
EL PASO -- Operation Open Arms, a five-day food drive to support military families, will begin Monday.
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Posted: November 1st, 2009, 12:00am EDT
"We've never had this many people come out all at once for a flu vaccine."
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Posted: October 31st, 2009, 11:52pm EDT
EL PASO -- A clerk at the El Paso County Sheriff's Office has been charged with prostitution after allegedly offering to perform oral sex on an undercover police officer.
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Posted: October 31st, 2009, 11:26pm EDT
EL PASO -- Pint-size super heroes, witches and clowns showed off their Halloween best on Saturday while learning about water conservation at the 2009 Water Festival.
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Posted: October 31st, 2009, 10:18pm EDT
By April LopezEl Paso TimesEL PASO -- It was a Halloween treat for hundreds of El Pasoans who sought free help from lawyers they might not otherwise be able to afford.
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Posted: October 31st, 2009, 9:51pm EDT
The city of El Paso will resurface streets in the following areas starting on Monday and continuing through the rest of the workweek.
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Posted: October 31st, 2009, 9:51pm EDT
EL PASO -- A study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense and presented to the City Council on Tuesday showed that El Paso has many, many challenges as it gets ready for the influx of more than 90,000 people into the region.
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Posted: October 31st, 2009, 9:50pm EDT
Texas Department of Transportation Commission on Thursday announced reduced prices for the MyPlates program of custom license plates.
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Posted: October 31st, 2009, 9:50pm EDT
EL PASO --The El Paso Police Department is looking for the following people who have outstanding warrants in the El Paso.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 9:02am EDT
EL PASO -- The County Commissioners Court today will return to the issue of paying for the health care of the mentally ill.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 1:14am EDT
EL PASO -- School-board trustees should sit alongside city representatives, state senators and transportation officials in the Metropolitan Planning Organization, according to members of the Texas Association of School Boards.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 1:06am EDT
EL PASO -- Mailboxes were damaged by vandals early Sunday on several Lower Valley streets.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 12:58am EDT
EL PASO -- Two wheels ruled the day at Fort Bliss. There were speedy, two-toned, Italian-made bicycles that cost as much as a down payment on a house, dusty mountain bikes that would have to do for a road course and neon children's bicycles.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 12:54am EDT
EL PASO -- A project to improve two city buildings in South El Paso is poised to move ahead after a one-week delay.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 12:54am EDT
EL PASO -- A bid by New Mexico's two U.S. senators to protect the Organ Mountains and other scenic areas in Southern New Mexico could help El Paso, too.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 12:35am EDT
EL PASO -- A local artist fighting prostate cancer will display his work this week for the first time since his diagnosis with the disease in 2008.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 12:26am EDT
EL PASO -- Concerns about the economy might cause people to develop more furrowed brows and deeper worry lines, but the shaky times also have many searching for inexpensive ways to iron out those wrinkles.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009, 12:04am EDT
EL PASO -- Police arrested a pair of men they said broke into an East El Paso house Saturday morning, assaulted people, then tried to steal items from the home and vehicles parked outside.