Tag: El Paso
President to visit El Paso, not Rio Grande Valley
President Joe Biden will not be visiting the Rio Grande Valley, according to a statement made by U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez on Thursday.
Biden announced...
US gives 1st public look inside Texas base housing Afghans
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday provided the first public look inside a U.S....
Widower’s death extends mourning tied to El Paso massacre
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man who drew worldwide sympathy and support after his wife was killed in a...
Garden to open for El Paso Walmart shooting 2nd anniversary
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Officials in the border city of El Paso will unveil a garden Tuesday that is meant to bring healing...
Army: 11 Fort Bliss soldiers ill after ingesting substance
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — Eleven soldiers were sickened — including two who were in critical condition — after ingesting an unauthorized substance during...
COVID-19 death toll in El Paso illustrates pandemic’s stark inequalities
By Alex Samuels, Texas Tribune
Jessica Jimenez, a 33-year-old who has lived in El Paso since she was born, said she has three friends and...
As virus cases soar in Texas, Abbott says no lockdown is coming
By Patrick Svitek and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Texas Tribune
On June 26, Texas was reporting 5,102 people had been hospitalized due to the coronavirus, breaking a...
As virus cases soar in Texas, Abbott says no lockdown is coming
By Patrick Svitek and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Texas Tribune
On June 26, Texas was reporting 5,102 people had been hospitalized due to the coronavirus, breaking a...
Texas inmates work in morgue as COVID-19 overwhelms El Paso
By Alana Rocha, Texas Tribune
The morgue in El Paso is so overwhelmed by the number of people dying from COVID-19 that inmates from the...
El Paso reports more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day
By Shawn Mulcahy, Texas Tribune
Cases of COVID-19 in El Paso continued to skyrocket on Wednesday as the city reported a record 3,100 new people...