This week: An El Paso doctor is arrested, UTEP’s teacher residency shows gains, and sheriff’s overtime spending returns to county scrutiny.

The first-time candidates bring different backgrounds to the Precinct 4 race, while voters weigh property taxes, infrastructure, public spending and concerns about county services.

Kelly Tomblin is retiring after six years leading El Paso Electric. Her successor, Eliecer Viamontes, takes over amid major construction projects, rising electricity demand and concerns about…

A free program offers homeowners a solar proposal that accounts for El Paso Electric’s new demand charge, with registration open through Oct. 14.

Four at-large seats on the Canutillo ISD board will be on the Nov. 3 ballot – including three full terms and one unexpired term. Here’s who’s running.

The review will examine El Paso ISD and three other Texas districts to determine whether state education funds are being spent as required by law.

Socorro ISD expects to generate $49.2 million in revenue and Ysleta ISD expects $5.5 million if voters approve tax ratification proposals known as VATRE on the Nov. 3 election ballot.

A poll of El Paso County adults suggests Republicans’ 2024 gains are fading, with Democrats holding roughly 2-to-1 leads in the U.S. Senate and governor’s races.

Extreme heat threatens El Pasoans’ health, strains household budgets and disrupts learning, making climate preparedness a priority voters should demand from candidates, Isabel K. Latz writes.

Utility executives presented a preferred plan that would raise monthly bills by $5 starting next year, but laid out several options for the board. Community meetings are set ahead of budget and rate…

An ACLU of Texas poll found that almost two-thirds of residents in El Paso County and the Rio Grande Valley believe ICE tactics have gone too far, with some reconsidering trips to school, church and…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, talked about his accomplishments, plans to help Texas families and the need for

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…

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…

El Paso’s high property tax rates are offset by comparatively low home values, leaving residents with a smaller average tax burden than most Texans in major metropolitan counties.

Plan your fall with pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted attractions, festivals and Halloween events across El Paso and southern New Mexico.

Oracle says the plans for the massive data center near Santa Teresa have not changed, despite a notice that could allow the company to defer rent payments to the project’s developer if its power…

A decentralized national Latino museum could work with institutions in El Paso and other communities to tell regional stories, expand access and connect diverse

Every day of summer reached at least 90 degrees in El Paso for the first time on record, putting the city on pace for its warmest year ever.

A public health researcher explains why finding cyclospora in wastewater does not mean it is in drinking water and how El Paso’s Pure Water Center will use multiple treatment barriers to protect…

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…

City Council voted unanimously to cover the automated license plate readers after 90 days if Flock Safety does not remove the equipment installed in El Paso under a May 2025 Police Department…

Commissioners approved a nearly $143 million Sheriff’s Office budget and renewed demands for details about overtime spending as jail operations face a projected $4.7 million year-end shortfall this…