El Paso Times
- New Texas law strengthens e-cigarette rules, relaxes weed possession punishment at schools
Thursday - 08/31/2023 - 07:00 AMNew law gives districts more flexibility with handling students found with marijuana on campus but requires punishment for students found with a vape.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Travis County judge rules HB 2127, the so-called 'Death Star' bill, is unconstitutional
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 03:42 PMThe ruling from state District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble comes two days before the law was set to go into effect. The state is likely to appeal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No weapon, no threat. Eastlake High School cleared after lockdown
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 03:39 PMEastlake High School in eastern El Paso County was placed in a precautionary lockdown after a rumor of person with a gun.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ken Paxton doesn't want to testify at impeachment trial. But his silence could hurt him.
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 07:00 AMTexas House lawyers, in a recent case filing, say they should decide, and not Ken Paxton, if he should have to take the witness stand.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Border deaths: El Paso's deadliest summer has claimed at least 136 migrant lives
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 10:56 AMAt least 136 migrants have died in Border Patrol's El Paso Sector in fiscal 2023, the highest number since the agency began reporting migrant deaths.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Texas National Guard disbanded intelligence wing after members used WhatsApp to spy on migrants
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 02:46 PMAn investigation by Military Texas National Guard leaders disbanded Operation Lone Star's intelligence wing after reports of the WhatsApp surveillance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man accused of beating to death estranged wife's boyfriend at airport goes to trial
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 10:07 AMThe murder trial of an El Paso man accused in the 2021 beating death of his wife's boyfriend at El Paso International Airport began Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dan Patrick appoints new counsel to help him preside over Ken Paxton's impeachment trial
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 07:32 PMIn 2009, former Gov. Rick Perry appointed Lana Myers to serve on the Fifth Court of Appeals. She won reelection in 2010 and went unchallenged in 2016.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New complaint seeks to stop AG Ken Paxton from practicing law in Texas
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 05:13 PMThree former State Bar of Texas presidents signed onto a complaint that says Ken Paxton engaged in bribery, aggravated perjury and organized crime.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Welcome back: UTEP celebrates 'success of our students'
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 07:02 AMLast year, UTEP reported its highest level of freshman enrollment in fall 2022. The 24,000-student university is on track to beat last year's record.
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- Hundreds of new laws go into effect Friday in Texas. Here are a few you should know
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 06:39 PMThe 774 bills going into effect Sept. 1 will touch nearly all aspects of daily life in Texas. From car registrations to hospital visits.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lower Valley home catches fire twice in 15 hours, arson investigation underway
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 02:19 PMEl Paso fire marshals are conducting an arson investigation after a Lower Valley house caught fire twice in just over 15 hours.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Auditor gears up for whistleblower complaint alleging City Hall intimidation over gas card report
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 02:52 PMIn a letter to city officials, Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon's attorney alleged several ways her client was harassed over his spending report.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge rules El Paso Scottish Rite arson suspect is "absolutely a danger to society"
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 11:00 AMThe alleged El Paso Scottish Rite Temple arsonist was denied bond by a judge who ruled he was "absolutely a danger to society."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former city Rep. Claudia Rodriguez faces ethics complaint over fuel card usage last year
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 01:36 PMAccording to the city's Ethics Code, former city Rep. Claudia Rodriguez can still face consequences over ethics violations during her time in office.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Commissioners, county judge increase taxes, include 'tone deaf' raises, speakers say
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 02:58 PMThe county's new tax rate was set at 45.9 cents and it is expected to cost the average homeowner of a home valued at about $187,000 about $100 more a year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gas price in El Paso: EPA steps in to ease gasoline shortage
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 11:16 AMGas prices spiked in the region after the Alon Big Spring and Marathon Petroleum Corporation refineries experienced unplanned outages.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Texas National Guard shoots man found wounded on Juárez bank of Rio Grande
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 04:35 PMA Texas National Guard soldier on duty in El Paso fired a shot toward a Mexican national, who was found wounded along the banks of the Rio Grande.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Texas ban on hormone therapy for trans kids goes into effect despite legal fight
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 11:07 AMTexas lawmakers joined 19 other states attempting to ban the use of transition-related care.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Juárez Juangabrilisimo! Music, dance honor Juan Gabriel on memorial anniversary
Sunday - 08/27/2023 - 05:11 PMJuárez's favorite adopted son, the late Mexican music legend Juan Gabriel, is celebrated at the Juárez Juangabrilisimo festival 2023.
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- El Paso police lieutenant, sergeant arrested on sexual harassment allegations
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 11:28 PMTwo El Paso police supervisors were arrested, accused of "disturbing incidents" of sexual harassment of female officers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mexican army special forces soldiers sent to Juárez as murders surge
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 02:38 PMMexican army special forces arrive in Juárez in bid to slow murder wave. U.S. Consulate issues security alert for the town of Janos.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here's why AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial will gain attention well beyond Texas
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 03:54 PMThe trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Senate begins amid Republican turmoil in Texas that's likely to get attention nationwide, experts say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - HB 3: How El Paso schools, teachers and police are dealing with Texas armed guard law
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 09:11 AMA Texas state law coming into effect Sept. 1, 2023, requires all schools to have an armed guard on campus. Here's how El Paso schools are preparing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Las Cruces man, woman arrested in violent robbery of casino prize winner in West El Paso
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 12:17 PMA former Las Cruces teacher is one of two people accused of an armed robbery that targeted a casino-prize winner in El Paso.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - El Paso climate action ramping up as global climate crisis worsens
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 07:01 AMBolstered by U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar's Climate Crisis Advisory Committee, El Paso is taking the reins of a regional push to tackle climate change.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mass grave may contain bodies of Mexican migrants who vanished near Texas border
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 09:54 AMA mass grave in Chihuahua may hide the bodies of migrants possibly killed by a drug cartel near the Texas border.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dana Dimel talks about Incarnate Word
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 06:27 PMDana Dimel talks about Incarnate Word
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - El Paso taxes: Homeowners to see some relief in school district tax bills
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 10:49 AMThe average-value home in the county's three largest districts will see school tax savings of $533 to $783.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - El Paso woman accused of DWI manslaughter in highway crash that killed San Elizario woman
Sunday - 08/27/2023 - 11:36 AMA San Elizario woman was killed when the SUV she was riding in was hit from behind by a suspected drunken driver on Loop 375.
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