After seeing the video of a little girl chased by a pack of dogs in the City of Socorro, many have asked why this was allowed to happen. It only […] The…
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El Paso Herald Post – Is The Federal Shutdown About To End? Here Is What You Need To Know
WASHINGTON, November 12, 2025: With over 143,000 El Pasoans still facing food insecurity because of the federal shutdown and around 13,000 El Paso federal workers not receiving paychecks since the […] The…
The Border Chronicle – “A lot of families are suffering”: A Q&A with Sister Tracey Horan from the Kino Border Initiative in Ambos Nogales
A woman from Guerrero, Mexico, at the Kino Border Initiative shelter in 2022. The mural in front of her has handwritten messages of hope and faith from other people passing through the…
El Paso Herald Post – Partial SNAP Benefits Start To Arrive – Here Is The Latest Dates And Amounts
EL PASO, Tx., November 11, 2025: In an update to a story, we have been covering for you, federal food subsidies have started to make their way to recipients this […] The…
El Paso Herald Post – Tuesday Time Warp – Water Woes For El Paso In 1919
In today’s edition of Tuesday’s Time Warp, we look at a frequent problem for a city that is in the desert – the lack of water resources. The August 7, […] The…
El Paso Herald Post – Officials Advised That El Paso Faces Serious Food Insecurity Among The Poor In The Coming Weeks Ahead of Thanksgiving
EL PASO, Tx., November 10, 2025: With the federal shutdown now the longest in the nation’s history, city officials fear only weeks of food for low-income El Pasoans is left. […] The…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: November 7
As we’ve mentioned recently, we’re going to be improving The Border Chronicle and expanding. We’ll have more details in the coming weeks. This week we brought on Brenda Machado, our very first…
El Paso Herald Post – Opinion: Let’s Tell the Truth About the Texas Revolt
Things seemed to be going well for Dr. Kate Rogers. She had recently been promoted from executive director to the CEO and president of the Alamo Trust Inc., the nonprofit […] The…
The Border Chronicle – Dreams on Hold
A Mother’s Guilt, a self-portrait oil painting by Rio Grande Valley artist Josie Del Castillo, produced in 2024. (Courtesy of the artist) Subscribe now Josie Del Castillo is a figurative painter whose…
El Paso Herald Post – Analysis: El Paso Is a Low-margin Transit Economy Rather Than A High-Tax-Yielding Economic Powerhouse Because Of Poor Leadership
EL PASO, Tx., November 6, 2025: El Paso homeowners face some of the highest property tax rates in Texas despite having modest median incomes and home values. The high tax […] The…