EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso County commissioners voted Monday, Aug. 18 to raise the property tax rate, a move expected to cost the average homeowner about $137 more a year…
Texas Monthly – Photos: Texas Democrats return to Austin as redistricting standoff ends
Texas Democrats return to Austin after a two week fight over GOP-drawn congressional maps Read: Read More
KTSM News – St. Pius X school launches new scholarship program
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Saint Pius X Catholic School in El Paso has announced the launch of the “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam” (AMDG) Scholarship, a new program offering full tuition coverage…
Border Report – Eight police officers killed in ambush
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Residents of a rural community in Guerrero, Mexico, on Sunday buried eight of their neighbors killed in an ambush in a region rife with drug violence….
Tech Crunch – SoftBank makes $2B investment in Intel
SoftBank will pay $23 per share for Intel common stock. Read more: Read More
Yard Barker – Texas Tech’s lucrative transfer portal class takes hit with significant injury
The Texas Tech Red Raiders might have already lost a member of their lucrative transfer portal class. Read: Read More
Border Report – Court ruling says Trump must treat children in ICE custody humanely
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — In what migrant advocates are calling “a major victory for the rights and dignity of immigrant children,” a federal court struck down the Trump’s administration’s bid to…
KTSM News – Flood warning for Canutillo with more area storms likely tonight and tomorrow — Your 9-Day Forecast
A surge of tropical moisture and high atmospheric instability has produced a round of strong t-showers. The heaviest rainfall has fallen between Canutillo and La Union. A Flash Flood Warning is posted…
El Paso Matters – $1.2B ICE detention complex opens at Fort Bliss in East El Paso under Trump’s mass deportation strategy
A sprawling migrant detention facility in Far East El Paso fades into the desert, appearing somewhat unassuming to passersby. Its distance from the highway diminishes its scale. “The facility is really, really…
Texas Monthly – At Miranda Lambert and Parker McCollum’s “Band Together Texas,” Musicians Reckoned With Unspeakable Tragedy
The band that played at the “Band Together Texas” concert at the Moody Center on Sunday night was impossibly tight. The stakes were high: It backed a collection of Texas country stars…