Certification platform Certiverse raised an $11 million Series A led by Cherryrock Capital, it announced this week. The company was founded by Ruben Garcia, Pablo Meyer, and Federico Lopez in 2023. It…
El Paso Matters – Canutillo ISD board approves layoffs, program changes to address budget deficit
The Canutillo Independent School District plans to lay off employees, increase classroom sizes and redesign its programs to cut its budget as it faces potential financial exigency — the equivalent of bankruptcy…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY REPS CANALES AND LIMON MOVE TO ESTABLISH BOAC AS PERMANENT STANDING COMMITTEE WITH EXPANDED OVERSIGHT
[[{“value”:” The voters passed the Quality of Life Bond on November 6, 2012, authorizing the issuance of $473,225,000 in general obligation bonds for dozens of projects, and only 37 days later the City Council…
Texas Monthly – One of the Rarest of Texas’s Rare Plants Might Be Growing in Your Neighbor’s Garden
I recently went looking for one of the rarest of Texas’s rare plants in what seemed like an odd place: near the middle of Boerne. At Cibolo Nature Center, a hundred-acre preserve…
KTSM News – Barracuda PR closes business after 15 years in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (EL PASO MATTERS) — Fifteen years ago, Marina Monsisvais founded Barracuda Public Relations with a simple idea – help people connect with all the interesting things happening in El…
KTSM News – Border Report Live: How the US is fortifying its border with Mexico
ALAMO, Texas (Border Report) — The Trump administration has begun building more federal border wall in South Texas as part of its border security strategy with Mexico. Border Report Live on Thursday…
KTSM News – Former El Paso Morgan Stanley financial advisor sentenced for multi-million fraud scheme
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A former Morgan Stanley financial advisor in El Paso was sentenced in federal court to 12 years in prison for committing a multi-million dollar fraud scheme, according…
Tech Crunch – Trump’s auto tariffs are a gift to Tesla
President Trump is slapping 25% tariffs on all cars imported to the United States, including from our immediate North American neighbors. He’s also placed a 25% tariff on certain parts used to…
Tech Crunch – Why HoneyBook’s $140M in ARR may finally justify its $2.4B ZIRP-era valuation
HoneyBook, a startup last valued in late 2021 at $2.4 billion, told TechCrunch that it hit $140 million annualized recurring revenue (ARR). This makes HoneyBook one of the few startups with peak-VC-era…
KTSM News – New Mexico Supreme court overturns murder conviction of Doña Ana County woman
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The New Mexico Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Doña Ana County woman for her role in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. Cristal Cardenas was sentenced to…