EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — More than $6 million in federal assistance has already been approved by FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration a month after President Biden declared a major…
Border Report – Panama president says repatriation of migrants crossing the Darien Gap will be voluntary
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that migrants entering Panama through the treacherous Darien Gap will only be sent back to their countries if they agree to do so,…
KTSM News – Hospice El Paso opens new compassionate care facility in Downtown EP
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Hospice El Paso has opened its new Center for Compassionate Care facility on Thursday, July 18. The new center, located at Grace Pointe Wellness Center at 2301…
Border Report – US Treasury sanctions Sierra Leone man for allegedly smuggling migrants into the United States
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Thursday on a man from Sierra Leone for allegedly smuggling thousands of migrants from Asia and Africa into the United States. The…
Texas Monthly – Texans at the GOP Convention Played Their Role: Stoking Fear of Migrants
Where does Texas fit in Donald Trump’s Republican Party? During the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, a number of Texas Republicans expressed discomfort with the shape of the convention. Complaints…
KTSM News – Socorro ISD held ceremony to launch 25 electric buses, charging stations
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Socorro Independent School District (SISD) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning, July 19 to celebrate 25 new electric school buses and charging stations that will be…
Border Report – Gov. Abbott addresses Beryl, Trump’s call for mass deportation, Elon Musk in interview at RNC
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott spent the week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Republican National Convention, where he delivered a speech Wednesday in front of a crowd of thousands. Abbott…
KTSM News – El Paso County to expand Fabens Airport with new hangars
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso County announced that it will be expanding the hangars at the Fabens Airport. A groundbreaking ceremony will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 23 at…
Texas Monthly – A Globe-trotting Palestinian Play Has Arrived in Houston
In the ballroom of Houston’s Arab American Cultural and Community Center, the cast of The Revolution’s Promise bends into forward folds, articulates consonants, and speeds through tongue twisters (the classic “She sells…
Border Report – DOJ sues Texas-based nonprofit on allegations of sexual abuse, harassment of children
AUSTIN (KXAN/Nexstar) — A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit accused a Texas-based nonprofit of violating the Fair Housing Act, alleging the nonprofit’s employees sexually abused and harassed children in its care….