Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. Playa Drain Trail Bike Ride SunCycle, El Paso’s first bicycle sharing program, is marking National Trails…
Border Report – Meet the Texans competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Twenty Texans buzzed their way into qualifying for this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, with 15 advancing to the quarter finals rounds Wednesday. The competition runs through Thursday evening,…
Tech Crunch – Mental health insurance platform ifeel raises a $20 million Series B
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Border Report – Gonzales: ‘It was a block-by-block knife fight’
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A West Texas congressman says he remains humble and ready to listen to his constituents after surviving a close GOP runoff election against a gun-enthusiast YouTuber…
El Paso Matters – U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales prevails in primary runoff over gun influencer Brandon Herrera
By Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales declared victory in the Republican primary runoff on Tuesday to represent the 23rd Congressional District – which includes Far…
Texas Monthly – Democrats Finally Won a Big Texas Election (Maybe. It’s Complicated.)
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. After a hard-fought election in which a candidate supported by the far right lost, right-wing legislators took to social media to proclaim that the race…
Tech Crunch – Google Chrome becomes a ‘picture-in-picture’ app
Instead of opening the user’s actual browser or a WebView, Custom Tabs let users remain in their app while browsing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more:…
Tech Crunch – Creator fintech Slingshot raises $2.2 million
Sanil Chawla remembers the meetings he had with countless artists in college. Those creatives were looking for one thing: sustainable economic infrastructure that could help them scale rather than drown them in…
KTSM News – Las Cruces PD issues silver alert for missing elderly man
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Las Cruces Police Department issued a Silver Alert for a 69-year-old man who was last seen Tuesday evening, May 28, and could be in danger if…
Tech Crunch – After co-founder’s murder at the hands of Hamas, cloud startup Firefly raises $23M
A startup called Firefly tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding on the heels of strong demand…