El Paso News

Beto O'Rourke and his wife, Amy Sanders O'Rourke, celebrate Tuesday at The Garden after learning that the former El Paso City Council representative had won the 16th Congressional District Democratic primary.

Now she faces a tough fight in November, when she contends in the general election in heavily Democratic El Paso.

El Paso voters were turning out to the polls this morning in a constant flow at Mesita Elementary School located in the 3300 block of N. Stanton.

A reputed Barrio Azteca gang member on trial in U.S. District Court on racketeering charges was found dead in his jail cell during the weekend, an El Paso County sheriff spokeswoman confirmed.

The polls have closed in most of Texas for the primary election to narrow the field of candidates to become the state's new U.S. senator.

The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services is investigating recent allegations of abuse and neglect at the El Paso State Supported Living Center , said State Rep.

The Parks and Recreation's Club Rec Summer Camp program will run from June 18 to Aug.

Police charged three men in the May 6 shooting that left Vincent Gomez, 21, wounded.

"We'll be watching it over the next couple days. The general idea is that with the upper winds and surface winds turning, it becomes more prone to advecting the smoke from the Whitewater fire complex," said Dave Novlan of the National Weather Service.

But at the school's polling station, it was the opposite with hardly any traffic for voting in Texas' primary election day.

University of Texas at El Paso students focusing on materials science and engineering research will benefit from a $3.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Even so, he continues to work for the El Paso nonprofit, which is the subject of an FBI investigation as part of El Paso's ongoing public-corruption scandal.

Track-record vs. change, Reyes vs. O'Rourke, that's how the candidates seem to portray themselves as the battle over the 16th Congressional seat draws to a close.

Oscar Herrera, owner and principal chef of Maria Chuchena restaurant, is back in business in Juarez after crime drove him out and sent him across the border into Texas.

All it takes is a little planning, and you can register your child in any of many summer camps offered in and around El Paso.

El Paso police are looking for information that identifies three burglars who broke into a West Side furniture store, entering it three times in less than three hours.

On May 4, 1598, the Spanish colonists Don Juan de OA ate -- who was in this vicinity -- eased north over the Rio Grande, OA ate naming his crossing point El Paso del Rio del Norte, meaning "The Pass across the Great River of the North." Nowadays, Mexico refers to the stream as the Rio Bravo .

A native of El Paso and an award-winning author, Pat Mora graduated in 1960 from Loretto Academy.

From this day and to the end of mankind, they shall be remembered for their feats of bravery.

Monday is not just another bank holiday or the end of a long weekend many celebrate as the beginning of summer with family barbecues and music festivals.