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El Paso, Texas is located in El Paso County. Zip codes in El Paso, TX include 79917, 79903, and 88576. The median home price in El Paso is $147,900. More El Paso information.

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9 hrs ago | KFOXTV

County bans 'sticks and fins' fireworks due to drought

El Paso county commissioners Monday banned some aerial fireworks known as sticks and fins in the unincorporated areas of the county due to the severe drought in the borderland.

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13 hrs ago | El Paso Times

Tornillo Port of Entry area zoning bill is stymied

A bill that would have granted the county power to zone land around the Tornillo Port of Entry likely is doomed, El Paso legislators said last week.

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17 hrs ago | El Paso Times

Former US customs agent accused in document fraud

A former U. S. Customs Service inspector accused of visa fraud is blaming a Juarez dentist for allegedly getting him involved in document fraud, according to court documents.

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22 hrs ago | El Paso Times

Dangerous drug: Family believes 'designer' form of LSD killed teen

Veronica Cabada hugs Alondra Lucio, who is 33 weeks pregnant with the child of Cabada's late son, Johann Sebastian Cabada.

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Yesterday | El Paso Times

Thousands of El Pasoans attend 7th annual Braden Aboud run-walk

Michelle Garcia, 19, left, starts out in the 5k run during the 7th Annual Braden Aboud Memorial Walk-Run at Zach Whit School Sunday.

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Yesterday | El Paso Times

El Paso cancer patient is glad Angelina Jolie raised awareness of double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie in a 2012 Associated Press file photo. Last week, the actress announced that she had undergone a double mastectomy because of her extreme genetic risk of cancer.

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Yesterday | El Paso Times

Mexican revolution left mark on El Paso diocese

The years from 1910 to 1940 were a period of revolution and war in Mexico, which left an indelible mark on the Catholic Church in El Paso.

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Sun May 19, 2013

KRGV

Here is the latest Texas news from The Associated Press

Residents of a North Texas town ravaged by a deadly tornado are starting to return to home for the first time since the midweek storm.

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El Paso Times

Record number of UTEP students graduate

Cindy Esparza received her masters degree Saturday in Instructional Specialist in Science from UTEP.

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El Paso Times

Ram n Renter a: No need to gross us out at breakfast

He said he once found a toaster among the stuff donated to a shelter he helped run in Juarez, plugged it in and relished a piece of toast, only to later feel guilty about enjoying a perk we take for granted while so many other people simply do without.

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El Paso Times

El Paso mayoral candidates accentuate issues, stress differences

Mayoral candidates Oscar Leeser, left, and Steve Ortega will face off in the race for mayor on June 15.

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El Paso Times

2 women, 1 man held in Central El Paso slaying

El Paso police arrested two women and a man in connection with the slaying of 22-year-old man in Central El Paso.

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El Paso Times

Trish Long: El Paso prisoner's allegations lead to House inquiry

Last week's article was about Pearl Johnson, who, in 1951, was convicted of the murder of her newborn baby and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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El Paso Times

Voter age gap: El Paso must go after younger group

It is often said that elections are about the future. If that is so, why did El Paso have almost twice as many voters over age 70 as under age 40 in the recent municipal and school elections? An El Paso Times computer-aided analysis of voters in the May 11 election showed that of the more than 48,000 voters, more than 12,300 were over 70, compared ... (more)

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El Paso Times

Michael Hissam: Santa Teresa port growth as imagined

Sometime back in the 1940s, according to one of historian Leon Metz's books about El Paso, there took place more than a bit of a political furor over a planned highway improvement.

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Sat May 18, 2013

KDBC

Jobs of the Week: May 20-26

Workforce Solutions Upper Rio Grande announced Friday that there are more than one thousand jobs available in the El Paso, Texas area.

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El Paso Times

Feds' furloughs: Region to feel sequestration's impact

The price of a dysfunctional national government will soon hit home in our region as thousands of Defense Department civilian employees face the equivalent of a 20-percent weekly pay cut for almost three months.

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El Paso Times

3 Fort Bliss soldiers die in attack in Afghanistan

The soldiers were killed when an homemade bomb detonated in the town of Senjaray, Fort Bliss officials said in a news release.

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El Paso Times

EPISD teacher arrested after authorities find 'suspicious devices'

Authorities arrested an EPISD teacher today after they found 'suspicious devices' at his home.

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Fri May 17, 2013

El Paso Times

27-year-old woman allegedly tries to bribe an El Paso police officer

A 27-year-old woman allegedly tried to bribe an El Paso police officer while trying to avoid being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in the Upper Valley this week, documents stated.

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