Ysleta News

Lower Valley, a historical area, is looking to become a National Historical Park.

Early voting numbers are in for Saturday's local elections in El Paso County. Between May 29 and the end of early voting Tuesday, 23,482 people voted.

State senators are urged to follow the lead of the Texas House and pass a bill to require needed financial transparency of El Paso County school board trustees.

A candidate running to keep his seat on the Ysleta Independent School District school board is being questioned by opponents for his campaign logo, which looks like a district high school logo, and critics are scrutinizing the district for allowing its use.

Spring STAAR passing rates released this week show marginal improvements for El Paso Independent School District eighth-graders, while scores for fifth-graders at the district dropped slightly from the previous year.

Voters Albert Dominguez, center, and Frank Hernandez, right, leave the early polling station in the food court at Bassett Place during the first day of early voting Monday.