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El Paso enters next round for symposium hosting bid

The Social Media Tourism Symposium is turning to Facebook to find its next host city, and El Paso is moving closer to winning that title. Thanks to a fury of online voting, El Paso beat Buffalo-Niagara, N.Y., by 466 votes on Tuesday. El Paso...

El Paso Pushes To Round 2 In Hosting Race

With the community’s assistance, the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau edged out San Marcos in Round One of their quest to host the 2012 Social Media Tourism Symposium (SoMe).

Police Investigating Overnight Incident at East El Paso Club

Police are investigating an overnight incident at Jaguars Gold Club in East El Paso. Officers were called out to the club after two people reportedly showed up at the emergency room of Del Sol Medical Center. According to emergency scanners,...

El Paso man indicted on charges of sexually assaulting

An El Paso man has been indicted on charges of sexually assaulting and stabbing his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend last summer in Sunland Park. A Doña Ana County grand jury returned indictments Thursday charging Nathan Allen Cannarsa, 20, with attempt...

Students weld special feeders for El Paso Zoo elephants

A group of students at El Dorado High School are putting their welding skills to use to help two very large, four-legged mammals that can hold 2 ½ gallons of water in their trunks. It started when Gabriel Moya’s father, an elephant keeper...

Northeast woman found dead in closet

Yanira Caballero, 32, had not been seen for several days when friends and family decided to break into her Northeast El Paso duplex and look for her. 

DPS trooper dies in El Paso crash

The Texas Department of Public Safety is mourning the loss of a DPS trooper who died in El Paso after a two-vehicle crash around 1:30 am Saturday. Javier Arana Jr., 32. was responding on a pursuit call when his patrol car was struck by a Ford...

El Paso police officer quits before results of drug test in

An El Paso police officer facing drug-abuse allegations resigned while waiting for results of a drug test he was ordered to take, officials said Thursday.

Ex-El Paso beauty queen pleads guilty to theft

A former beauty queen in West Texas has been put on probation for shoplifting a $69 shirt from a retail store. Lorena Tavera of El Paso on Monday pleaded guilty to theft. A judge then sentenced the 2008 Miss El Paso USA winner to nine months...

Korea in talks for cut of El Paso assets-source

South Korean state oil company Korea National Oil Corp is in talks to join a private equity-led consortium that has agreed to buy El Paso Corp’s oil and natural gas assets for $7.15 billion, a source with direct knowledge of the matter...