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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 $148,900. More El Paso information.

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2 hrs ago | El Paso Times

El Paso city council extends funding program for Downtown events

Popular events funded in part by the city's KickstART Downtown program, such as Neon Desert Music Festival, will be eligible to reapply for assistance past three years after the City Council today removed the restriction.

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6 hrs ago | El Paso Times

El Paso native named general manager for KFOX-Channel 14

"My family and I are very excited to come home, and have an opportunity to serve the community we love," Hayes said, who also is a UTEP graduate.

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Wed May 22, 2013

El Paso Times

2 cartels still active in Juarez region

U.S. officials on Wednesday said their intelligence indicates that the Sinaloa and JuA rez drug-trafficking organizations are active in the JuA rez region, and that a recent spike in drug violence in JuA rez can be attributed to cartel disputes.

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El Paso Times

Requests granted in Ju rez-El Paso sex-trafficking case

A U.S. district judge granted several requests by a defendant in a federal sex-trafficking case, including adding a lawyer to his defense team, hiring a private investigator's services, and obtaining the names of unindicted co-conspirators, court records show.

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El Paso Times

District judge OKs El Paso County domestic partner benefits

El Paso County, for now, is not violating the Texas Constitution and can continue to provide health benefits to the domestic partners of its employees, a district court judge ruled on Tuesday.

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El Paso Times

Tickets for El Paso baseball stadium groundbreaking sold out

About 500 people will attend the May 30 event at the ballpark construction site where the former City Hall building stood.

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KOSA

Fort Bliss Identifies Soldier Killed in Blast 5/21/13

The Associated Press 5/21/13 El Paso, Texas- Military officials have identified the third Fort Bliss soldier killed recently in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device.

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KOSA

Customs Seizes Over 200 Lbs of Pot at El Paso Border 5/21/13

CBS7 News 5/21/13 EL PASO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the El Paso port of entry seized 207 pounds of marijuana Monday.

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The Beaumont Enterprise

Most family-friendly cities in the U.S.

Looks like Texas wins out as the most family-friendly state in the nation, according to real estate site/blog Movoto.

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Tue May 21, 2013

KFOXTV

East El Paso woman flees attacker by jumping out window

El Paso police arrested a man they said stabbed a woman in the leg Tuesday morning.

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Examiner.com

'Bordertown' based on the women of Juarez murders in Mexico

"Bordertown" is a movie inspired by the murders of the women of Juarez in Mexico.

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Las Cruces Sun-News

Fire crews battle large brush fires in Dona Ana, El Paso counties

More than a dozen fire crews from DoA a Ana County and across the state line in El Paso are working to keep a brush fire near Santa Teresa from spreading as the wind carries embers in El Paso's Upper Valley.

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El Paso Times

Downtown El Paso ballpark lawsuit against 3 city officials dismissed

A state district judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed against City Manager Joyce Wilson and city Reps.

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El Paso Times

El Paso County Commissioners OK ban on aerial fireworks

El Paso County Commissioners Court on Monday banned the sale and use of aerial fireworks in all unincorporated areas in the county as the drought index in El Paso is the highest in Texas.

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El Paso Times

Central El Paso apartment fire displaces four people

The El Paso Fire Department was called at about 12:02 a.m. to the apartment on the 2100 block of Howze.

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Mon May 20, 2013

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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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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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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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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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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