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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 1h
In his meeting with El Pasoans Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV said U.S. bishops should be “stronger in their own voice” when discussing immigration and mass deportation, according to a video provided to El Paso Matters. Here’s our updated story. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...
In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters
During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S.…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 5h
Catch this week’s top events across El Paso.

🎨 Chalk the Block brings art to Downtown
🍻 Trivia on Tap with El Paso Matters
🌱 UTEP Florafest plant sale
🎃 Halloween Town Market

Plan your week with our events roundup.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 7h
Pope Leo XIV grew emotional as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz shared migrants’ letters and a video about the fear and pain of possible mass deportations. “You stand with me, and I stand with you,” the pontiff said.
In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters
During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S.…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 1d
PODCAST: El Paso’s population is slowing with fewer births, less immigration and more young adults leaving. What does that mean for schools, jobs and the city’s growth? elpasomatters.org/2025/10/06/p...
Podcast: El Paso is facing a declining population growth. Could it imperil the city’s future?
New demographic projections show El Paso’s population growth lagging far behind other Texas cities. It’s a slow-moving challenge, but one that can greatly impact the city. Here’s what it could mean.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 2d
El Paso waited 50 years for Castner Range to become a national monument — let’s not wait another 50 for a hiking trail, Richard Teschner writes. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/06/o...
Opinion: El Paso deserves a hiking trail in Castner Range
The long-awaited Castner Range trail could finally give hikers access to El Paso’s iconic mountains while protecting the land’s history and fragile environment.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 2d
Residents near the medical warehouses say they’ve developed allergies, respiratory issues and headaches. Although it’s far from clear whether ethylene oxide emissions are to blame, a recent investigation has raised concerns. More from @Grist.org and El Paso Matters: elpasomatters.org/2025/10/06/c...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 3d
VOTER GUIDE: What’s on the Nov. 4 election ballot? 17 Texas constitutional amendments, including property tax cuts proposals for homeowners; SISD and Tornillo ISD tax rate elections; and council races in Clint, Socorro and Vinton. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/05/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 4d
Texas Higher Education Commissioner Wynn Rosser praised El Paso’s K-12 to college pipeline but urged more progress to meet workforce demands. He also met with local leaders to discuss challenges and opportunities. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/03/c...
Texas higher ed leader praises El Paso progress, says challenges remain
Wynn Rosser, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board commissioner, praised El Paso’s K-12 to higher ed pipeline, but said more work is needed to prepare Texans for future workforce demands.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 5d
This week in El Paso:
• Voter registration deadline nears
• Sun Metro seeks input on route changes
• New solar power for El Paso Electric
• Canutillo ISD campus breaks ground
• Airport parking shifts

Read more in our weekly roundup.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 5d
Immigration advocates and attorneys say recent federal court rulings freeing DACA recipients in El Paso and New Mexico reinforce that ICE can’t lawfully arrest or detain immigrants without due process. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/02/e...
‘A huge victory’: ICE can’t ignore DACA protections, legal advocates say after El Paso area federal court rulings
The rulings by two federal judges should send a message to Trump’s administration that it can’t arbitrarily detain individuals protected from deportation by law under the DACA policy, attorneys say.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 6d
Haunted season: Forbidden Acres returns, Western Playland debuts a Haunted Asylum, Wet ’n’ Wild goes full Scaregrounds, Haunted Daze brings Freak Land, and nightly Downtown ghost tours roll on. Read the roundup. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/02/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 6d
To weigh in on the constitutional amendments, Texas voters need to be registered to vote by Oct. 6. Early voting takes place Oct. 20-31 and Election Day is Nov. 4. Here’s what you need to know, from the Texas Tribune: elpasomatters.org/2025/10/02/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 7d
A federal judge granted Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago’s petition for release on Wednesday, stating that her arrest and continued detention violate her rights under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the United States Constitution. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/01/e...
El Paso DACA recipient Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago must be freed by Thursday, judge rules
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone ruled that ICE must release El Paso DACA recipient Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, who has been detained since Aug. 3.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 7d
Texas Higher Education Commissioner Wynn Rosser will keynote El Paso’s Education Matters Summit, urging stronger college readiness and workforce pathways. UTEP’s Erika Mein will receive the first Richard Castro Award. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/01/c...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 9d
El Paso Community College secured a $3.7M TRIO grant to support first-gen & low-income students, even as a federal freeze disrupted programs nationwide. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/29/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 10d
TxDOT is set to proceed with a $1.3 billion project to widen I-10 through Downtown El Paso, adding lanes, frontage roads and bike paths. Opponents fear pollution, displacement and more traffic. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/28/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 12d
Podcast: Our reporters discuss the $165 billion Project Jupiter data center project, the contentious meeting when Dona Ana County Commissioners voted on the project and what could happen next. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/26/p...
Podcast: Data center building boom reaches borderland - El Paso Matters
We talk key points from last week’s contentious Doña Ana County commissioners meeting moving the $165 billion data center forward – which we now know are connected to the Stargate Project led by…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 12d
This week in El Paso:
• Animal Services opens new Westside center
• NIH funds EPCC, UTEP training in precision medicine
• Sunset Amphitheater breaks ground Nov. 19

Read more in our weekly roundup here:
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 12d
El Paso Zoo Director Joe Montisano has been placed on temporary administrative leave, city officials confirmed this week. Officials have not said why or how long the leave will last. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/25/e...
El Paso Zoo Director Joe Montisano placed on temporary administrative leave by city
El Paso Zoo Director Joe Montisano has been placed on temporary administrative leave. City officials have not cited the reason for the decision or its duration.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 13d
📢 How will the Interstate 10 expansion affect your life in El Paso? We’d like to hear from you. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/24/e...
How will the I-10 expansion affect your life? We’d like to hear from you.
El Paso Matters wants to hear from residents about how I-10 construction will affect their lives.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 13d
A Peruvian journalist who was held by ICE in four detention centers – including Alligator Alcatraz in Florida and the East Montana facility on Fort Bliss in El Paso – is back in his home country. Story by @CindyRamz1: elpasomatters.org/2025/09/24/f...
Peruvian journalist deported after ICE detention at Fort Bliss, Alligator Alcatraz
Ricardo Quintana Chávez spent 50-plus days in four ICE detention centers. Now back in Peru, he discusses his experience, including the East Montana center reported to have 60 violations under ICE’s…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 14d
Catch this week’s top events across El Paso.

🎬 Kevin Smith at El Paso Film Festival
🧡 Nickelodeon’s Day of Play at La Nube
🎶 Dustin Lynch at Way Out West Fest
🍷 Harvest Wine Festival
🌶️ Chile Pepper Challenge

Plan your week with our events roundup.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 14d
El Paso City Council has completed annual performance reviews for the city attorney and city manager. The results, just released, include the manager’s first evaluation since getting the job. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/23/e...
El Paso city manager, city attorney ‘meet expectations,’ evaluation documents show
The City Council did not extend the contracts of City Manager Dionne Mack or City Attorney Karla Nieman after their latest performance evaluations. Here’s what pay raises they were given under their…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 14d
Leadership change at El Paso’s food bank: Kris Yagel, an Army veteran and business leader, is stepping in as interim CEO. The food bank did not say why former leader Susan Goodell left after eight years. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/23/e...
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank names interim CEO in sudden leadership change
Kris Yagel, who had served as director of strategic development at the food bank since March, has been named interim CEO. The organization did not give a reason for the departure of Susan Goodell,…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 16d
Since the start of the school year, EPISD families have reported late buses and sudden route changes after the district updated its bus routes for the first time in 15 years. Now EPISD is considering implementing school bus GPS tracking to keep students safe. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/22/e...
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