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Ciudad Juárez, Mexico · Ciudad JuárezA fire in a locked cell at the Ciudad Ju�rez migrant detention facility killed 40 people. Mexico's National Migration Institute this week said it has made safety improvements to its immigration stations. In a press release, INM said it had installed fire extinguishers, fire hydrants and more than 1,500 smoke detectors.See the Story
No more padlocks: Mexican immigration agency reports safety measures a year after deadly fire
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El Paso · El PasoThe El Paso Chihuahuas 2024 Home Opener is set for Tuesday, April 2. Pete Zamora, who managed the Single-A Lake Elsinore Storm in 2023 and served six years as the team's pitching coach, is the Chihuahua's manager. The city's Parks and Recreation Department is hosting spring egg hunts and carnivals.See the Story
Week Ahead: Chihuahuas season begins next week at home
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El Paso · El PasoThe Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, was launched in late December. The U.S. Department of Education started to process about 1.5 million of the 6 million submitted forms the week of March 11. An expert said students could begin to receive their aid information by mid-April.See the Story
Delayed financial aid forms trickle into UTEP, higher ed campuses
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Sports · El PasoTim Hagerty, the El Paso Chihuahuas announcer, recently talked with El Paso Matters about his new book. The book features 1,001 funny baseball anecdotes, some of which occurred in El Paso. The list of El Paso stories includes the time the Diablos set the world record for the largest banana split.See the Story
‘Tales from the Dugout’ shows lighter side of Minor League Baseball
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El Paso · El PasoThe El Paso Police/Fire Training Academy will occupy over 300 acres in the Northeast. The $79.1 million project is funded by a 2019 bond approved by voters and is set to open in 2025. Activist and researcher Renee Johnston included the El Paso facility in a list of 70 "cop cities"See the Story
Is a ‘cop city’ being built in El Paso?
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El Paso · El PasoEl Paso Community College pilot program offers eight-week hybrid semester courses. Students continue to meet with their instructors and peers two classes per week on a Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday schedule. The time they do not come to school provides opportunities to study, do homework, meet with instructors or any support personnel.See the Story
EPCC pleased with early results of 8-week semester pilot program
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New Mexico · New MexicoThe majority of global warming in the last century has occurred since 1975, according to NASA. Humans continue to drive climate change by burning fossil fuels, which increase greenhouse gas concentrations. In November 2023 the USDA updated its plant hardiness zone map for the first time in more than a decade. El Paso and about half the country shifted half a zone up because of warmer winters.See the Story
USDA map confirms what El Paso gardeners know: El Paso is getting warmer
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Senate · El PasoEl Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks says he won't prosecute cases where someone's rights and civil liberties have been violated. If SB 4 goes into effect, the state law would make unauthorized border crossing a state crime. Hicks said law enforcement officers could only arrest a person they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally if they physically see the person entering Texas from a foreign country.See the Story
El Paso DA says office won’t prosecute SB4 cases where suspect is profiled
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