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El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar and ten other members of the Texas Democratic Delegation are asking the Department of Justice for a comprehensive investigation of the border shooting involving a member of the Texas National Guard.

The Drug Enforcement Agency is leading a new effort to track drugs seized along the U.S.-Mexico border. The DEA and other federal agencies have established a new lab at the El Paso Intelligence Center on Fort Bliss.

DPS is investigating an early morning chase by a state trooper that ended with a crash. Nine people were transported to several hospitals. According to DPS, six of the people injured in the crash are migrants, and one is a child.

The Texas Department of Transportation’s updated 10-year plan includes $326 million for highway projects in El Paso County. Among the big ticket projects are the Downtown Interstate 10 widening project that will get $83 million extra dollars from the state.

There’s growing concern about more drownings in Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. Two bodies were pulled from the river this week. One was stuck in the buoy barrier created by the state of Texas to stop migrants from crossing.

El Paso is remembering the 23 people killed four years ago Thursday in a mass shooting targeting Latinos. There are several events to honor the victims’ memory.

Texas governor Greg Abbott sent state troopers to El Paso in December as part of Operation Lone Star. That’s the governor’s nearly $10 billion border enforcement effort.

El Paso is honoring the memory of the 23 victims killed in the Walmart mass shooting four years ago tomorrow. There are several remembrance ceremonies happening.

Just outside of Odessa, there’s a small national natural landmark identifying one of the only known asteroid craters in the country. About 60,000 years ago, when woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers roamed the Earth, an asteroid slammed into what is now known as West Texas

A group of elected officials and business owners from the Texas border made a long-shot pitch Tuesday to the Biden administration and Gov. Greg Abbott.