The Latest Breaking News from El Paso

UTEP’s Home-Opening Welcome to the Mountain West

TEP’s Mountain West home opener is this weekend in El Paso. The Miners play Nevada at the Sun Bowl at

SuperWest Sports · Oct 7

El Paso Man in His 50s Hospitalized with Severe West Nile as Rain Raises Mosquito Risk for Families

El Paso confirmed its seventh severe West Nile case after heavy rain. How families can drain standing water, use repellent, and protect older relatives.

Medical Daily · Oct 1

Nazi jokes and ‘cum trophies’: meet the Texas gunfluencer who could soon represent Uvalde

Brandon Herrera, a YouTuber known for making outrageous pro-gun statements, is the frontrunner to represent a district devastated by mass shootings

The Guardian - US · Sep 23

Nashville Is Latest City to Sue DHS Over Threat to Withhold Security Funds Tied to Election Requirements

The lawsuit, filed in federal court, also includes Columbus, Ohio, and El Paso and Harris counties in Texas

Latin Times · Aug 18

US, Mexico conduct security exercises near border

CIUDAD JUáREZ (MEXICO) - US and Mexican armed forces performed security exercises Thursday along the border near the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.

Bangkok Post · Aug 14

Preeclampsia rates in minority communities shed light on the social roots of maternal health disparities

In November 2020, Lupe was in the final weeks of her pregnancy when dark spots began distorting her vision. Lupe, a participant in a study on emotional distress and maternal health in El Paso, Texas, recounted her birth experience in a postpartum interview. (All participant names, Lupe’s included, are pseudonyms…

The Conversation · Jul 30

Meta’s AI Spending Problem Just Found a BlackRock Solution

Meta Platforms shifted an El Paso data center into an 80/20 joint venture with BlackRock, using a $12.3 billion bond sale to offload CapEx risk while retaining compute capacity through a long-term lease.

MarketBeat · Jul 29

Meta Pays 7.5% on $12.5 Billion Data Centre Debt to Keep Its AI Dream Alive

Meta and BlackRock are transforming AI infrastructure with a $12.5B Texas data centre. Explore their off-balance-sheet financing and its implications amid rising costs and investor caution.

International Business Times UK · Jul 29

Meta, BlackRock partner on $14 billion El Paso data center

Meta Platforms and BlackRock are developing a $14 billion data center campus in El Paso, Texas. BlackRock-managed funds will own eighty percent of the venture, and Meta retains twenty percent. This significant investment fuels the global race to build essential artificial intelligence infrastructure. Meta plans to invest six hundred billion…

The Economic Times · Jul 28

The Hard Ceiling over Texas Cities’ Climate Plans

From the biggest cities to smaller towns, local officials wrote serious climate plans. One law at a time, state policy has narrowed the tools to carry them out.

Texas Observer · Jul 15