Last year, El Paso WinterFest was named the 2nd best winter 'fest, (aka "holiday market"), in the entire country by USA Today. This year, it's Newsweek that has nominated El Paso Winterfest and voting has already begun.
Saffron is pricey for a couple of reasons, one of which being shipping. Growing it in New Mexico could help lower prices, especially for those saffron lovers closest to the land of enchantment.
The Kentucky Club in Juarez is actually 105 years old and its centennial was actually in 2020. Why did they just now celebrate its 100th anniversary party? Covid.
The city of El Paso is calling for these meetings so Texas Gas Service can explain themselves. City council members seem to feel as I do and don't want to see us on a "standard rate".
El Paso winters are fairly mild, (2025 is actually expected to be a tad warner than usual), but we will still have at least a few freezes. A cold front expected this weekend could drop our temp between 10 and 20 degrees.
The government shutdown is wreaking havoc all over Texas and the USA. In addition to federal employees not being paid, SNAP benefits have been stopped or reduced and travel is being impacted.
Kyng will headline a benefit concert Saturday to raise money for Apple Tree Creative Center, a new live music venue in El Paso showcasing young, local musicians.
El Paso Locomotive FC is set to host their first playoff match in four years on Saturday night when they host Phoenix Rising FC at Southwest University Park in the opening round of the USL Championship playoffs.
Self-driving semi trucks are a thing in Texas. Some Texans are good with it, some are kinda "ehhh" and some are dead set against them. Love 'em or hate 'em, it seems they're here to stay and now they're rolling through El Paso.
Texas, (according to the Texas Tribune), is one of the top 6 pumpkin producing states, (in 2021, we grew 108 meeeeellion pounds of those suckers), and most of them came from one of our smallest towns.
The big red "X", known as La Equis, (which literally means 'The X"), was designed and built by a Mexican sculptor known simply as Sebastian and towers 202 above the state fairgrounds.