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November 6, 2020 • Local News
El Paso County Election Results
Below are the unofficial El Paso County final results for the 2020 Primary Elections. These don’t include unopposed races. Voter turnout was at approximately 52%, a couple of percentage points higher than turnout in both 2016 and 2018.
November 6, 2020 • Local News
El Paso Election results: Incumbents Sam Morgan, Alexsandra Annello in City Council runoffs
Northeast city Rep. Sam Morgan has a second chance to try to retain his City Council seat even though his reelection campaign has been tainted by year-old domestic violence charges filed against him. Morgan -- with 32.1% of the final, still unofficial, vote tally -- will be in a runoff with Joe Molinar, 60, a retired police...
November 6, 2020 • Local News
Election results: Iliana Holguin wins the County Commissioner Precinct 3 race
Democrat Iliana Holguin and her family celebrated her win in the El Paso County Commissioners Court Precinct 3 race Tuesday night with some barbecue sent by her neighbors. Holguin, a licensed Texas attorney and former executive director of Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services, beat Randy French, who served...
November 6, 2020 • Local News
Texas election results: Leeser, Margo headed to runoff in El Paso mayoral race
Former Mayor Oscar Leeser took a strong lead Tuesday as El Paso voters went to the polls to decide who will lead the border city currently gripped in the COVID-19 crisis. Leeser had 42% of the vote, followed by incumbent Mayor Dee Margo with nearly 25% in unofficial final results. Leeser and Margo are headed to a runoff at a date...
November 6, 2020 • EPE Related News
Elections results: Henry Rivera reelected to City Council District 7 seat
Incumbent Henry Rivera defeated challenger Aaron Montes in the El Paso City Council District 7 race, according to unofficial final results. Rivera received nearly 57% of the vote, or 12,459 voters, compared to Montes 43% of the vote or 9,525 voters.
October 30, 2020 • Local News
El Paso County’s judge has ordered nonessential businesses to close to slow coronavirus spread. The Texas attorney general says he can’t do that.
El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego ordered a two-week shutdown Thursday of nonessential businesses in this border area to help curb the record-breaking rise of COVID-19 cases that have overwhelmed hospitals. But Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office swiftly challenged the judge's ability to issue the shutdown, setting...
October 30, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric makes donation to book nonprofit
El Paso Electric has donated $10,000 to Books are Gems, a local nonprofit bookstore that provides free books to children. More than 8,000 new books were damaged at the nonprofit when a water heater broke overnight and flooded the building in August. The funds will go toward purchasing new books, especially those lost due to the flood,...
October 27, 2020 • EPE Related News
Weather-related power outages reported Tuesday morning
LAS CRUCES – El Paso Electric reported a power outage in the University Park area Tuesday morning that impacted about 2,500 customers.
October 29, 2020 • EPE Related News
Power plant needed
In our lifetimes, we’ve had the luxury of flipping a switch secure in the knowledge that our lights will turn on, except maybe during a severe storm, freeze or other significant disruption. Fortunately, those occasions are rare in El Paso.
October 27, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric donates $10K to Books Are Gems, 200 backpacks for kids
The next chapter for Books Are Gems is looking good with a big donation of $10,000 from El Paso Electric.
October 23, 2020 • Community
El Paso Nonprofit BOOKS ARE GEMS Receives $10,000 Donation from El Paso Electric
Books are Gems, a local nonprofit bookstore that provides free books to children, suffered damages to over 8,000 new books overnight back in August of this year caused by a broken water heater. Days after learning about this devastating news, El Paso Electric (EPE) made a commitment to donate $10,000 to the El Paso nonprofit to help recover from...
October 23, 2020 • EPE Related News
EPE launches newest campaign, Transforming the Energy Landscape
As 2020 draws to a close, a new era is dawning at El Paso Electric. Next year, we will be observing 120 years of EPE’s founding. Moreover, we are embarking on a pioneering partnership with Infrastructure Investments Fund for a new and exciting journey towards our goal of creating a brighter future for our community.
October 23, 2020 • EPE Related News
New Mexico State University chancellor delivers State of NMSU System address
New Mexico State University Chancellor Dan Arvizu delivered the first State of the NMSU System virtually on Thursday, delivering remarks on how the university is handling the pandemic and also touching on partnerships that help NMSU meet its goals.
October 19, 2020 • People
El Paso Electric Board of Directors Names Cynthia Henry as Company’s Vice President and General Counsel
Cynthia M. Henry is appointed as El Paso Electric’s (EPE) Vice President and General Counsel by the Company’s Board of Directors.
October 19, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Inc Q&A: Kelly Tomblin, El Paso Electric CEO
It’s unsettling when a company is sold and taken private by an out-of-town investment fund. It’s even more so when most every person and industry in the region has no choice but to do business with that company to keep the lights, internet and cooling on. El Paso Electric’s new chief executive admits as much and says her first...
October 23, 2020 • Local News
El Paso mayoral debate on ABC-7 Xtra; see candidate questionnaires
With just a couple of weeks left before El Pasoans decide who will lead El Paso for the next four years, the candidates debated the issues on ABC-7 Xtra Sunday edition with host Saul Saenz.
October 16, 2020 • Business News
The Public Utility Commission of Texas Unanimously Approves El Paso Electric’s Replacement Generation Unit, Newman Unit 6
AUSTIN, Texas – Today, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) unanimously approved El Paso Electric’s application for the construction of Newman Unit 6, a state-of-the-art natural-gas generation replacement unit, that will help meet the growing customer energy demand for the region, replace three aging natural gas units and...
October 16, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso City Council reaffirms opposition to El Paso Electric power plant project
The El Paso City Council has reaffirmed the city’s opposition to El Paso Electric’s plan to spend $163.8 million to add a new, natural gas-fired generating unit to the Newman power plant in far Northeast El Paso.
October 16, 2020 • Local News
El Paso health officials report 838 new COVID-19 cases Friday, setting new record
El Paso health officials announced an all-time high of 838 new COVID-19 cases Friday, topping the previous record of 717 new cases seen only the day before.
October 16, 2020 • EPE Related News
Texas PublicUtility Commission OKs El Paso Electric power plant project over opposition
The Texas Public Utility Commission on Friday unanimously approved El Paso Electric's plan to add a new, multimillion-dollar, natural gas-fired generating unit to the Newman power plant in far Northeast El Paso despite opposition from the city of El Paso and area environmentalists.
October 23, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric names general counsel, controller
The El Paso Electric board of directors has selected Cynthia Henry as vice president and general counsel and Cynthia Prieto as vice president and controller. Henry has been with El Paso Electric since 2013 as the FERC compliance director. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University, juris doctor from...
October 16, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric Donates for City of El Paso’s District 7 Initiative to Provide PPE Amid Pandemic
El Paso Electric Donates for City of El Paso’s District 7 Initiative to Provide PPE Amid Pandemic
October 16, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso City Council reaffirms opposition to El Paso Electric power plant project
The El Paso City Council has reaffirmed the city’s opposition to El Paso Electric’s plan to spend $163.8 million to add a new, natural gas-fired generating unit to the Newman power plant in far Northeast El Paso.
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