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LOCAL HEADLINE
Push for historical marker at Lipan Apache Cemetery challenges who tells region’s history
PRESIDIO — The Lipan Apache Cemetery sits just off of Market street in Presidio, the final resting place for a number of deceased members of the Lipan Apache Tribe that settled in the region during the 1790s. Even though it’s a sacred site to the tribe, the cemetery has largely... Read more
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UTEP, Sul Ross Partnership aims to improve mental health access in rural Texas counties
Officials with the University of Texas at El Paso, Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, and Preventative Care Health Services (PCHS) in Presidio, Texas, announced Wednesday a new partnership that will develop a behavioral health specialists’ workforce to improve access to mental health services in five southwest Texas rural counties. Read more
LATEST NEWS
Former West Texas Prosecutor Claims He Was Fired for Reporting Improper, Possibly Illegal Acts
Jerry Phillips, a former prosecutor for the district covering multiple Far West Texas counties, is accusing local prosecutors across the region of improper behavior in a lawsuit filed in Travis County. A Sonora-based attorney who previously worked for the 83rd District Attorney’s Office in Far West Texas is suing his... Read more