El Paso Water Braces for 2026 Drought; How to Help Ruidoso, Kerrville Flood Victims, UTEP Faculty Senate Head Resigns

El Paso Water braces for 2026 drought; how to help Ruidoso, Kerrville flood victims, UTEP faculty senate head resigns

This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso.  El Paso Water Issues Drought Resolution for Next Year  Even as the El Paso region has seen rainfall recently, the city will get water from the Rio Grande only through mid-August this year – a short river season that executives with El Paso Water on Wednesday said will likely repeat agai…

Helping Hill Country: Gainesville swift water rescue team deployed to Kerrville

Six Gainesville Fire-Rescue firefighters have made the roughly-300-mile trek to Kerr County to assist with flooding recovery.