The ''El Paso Times'' is the newspaper for the US city of

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. The newspaper has an approximate daily circulation of 65,000 and 125,000 on Sundays. The paper is the only English-language daily in El Paso (when the ''

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'', an afternoon paper, closed in 1997), but often competes with the Spanish-language ''

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'', an offshoot of '' El Diario de Juárez'' which is published across the Rio Grande in

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, Mexico. Because of declining newspaper circulation with the rise of the internet, the ''El Paso Times ''has recently expanded its online capabilities and introduced continuous online updates. ''Times'' prices are $1.50 daily and $2 Sunday. For the Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday Ads edition, its cost is $5.

History

The paper was founded in 1881 by Marcellus Washington Carrico. The ''Times'' first published April 2, 1881. It originally started out as a weekly but within a year's time, it became the daily newspaper for the

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town.

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formed a partnership between the ''Times'' and MediaNews' New Mexico papers, with Gannett as the managing partner. In December 2005, Gannett became a minority partner in the ''El Paso Times,'' handing the majority of the partnership and management to Denver-based MediaNews Group. In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership from MediaNews successor

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. Later that year, Gannett split into two, with one having broadcasting and digital properties (

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) and another with newspapers (the new Gannett). The latter retained the ''Times''.

Barbara Funkhouser Barbara Funkhouser (March 1, 1930 – August 15, 2014) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and writer. Funkhouser was the first woman to serve as editor of the ''El Paso Times'', a position she held from 1980 until 1986. She remains the ...

served as editor of the ''El Paso Times'' from 1980 to 1986, the first woman to hold that position. Zahira Torres became the editor of the paper in 2017, making her the second woman and first Latina to lead the ''El Paso Times''.

Sections

The El Paso Times prints news in several sections: *A-section: all-local news cover page, with national, Mexico and international news in the inside pages *Borderland: the metro news page has an all-local cover page as well as neighborhood, New Mexico and Texas news *Sports: local and national sports, with an emphasis in high school and

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(UTEP) coverage *Business: local and national business news *Living: local and national feature stories including rotating sections covering senior citizens, religion, popular culture, the arts, books, health, home decor, entertainment news, local music and fashion *Tiempo: a weekly entertainment guide, published on Fridays, which includes concerts, movies, galleries, restaurant reviews and other entertainment related stories *Hot Ticket: published every Wednesday

Other publications

The El Paso Times publishes several other weekly, biweekly and monthly publications: * ''El Paso y Más'': bi-weekly Spanish news coverage * ''TV y Más'': weekly television guide and Spanish entertainment magazine * ''Cars & Trucks'': weekly

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Staff

Reporters

''The Times'', as the paper is known in the city, has reporters covering several beats: *Trish Long, Archives *Aaron Martinez, Courts *Daniel Borunda, Police/Crime *Molly Smith, Education *Vic Kolenc, Business *Maria Cortes Gonzalez, Religion/Entertainment *Felix Chavez, High School Sports *Bret Bloomquist, UTEP Sports *Lauren Villagran, Immigration

Photographers

*Briana Sanchez

Digital producers

*Sarah Ann Dueñas *Aaron Bedoya

Former staff

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, American journalist and writer *W. E. "Pete" Snelson, sports editor (1940–1943), later member of both houses of the

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from Midland

References

External links

Official website

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