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

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. The paper is the only English-language daily in El Paso (after 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.

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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bought the ''Times'' in 1972. In 2003, Gannett and

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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 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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Notable people

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, American short story writer and essayist * Paul Salopek, 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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