Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

El Paso

News Reporter at El Paso Inc.

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El Paso’s dog walking and pet sitting businesses | Magazine | elpasoinc.com

Jun 8, 2024 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

El Paso has many animal enthusiasts, and there are even some who have turned their love for pets into a career.
Q&A: John Morales, Special agent in charge, FBI El Paso Field Office

Jan 29, 2024 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

John Morales, El Paso’s new FBI special agent in charge, says crime, particularly violent crime, has ticked up in the borderland and the agency is keeping a close eye on the troubling trend. Morales says El Paso experienced a 33% increase in murders from 2022 to 2023, and carjackings increased 19% during the same period. “A lot of that is related to gang activity,” Morales said.
Q&A: John Morales, Special agent in charge, FBI El Paso Field Office

Jan 28, 2024 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

John Morales, El Paso’s new FBI special agent in charge, says crime, particularly violent crime, has ticked up in the borderland and the agency is keeping a close eye on the troubling trend. Morales says El Paso experienced a 33% increase in murders from 2022 to 2023, and carjackings increased 19% during the same period. “A lot of that is related to gang activity,” Morales said.
Fentanyl deaths show no signs of slowing down

Jan 28, 2024 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

Samuel Griffin remembers how busy the scene was in the so-called Devil’s Triangle in the ’90s – the area in Northeast El Paso enclosed by U.S. 54, Hondo Pass and Dyer streets that is now better known as the Angel’s Triangle. Griffin, who owned a record store in the area for more than 10 years, said the area had a drive-in theater and busy retail stores. Drugs were a problem then, but now, he says, the proliferation of fentanyl is significantly changing the character of the neighborhood.
El Paso Electric breaks ground on $17 million solar facility in San Elizario

Jan 24, 2024 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

Work has started on El Paso Electric’s $17 million solar farm in San Elizario, which will help the utility curtail its carbon emissions and expand its Community Solar program. Executives broke ground on the facility Tuesday in far east El Paso County. When finished, 18,930 solar panels will harvest energy from the sun across 70 acres.
Program helps foreign vet grads practice in El Paso

Jan 22, 2024 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

Gustavo Willis, 61, and Brian Garcia, 29, are both veterinary residents who want to practice in El Paso, but they have a ton of studying ahead of them to do so. Both earned their veterinary degrees in Juárez, Mexico — at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez — but they are not certified to practice in the United States. With help from El Paso County, both are working to change that.
Inmates train dogs: Program gives shelter animals a second life

Jan 22, 2024 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

Just outside the El Paso County Jail Annex in Far East El Paso is a kennel that’s home to six dogs. The Pets Advancing Wellness and Success, or PAWS, program, pairs the dogs with inmates who work to rehabilitate and train the canines over six-weeks. The dogs, like the inmates, are hoping for a second chance at life. On Jan. 16, El Paso Inc. met with some of the detainees volunteering in the program, along with the dogs they are training.
Job hunt a challenge for El Pasoans with disabilities

Jan 7, 2024 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

For 10 hours a day, El Pasoan Bernadina Chavez perfects the corners and edges of cargo pockets for hundreds of military uniforms that will be worn by U.S. Army soldiers. Chavez, who has a degenerative eye disease that causes vision loss, has worked as a sewing machine operator for 13 years at ReadyOne Industries, a nonprofit apparel manufacturer. She recalled how hard it was to find an employer willing to hire somebody with vision loss.
Spotlight on four Horizon City small businesses

Dec 31, 2023 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

A growing number of entrepreneurs are investing in small businesses in Horizon City, a rising community on El Paso’s eastern fringe that is trying to encourage the development of more retail and entertainment. About 30 businesses recently received the last round of funding from the Horizon City Small Business Economic Recovery program.
Sunland Park pot sales hit new high

Dec 25, 2023 | elpasoinc.com | Luis Miguel Rios Jr.

Sunland Park, a neighboring New Mexico town west of El Paso, is riding a high from its blooming cannabis industry. Sales of recreational marijuana in Sunland Park, which has a population of 17,000, totaled $32.1 million from January to November. That compares to sales of $22.6 million in Las Cruces and $5.2 million in Anthony. Since the sale of recreational marijuana began in New Mexico in April 2022, adult-use sales have reached $45 million in Sunland Park.