Ramon Bracamontes

Mar 25, 2024 | elpasomatters.org | Ramon Bracamontes

In 1938, an umpire at Dudley Field got tired of being heckled by fans so he put down his equipment in the middle of the El Paso Texans’ game, walked off the field and never returned. True story. Tim Hagerty’s new book, “Tales from the Dugout,” has a thousand more such stories. His new book is the latest El Paso Matters Book Club selection. The book features 1,001 funny baseball anecdotes, some of which occurred in El Paso.

Mar 13, 2024 | elpasomatters.org | Angela Saavedra |Ramon Bracamontes

This is your weekly update, which takes a quick look at the week ahead and some developments that El Paso Matters is following. City’s Multipurpose Center Remains in Limbo: The El Paso City Council on Tuesday again postponed voting on whether to build the multipurpose performing arts and entertainment center at the Union Depot area of Downtown El Paso. The vote was postponed for two weeks.

Mar 11, 2024 | elpasomatters.org | Ramon Bracamontes

Anyone who has been around the game of baseball knows that at any moment you might see something totally unexpected. One day you might see a coach in El Paso doing a handstand while coaching from third base, or you might see a pitcher lose two games for two different teams in one day. Author Tim Hagerty, the radio voice of the El Paso Chihuahuas Minor League Baseball team, has seen a lot of it and has documented other similar surprising stories through the annals of minor league baseball.

Mar 5, 2024 | elpasomatters.org | Ramon Bracamontes

Of the six contested El Paso County constable races, five of the incumbents are on their way to winning the Democratic primary and one is headed to a runoff. The runoff will be in the race for Constable Precinct 1, which featured four candidates. Frank Almada and Andre “Andi” Baca are headed for a May 28 runoff as they are the top two vote-getters. The winner will replace Constable Oscar Ugarte, who is running for sheriff.

Feb 28, 2024 | elpasomatters.org | Ramon Bracamontes

A statewide political action committee that advocates for charter schools has spent more than $58,000 on a local Democratic state representative race, targeting candidate Alexsandra Annello. The Legacy 44 PAC, which describes itself as supporting Democratic candidates and “bold education policy reforms,” has been primarily funded this year by two of the nation’s richest men, neither of whom live in Texas.