Vic Kolenc
Business Reporter at El Paso Times
Award-winning business reporter on the border at El Paso Times. Tweet me ideas, complaints, comments -- all welcome [email protected] 915-546-6421
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1 week ago |
elpasotimes.com | Vic Kolenc
An increase in residential land values in some areas of El Paso County after several years of being flat is one reason overall home values, used to set property taxes, have risen again, El Paso Central Appraisal District data shows. The average market value of single-family homes in El Paso County, which includes the land values, increased almost 5% this year to an average value of $247,680. That’s lower than the average 9% increase in 2024.
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1 week ago |
elpasotimes.com | Vic Kolenc
UTEP opens $80 million Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace Center to bolster research and regional economy. The center houses UTEP’s 3D-printing center and Aerospace Center, with numerous labs. Despite a suspended National Science Foundation grant and federal research cuts, UTEP officials say new center's operations not hurt.
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1 week ago |
elpasotimes.com | Vic Kolenc
Cindy Ramos-Davidson, chief executive officer of the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, has left the job she held almost 27 years after recently being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, chamber officials announced Friday. “She has been a champion, a mentor, and a tireless advocate for economic development and opportunity in El Paso,” Frank Spencer III, chairman of the chamber’s board of directors, said in a statement. She's been a visionary leader, he said.
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2 weeks ago |
news-journalonline.com | Vic Kolenc
Schneider Electric is building a fifth factory in El Paso to meet the growing electric products' demand from data centers, other big energy users. The expansion is part of Schneider Electric's $700 million investment in the United States to expand and upgrade its facilities. The new factory will increase Schneider's capacity to manufacture switchgears for data centers.
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2 weeks ago |
news-journalonline.com | Vic Kolenc
The Trump administration has exempted most products made in Mexico from its new tariffs. Business leaders on the U.S.-Mexico border are relieved by the exemption, which benefits Mexico's manufacturing industry and associated border businesses. Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum credited Mexico’s good relationship with the Trump administration for the exemption.
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The Trump tariffs' merry-go-round continues; he pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, ups China's levy to 125%; read the @USATODAY story; @elpasotimes https://t.co/qyQByK2Btw via @usatoday
Houston shoots itself in the foot; Florida gets championship. UTEP and Baylor remain Texas teams to win championship: https://t.co/BzSf0igsyY via @USATODAY
Work starts on Schneider Electric's @SchneiderElec @SchneiderNA fifth El Paso factory, bringing 500 new jobs; read my @elpasotimes story: https://t.co/xrzbXSnc90 via @elpasotimes