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EPISD Tackles Truancy

By Matt Rivers
EL PASO- Students went back to school this week in the EPISD.  Or at least most of them did.  On average, about 1,200 kids are absent in the district each day.

EPISD Aims to Lower Truancy Rate

By Matt Rivers
EL PASO- The school district has improved attendance rates over the past three years, but says there is always room for improvement.

Brothel To Help Keep It Clean

By Monique Griego
It's not often a brothel enters into a partnership with a government agency, but it's happening in Lyon County, Nevada.

American Freed From North Korean Prison

By Matt Rivers
PYONGYANG- Former President Jimmy Carter is escorting a man home from North Korea today, after negotiating his release from a North Korean prison.

Combating Truancy in EPISD

By Matt Rivers
EL PASO- With most area kids back in school this week, the annual struggle against truancy begins for school districts.

UTEP Fitness Center to 'Top Out'

By Matt Rivers
EL PASO- UTEP's Swimming and Fitness Center expansion project will install it's last roof beam today, in what's called a "topping out" ceremony.

This Morning's Juarez Roundup

By Matt Rivers
JUAREZ- Here are a few stories we're following this morning out of Juarez.
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Obama May Not Talk Border

By Phillip Mena
FORT BLISS - President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to visit Fort Bliss Tuesday, may not visit the border.
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Socorro Teachers See Pay Increase

El Paso - Teachers in Socorro are seeing their pay raise. SISD is one of two school districts in the Sun City to give teachers and support staff a pay increase beginning this semester.

VA Clinic Evacuated

By Phillip Mena
EL PASO - El Paso's Veterans Affairs Clinic had to be evacuated this afternoon. Fort Bliss officials wouldn't say why it was evacuated but witnesses say it was because of a bomb threat.

Franklin Star Not Playing in Opener

By Phillip Mena
EL PASO - High school football season kicks off this week and one of Franklin High's best players won't be with his team.
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Truck Runs Over U.S. Border Patrol Agent Twice

By Alexa Helms
A U.S. Border Patrol agent talked to us from his hospital bed about his recent brush with death.
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Drug Tunnel Scheduled to be Sealed

By Alexa Helms
A drug tunnel in El Paso is scheduled to be sealed in two weeks.

Public Health Department Hosts Outreach Event

By Matt Rivers
VINTON- People in Vinton got a little heatlhier today for a little bit of money.Unknown Object

Lawsuit in Texas Over Tainted Eggs

By Phillip Mena
AUSTIN - A lawsuit accuses two Iowa egg producers and a Texas-based restaurant chain of causing an Austin woman's salmonella poisoning.