Priscilla Totiyapungprasert

By the end of 2025, Eva Moreno-Guerrero paid around $15,000 in health insurance premiums to Cigna. After she calculated her family’s expenses – the premiums taken out of her paychecks, copays for doctor visits, out-of-pocket costs because she didn’t meet ... See more

Flu and COVID-19 in El Paso peaked in mid-December as viruses continued to circulate while vaccination rates fell, El Paso city and county health authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza said. Flu season typically peaks from December through February. In addition to... See more

A flock of dark-eyed juncos felt rather social one December morning in Memorial Park. The gray and white-bellied, round little sparrows hopped and chirped around the base of a tree. They come from coniferous and deciduous forests in the north, but don’t m... See more

Jacob Cintron, CEO of University Medical Center of El Paso, received a 14% pay raise this week, increasing his salary to $1,128,582. Cintron’s new compensation is retroactive to Oct. 1, the start of the 2026 fiscal year. The hospital’s seven-member board ... See more

Three El Paso government entities – the county, city and University Medical Center – have received $5.2 million in opioid settlement funds from the state since 2023. Only a sliver of that amount has gone directly toward opioid risk mitigation, according t... See more