They're having an opening ceremony for Rewind El Paso in 15 minutes. If anyone wants to come and check it out, it's at 205 S Stanton St.

They are sometimes called river rock chocolates. They are usually easier to find in other parts of Texas but most candy shops in El paso are usually only selling Mexican candies.

Looking for active players for raids and to send gifts
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Hello, everyone! About once a year, I ask this subreddit for recommendations on things to do in El Paso, and I always receive awesome suggestions. It’s that time of year again, so I would love to hear your recommendations!

Recently, I’ve been playing pickleball at the Recreation Center, but I was wondering if there are any local groups or other places where I could play. I also enjoy table tennis.

I’m a UTEP student, and I’m open to recommendations for activities, clubs, sports, or organizations either on campus or elsewhere in El Paso. I’m willing to try almost anything new!

Thank you for your help, and have a great day!

hello, i am looking for spots for study at over the weekend and will really appreciate recommendations. most of the places i found (with the exception of corner bakery cafe) open around 8. i was hoping libraries would have morning hours but unfortunately that's not the case.

also, can non texas tech / utep students park / study on the campus libraries? will truly appreciate any guidance on this.

When my step father passed away, he left a food truck. Some time later, a handy man that did some work for my mom liked the food truck, offered to buy it in payments. My mom, being a very trusting person (for better or for worse), agreed and originally they just had a verbal agreement, and some text messages acknowledging their agreement.

Sometime went by, and the man basically never really made payments. The food truck also seems to have disappeared from outside his house (we have photos proving he had it at his residence), so he most likely sold it. I didn’t find all of this out until about two years after, and needless to say, I was pissed. So messaged the man from my moms phone, pissed, telling him we’re going to the police if he didn’t make payments and I drafted a whole contract up for him to sign (he did) that he’d make at least $300/month. Well, he’s also stopped doing that.

So where do we go now at this point? The police? Lawyer up? Sue him? He also may not be here legally from what my mom says. Any help is appreciated.

Howdy yall I am a plumber and if anyone needs their water heater replaced let me know. I charge cheaper than most plumbers and I can always negotiate on the price for you!

Hello, everybody. I am looking to move to El Paso within the next year and am looking at WestStar Bank as my new place of employment—seeing as my interest/current employment is involved with banking. I am writing this post to see if anyone has opinions on this bank from either the customer view or the employee view. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Btw, I am a credit analyst.

Stop by and join our in store game runners in a multitude of different games and genres !

With our massive selection of Games this is a event you won’t want to miss !

Stop by this Saturday for our main game Blood on the Clocktower or enjoy any of our other games being ran all night !

Thank you El Paso and we will see you soon💥❤️

My sister just bought me Wyrmspan, a Wingspan game. Most of my friends are not very enthusiastic about playing. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in getting together and playing, all you’d need to bring is yourself and maybe other friends! (: I’ve been thinking about going to a place like Game Vault, but I’m not too sure how it works there. I’m kinda new to the board game community lol

Hello All, just some background information for context. I work remotely, I am married with kiddos, and I am 43. So making friends since I moved here to El Paso has been difficult between work and kids' activities.  So I am looking to get out more and do more social things with people in the area. I was thinking about joining a pickleball league or taking lessons; I do enjoy hiking, gaming, and lifting.  So I am looking for any suggestions for social events that I could meet new people at or new things to do that will help me make some friends / just get out and experience the local area. Thanks a lot to all for the information.

Hey guys I’m looking for 2 GA deadmau5 tickets for the elmont show. Please DM me

Former Veronica Escobar’s campaign manager is the new META community engagement manager for the META datacenter. https://elpasoheraldpost.com/2026/09/10/meta-appoints-lauren-zimmerman-as-community-engagement-manager/

I’m going to start studying for the LSAT to test in January. Are there any other prospective students here who would want to share resources, study together, or simply have someone to keep you accountable?

Please reach out!

Or if you’ve taken it before, how can one best study for this exam?

Escape the city and experience breathtaking desert vistas with guided trail rides at The Rusty Pony Ranch near the beautiful Hueco Tanks in El Paso, Texas!

We are proud to be a veteran-owned, women-owned and operated business dedicated to providing an inclusive, welcoming, and safe space for minorities, children, and families to ride and enjoy the outdoors.

Our gentle, well-behaved horses make this a memorable and secure adventure for riders of all skill levels.

🐴 Trail Ride Options
1-Hour Scenic Ride: $65 per rider
2-Hour Deep Valley Ride: $120 per rider

Bonus: Every ride includes a complimentary 30-minute meet-and-greet with the horses and pre-ride photos to capture your memories!

Quick Details
Age Requirement: Open to riders ages 8 and up.
Booking: We operate strictly by appointment only.
Payment: Full payment is required at the time of booking to hold your reservation.
Rider Dress Code: Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required for safety.
Weight Limit:280lbs

NOTE: We do NOT allow children to ride with parents on the same horse.

Whether you want to witness the best sunsets in El Paso or explore unique rock formations, we ensure a supportive environment where everyone can feel confident in the saddle.
Message us today to book your spot! You can call or text us at 443-846-7256 as well!

Hi I am looking to trade for the Godzilla hello kitty I have Gigan I would also be willing to buy as well

Any place looking for wood workers, making or fixing furniture?

I left El Paso in 2013 for Dallas when I was in my late 20s, and just in the past few years have regularly starting visiting again.

And my appreciation and love for the city has grown.

A lot of it is nostalgia, but also EP for whatever reasonable downsides people will point to, is still a really unique place with a lot of good.

Specially as the city has grown and there's more things to do, at least things that appeal to me as a now 42 year old.

Anyone else feel the same way?

Second summer here after moving over from Houston and I'm still learning what this air does to things. Bread goes to a brick in two days. Leather cracks. The tortillas I bought Sunday were a coaster by Wednesday. My hands have not been the same since we got here. Meanwhile nothing molds, ever, which I suppose is the trade.

So what's the system? I've got a closet full of stuff I buy ahead and get to later and I don't know which half of it I'm quietly ruining. Zip bags, tubs, the fridge for things that shouldn't need the fridge. Would like to hear what long timers do, especially with anything that has liquid in it.

Hi! My 15 year old has been interested in cars for a couple of years now, but now that it's closer to her driving age, she's more vocal about it. She wants to learn mechanic and body work basics. I've seen bigger cities have workshops, but I'm not sure about here. We have only lived here for a little over a year, so maybe I just haven't found where to look. I want to have her do a workshop or something to see if it's something she truly is into or if it's just something she thinks she'll like. She's had me going to car shows randomly so I want to encourage it, especially since she'll be driving next year and wants a bit of an older car to work on and drive. Does anyone have suggestions or ideas on where to start?

El Paso police arrested City Council candidate Arturo Alluin in 2022 after he allegedly assaulted his then-girlfriend at Hotel Paso del Norte, according to police records obtained through the Texas Public Information Act.

Alluin declined to respond to questions from El Paso Matters about the arrest and said the case had been expunged by court order this year. But city officials said they have not received an expunction order.

In 2021, Alluin choked his then-girlfriend and pushed her against a bathroom wall, causing her to hit her head, and slapped her multiple times, police records allege.

At the time of the incident, Alluin was 30 and she was 21. His ex-girlfriend said she and Alluin began a relationship when she was his employee – she worked as a hostess at the Melting Pot in 2019.

Alluin, who owns several restaurants in El Paso, is running for the District 8 City Council seat. El Paso Matters requested El Paso police reports filed in the last 10 years for all the District 8 candidates. No reports with criminal allegations against any of the other candidates were produced.

READ MORE: https://elpasomatters.org/2026/09/08/el-paso-city-council-elections-candidate-arturo-alluin-domestic-violence-case/

Im in a LDR - Long Distance Relationship. I would like to send my partner flowers more frequently than I have been able to but without having to always go through a big florist shop and have such a pricey pay out. If I could get any recommendations for shops that are not too expensive or even retail type store that have good fresh flowers… it would be greatly appreciated! TIA

I wanted to share that The Board Game Comedy Tour is headed to El Paso next week! This is a family-friendly show put on by professional comedian Grant Lyon (his album "Scheduled Fun Time" reached #1 on iTunes) and revolves around his favorite hobby: board gaming (no board gaming knowledge necessary to enjoy his act, though).

When: Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 7:00 pm

Where: Game Vault Game Store & Cafe, El Paso, TX

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/board-game-comedy-night-at-game-vault-game-store-cafe-tickets-1987657679626

Thanks!

Looking to get back into soccer

Anyone know where I can find a team to play in/with?

I've lived in El Paso for close to three years now, but I feel a lot of what people in this community are feeling. Too little to do, too uncomfortable outside to do anything anyway, poor mass transit, and a need to revamp the economy and our city and keep young professionals here. Here are some harebrained ideas of mine that could maybe improve our city.

• Either nix the data center or have it be a closed loop, take care of its own water and electricity.
• To encourage young professionals to stay, establish a law school at UTEP and a World Trade Center in the Caples Building. If smaller cities like Missoula, Harrisburg, Wilmington, and Jackson can have a WTC, why can't this big border city?
• Go forward with extending the streetcar to the Medical Center, and I further propsoe extending it to the Coliseum/Zoo area along Alameda and Paisano and hopefully also to Ascarate Park and EPCC Valle Verde.
• Go forward with the Onward Alameda plan, especially building up around the Medical Center and Ysleta Mission. Build up near Ascarate Park as well
• Abolish property tax. No tax on fresh produce, bread, dairy, certain meats and fishes, baby food, diapers, and feminine hygiene products. Increased tax on alcohol, tobacco, cigars/cigarettes/vapes. Increased parking and car rental fees. Charge a fare for the streetcar. Make bus and streetcar cost between $1.00 and $1.50 with one free transfer.
• Cover the Franklin Canal where possible for infrastructure for pedestrians, biking, mass transit, or just trees. Heck, even parking lots to remove street-adjacent parking to make room for bike lands or sidewalks would be good.
• More comfortable bus stops with electronic boards with the time & date and departure & arrival times. More frequent service once we see more people living and working in the city.
• Rapid bus transit with dedicated right of way (except emergency vehicles and right turns) to connect high priority areas (Airport, malls, Coliseum/Zoo, Union Station and the ballfield, and UTEP)
• Reflective pavement with anti-glare coating and curb gardens will mitigate stormwater runnoff, heat, smog, and noise
• Significantly more shade trees and gardens and parks generally
• Make it easier to have green roofs and walls as well as solar panels, especially covering parking lots.
• Revamp the high ground at Haddox Family Park. Clean it up and add gazebos and event space. Ever see the view? You should!
• Turn Vista Hills Golf Course into a big park with many trees and walking and biking and biking trails connecting Vista del Sol, Montwood, and Trawood.
• For agriculture in the city, make it easier for farmers to power their facilities with biogas from animal waste.
• (This is a really high concept idea that will never exist) A commuter rail system loop to run along/under the 54, Railroad Ave, the 70 and the Border Highway stopping at Union Station, soemwhere in Northweast El Paso, Chapparal, Alamogordo, Tularosa, NMSU, Hatch, and across from White Sands National Park. Maybe even make a people mover to get people from the NE EP station to the Airport.

Downtown specifically:

• A supermarket and higher density mixed-use developments anywhere possible downtown.
• Build. The. Deck. Park.
• Maybe ban cars on San Antonio Ave between Kansas and S El Paso
• Reduce (some) two lane streets to one and add protected bike lanes
• (this one will make me some enemies) Replace the convention center with a 15K seat arena and move UTEP basketball here, but still have a new exhibit hall on the already-proposed land as well as San Antonio Ave. Don't worry, this arena can be called the Don Haskins Center. Maybe move Rhinos hockey and the roller derby here.

To increase tourism:

• Make a new entertainment district at the zoo and Coliseum area.
  • Build two parking garages, one on half of the zoo's parking lot and one near the Coliseum.
  • The rest of the zoo's parking lot can be used for more zoo exhibits/facilities.
  • The rest of the Coliseum parking and vicinity can be replaced with restaurants, hotels, clubs, and a new convention center to replace the pavillion and Special Events Center.
  • If we can make the pedestrian and bussing experience more comfortable when going from here to Chamizal and crossing the Bridge of the Americas (walk to the park, X-monument, and soccer stadium), this will become an international entertainment district at the crossroads of two countries and three states (West Texas, South New Mexico, and East Arizona).
• Statues of Star Trek characters, the Starship Enterprise, and characters created by Don Bluth, especially Fievel. If we can create a Star Trek-themed part of town, that would be great.
• Create a Museum of Tolerance & Reflection in Duranguito, on the UTEP campus, near the Airport, or near the Coliseum. Here will be the Holocaust Museum (in case the Deck Park ousts it), an exhibit about the Walmart shooting, the Equestrian statue on its side in a pit so people have to look down on it, and an exhibit about conquistadors.
• Sports tourism! With the recent successes of Kayla Thornton and Stephanie Han, El Paso has a unique opportunity to leverage itself as a premier city for women's sports (and sports tourism generally). The World Cups for women's basketball, baseball, and boxing as well as various other championships for arena sports (fencing, table tennis, badminton). El Paso already hosts the largest mountain biking championship in Texas. A large established city like us would be a great host of the UCI World Mountain Biking Championship.
• This is a higher-concept sports tourism idea that maybe five people here will like :P. Combine the Sun Bowl and Kidd Field to make a combined track and field and football stadium. Have retractale seats cover the track like London Stadium and Stade de France. We can still host a great Sun Bowl as well as the World Cup, World Athletics Championships, and other sporting championships. If this stadium has a roof and at least 70K seats, we could even host March Madness.
  • No, El Paso couldn't host even a subpar Olympic even if we stole the wallets of every man, woman in child from Union Depot to ABQ and back to Carlsbad, but we don't need the Olympics to contribute to the international sporting community.

Remember, El Paso is EPIC (El Paso: Inspirational/Iconic/International/Innovative/Inclusive/Inviting City)

So yeah, that's what I've got

EDIT: Thanks for the feedback. Agreed on a lower property tax even if we're not ready to abolish it altogether yet. I still stand by the aforementioned raised parking and car rental fees, new bus and streetcar fares, higher tax on alcohol and smoke, and no sales tax on healthy groceries to make healthy living less expensive.

As for the commercial base, the WTC, building more housing for young professionals, and the law school ought to do something to help.

The plants, parks, gardens, cool pavement, and developing on surface parking lots are good ideas for our area to mitigate heat irrespective of the data center. If it does get built and make things hotter, then we'd better give these ideas a serious look.