/tags/fort-bliss Fort Bliss en-US Copyright Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:33:24 GMT /texas-news/2023-03-21/el-pasos-castner-range-designated-a-national-monument The move was cheered by locals and environmentalists who said the declaration will preserve history and create outdoor opportunities for border residents in West Texas. Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:33:24 GMT /texas-news/2023-03-21/el-pasos-castner-range-designated-a-national-monument Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom /texas-news/2021-09-23/fort-bliss-builds-village-for-afghan-evacuees From a helicopter high above the desert landscape dotted with scrub brush, row after row of large white tents stand out against the golden brown terrain. Each tent can house up to 100 “guests” as the Army refers to the Afghan evacuees. About 10,000 people from Afghanistan are living at Fort Bliss, one of eight army installations temporarily housing the evacuees. Thu, 23 Sep 2021 20:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2021-09-23/fort-bliss-builds-village-for-afghan-evacuees Angela Kocherga /news/2021-06-24/migrant-youth-describe-desperation-to-leave-large-shelters The children were interviewed by immigrant advocates from March to June, and their accounts were filed late Monday with a federal court in Los Angeles that oversees a longstanding settlement governing custody conditions for children who cross the border alone. Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:00:26 GMT /news/2021-06-24/migrant-youth-describe-desperation-to-leave-large-shelters Associated Press /news/2021-05-11/migrant-children-held-in-mass-shelters-with-little-oversight The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. Tue, 11 May 2021 15:14:21 GMT /news/2021-05-11/migrant-children-held-in-mass-shelters-with-little-oversight Associated Press /texas-news/2021-02-02/9-of-11-poisoned-fort-bliss-soldiers-released-from-hospital Nine of the 11 Fort Bliss soldiers sickened last week after drinking a component commonly found in antifreeze have been released from a Texas hospital, Army officials said Monday. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 22:30:58 GMT /texas-news/2021-02-02/9-of-11-poisoned-fort-bliss-soldiers-released-from-hospital Associated Press /texas-news/2021-01-30/fort-bliss-soldiers-sickened-during-training-exercise The Army has launched a criminal investigation after eleven Fort Bliss soldiers were hospitalized suffering from antifreeze poisoning. The soldiers are recovering at William Beaumont Army Medical center. Sat, 30 Jan 2021 06:22:15 GMT /texas-news/2021-01-30/fort-bliss-soldiers-sickened-during-training-exercise Angela Kocherga /news/2021-01-04/fort-sam-houston-soldier-pronounced-dead-after-several-gunshot-wounds Staff Sergeant Jessica Mitchell, assigned to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, was pronounced dead at University Hospital San Antonio in the early hours of Saturday morning. Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:00:47 GMT /news/2021-01-04/fort-sam-houston-soldier-pronounced-dead-after-several-gunshot-wounds /2012-07-12/health-law-would-cost-less-than-texas-forecast The health and human services commissioner has cut his estimate of what the federal health care law would cost Texas by 42 percent.Tom Suehs estimated on… Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:28:39 GMT /2012-07-12/health-law-would-cost-less-than-texas-forecast