It originally started out as a weekly but within a year's time, it became the daily newspaper for the frontier town.

[3] In December 2005, Gannett became a minority partner in the El Paso Times, handing the majority of the partnership and management to Denver-based MediaNews Group.

[4] In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership from MediaNews successor Digital First Media.

Barbara Funkhouser served as editor of the El Paso Times from 1980 to 1986, the first woman to hold that position.

[6] Zahira Torres became the editor of the paper in 2017, making her the second woman and first Latina to lead the El Paso Times.