Month: August 2007

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A jury has deadlocked in the trial of man accused of a stabbing while he was a state police officer. State District Judge Stephen Bridgforth declared a mistrial in Nicholas Zepeda’s case yesterday after jurors deliberated for nearly five hours in Las Cruces. Dona Ana County Chief Deputy District Attorney

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A jury has deadlocked in the trial of man accused of a stabbing while he was a state police officer. State District Judge Stephen Bridgforth declared a mistrial in Nicholas Zepeda’s case yesterday after jurors deliberated for nearly five hours in Las Cruces. Dona Ana County Chief Deputy District Attorney

EL PASO, TX – City Council re-appointed anattorney implicated in the FBI’s public corruption investigation to the Public Regulation Board. Local Attorney Marti Jobe has acknowleged she was one of the co-conspirators implicated in the corruption investigation by John Travis Ketner, the former Chief of Staff for County Judge Anthony Cobos. However, El Paso Mayor

EL PASO, TX – City Council re-appointed anattorney implicated in the FBI’s public corruption investigation to the Public Regulation Board. Local Attorney Marti Jobe has acknowleged she was one of the co-conspirators implicated in the corruption investigation by John Travis Ketner, the former Chief of Staff for County Judge Anthony Cobos. However, El Paso Mayor

EL PASO, TX -El Paso area health officials say an elderly South El Paso man has died from West Nile Virus. It’s the first human death this year in El Paso County related to West Nile Virus, according to the City-County Health District. The victim was 82-years-old and lived in the 79905 ZIP code. He

FORT BLISS, TX – Army officials have found the body of a 19-year-old soldier who vanished this week from a desert training range near Fort Bliss and apparently killed himself. Searchers found Spc. John R. Fish, clad in his Army uniform, Wednesday afternoon while flying over a patch of rugged desert surrounding the Dona Ana

FORT BLISS, TX – Army officials have found the body of a 19-year-old soldier who vanished this week from a desert training range near Fort Bliss and apparently killed himself. Searchers found Spc. John R. Fish, clad in his Army uniform, Wednesday afternoon while flying over a patch of rugged desert surrounding the Dona Ana

EL PASO, TX. – Part ofU.S. Highway54was closed downWednesday morningafter a deadly crashthat happenednear thehighway’soverpassat Fred Wilson just before 4 a.m. Policesay 18-year-old Reyna Guerrawas driving north onU.S. 54, when she somehow lost control of her 2004 Honda Accord, crashed it through the guardrail, rolling down the embankment where it came to rest on Gateway

EL PASO, TX. – Part ofU.S. Highway54was closed downWednesday morningafter a deadly crashthat happenednear thehighway’soverpassat Fred Wilson just before 4 a.m. Policesay 18-year-old Reyna Guerrawas driving north onU.S. 54, when she somehow lost control of her 2004 Honda Accord, crashed it through the guardrail, rolling down the embankment where it came to rest on Gateway

LAS CRUCES, NM – Students at New Mexico State University will have the chance to learn more about Chinese culture through the campus’ new Confucius Institute. University President Dr. Michael Martin unveiled the institute with Chinese Education officials Thursday. The program will teach the world’s fastest growing language, Chinese, and emphasize education of Chinese culture.

LAS CRUCES, NM – Students at New Mexico State University will have the chance to learn more about Chinese culture through the campus’ new Confucius Institute. University President Dr. Michael Martin unveiled the institute with Chinese Education officials Thursday. The program will teach the world’s fastest growing language, Chinese, and emphasize education of Chinese culture.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Las Cruces Police are looking for a suspect who displayed a handgun and demanded cash from an employee of the Premier Care Methadone Clinic at 2465 South Telshor Blvd. on Monday, August 27. According to investigators, a Hispanic man walked into the clinic’s lobby at around 10:20 a.m. and demanded cash

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Las Cruces Police are looking for a suspect who displayed a handgun and demanded cash from an employee of the Premier Care Methadone Clinic at 2465 South Telshor Blvd. on Monday, August 27. According to investigators, a Hispanic man walked into the clinic’s lobby at around 10:20 a.m. and demanded cash

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Las Cruces Police are looking for a suspect who displayed a handgun and demanded cash from an employee of the Premier Care Methadone Clinic at 2465 South Telshor Blvd. on Monday, August 27. According to investigators, a Hispanic man walked into the clinic’s lobby at around 10:20 a.m. and demanded cash

EL PASO, TX. – New developments in the case of the Idaho senator involved in a sex scandal. GOP members are calling for Senator Craig’s resignation. Many Republicans now say they want Senator Larry Craig to step down. Craig was arrested in June in a Minneapolis airport for alleged lewd behavior in a men’s bathroom.

EL PASO, TX. – New developments in the case of the Idaho senator involved in a sex scandal. GOP members are calling for Senator Craig’s resignation. Many Republicans now say they want Senator Larry Craig to step down. Craig was arrested in June in a Minneapolis airport for alleged lewd behavior in a men’s bathroom.

EL PASO, TX. – There is yet another food recall you should be aware of California-based “Metz Fresh” is recalling its bagged fresh spinach after some of it tested positive for salmonella. The company says the product was distributed in the continentalU.S. and Canada. The recall includes 10 and 16 ounce bags – as well

EL PASO, TX. – There is yet another food recall you should be aware of California-based “Metz Fresh” is recalling its bagged fresh spinach after some of it tested positive for salmonella. The company says the product was distributed in the continentalU.S. and Canada. The recall includes 10 and 16 ounce bags – as well

EL PASO, TX. – The El Paso Fire Departmentbattleda large blaze Thursday morning in Northeast El Paso. Lt. Mario Hernandez of the El Paso Fire Marshall’s Office said a Condition 3 fire broke out shortly after 8:30 Thursday morning along the 4300block of Dyer.Condition 3 indicates that flames are clearly visible from outside the structure.

EL PASO, TX. – The El Paso Fire Departmentbattleda large blaze Thursday morning in Northeast El Paso. Lt. Mario Hernandez of the El Paso Fire Marshall’s Office said a Condition 3 fire broke out shortly after 8:30 Thursday morning along the 4300block of Dyer.Condition 3 indicates that flames are clearly visible from outside the structure.

UPDATE: 8.30.07 HATCH, N.M. – Luis Rodriguez, a 22-year-old Salem, New Mexico resident surrendered himself to the Hatch Police Department, late Wednesday evening. Rodriguez was wanted on an Aggravated Battery charge arising from an August 25th altercation between Rodriguez and 21-year-old Jose de Jesus Reyes. Reyes reported to Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday,

UPDATE: 8.30.07 HATCH, N.M. – Luis Rodriguez, a 22-year-old Salem, New Mexico resident surrendered himself to the Hatch Police Department, late Wednesday evening. Rodriguez was wanted on an Aggravated Battery charge arising from an August 25th altercation between Rodriguez and 21-year-old Jose de Jesus Reyes. Reyes reported to Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday,

WASHINGTON (AP) – There is no evidence astronauts were drunk or had been drinking heavily before launching into space, an internal NASA investigation found Wednesday. An independent astronaut health panel’s report of two unsubstantiated instances of heavy alcohol use before flights grabbed headlines in July. But when NASA’s safety chief tried to confirm the allegations,

WASHINGTON (AP) – There is no evidence astronauts were drunk or had been drinking heavily before launching into space, an internal NASA investigation found Wednesday. An independent astronaut health panel’s report of two unsubstantiated instances of heavy alcohol use before flights grabbed headlines in July. But when NASA’s safety chief tried to confirm the allegations,

CHAPARRAL, N.M. – A community gathers to try to keep their kids safe from gangs. Over a hundred people attended the “Operation: No Gangs” seminar in Chaparral, New Mexicoon Monday night. Both parents and children were given tips on what to look for in gang behavior, and were even given a glimpse into what gang

CHAPARRAL, N.M. – A community gathers to try to keep their kids safe from gangs. Over a hundred people attended the “Operation: No Gangs” seminar in Chaparral, New Mexicoon Monday night. Both parents and children were given tips on what to look for in gang behavior, and were even given a glimpse into what gang

LAS CRUCES, NM – New Mexico State University has one of the smallest campus police department in the country – where students outnumber officers nearly 1,200 to one, officials say. The university is home to 29,000 students and only 19 campus officers are on hand to patrol the entire NMSU campus. The campus is so

LAS CRUCES, NM – New Mexico State University has one of the smallest campus police department in the country – where students outnumber officers nearly 1,200 to one, officials say. The university is home to 29,000 students and only 19 campus officers are on hand to patrol the entire NMSU campus. The campus is so

NEW ORLEANS – On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, anger over the stalled rebuilding was palpable throughout a city where the mourning for the dead and feeling of loss for flooded homes, schools, snow cone stands, old-time hairstylists and hardware stores doesn’t seem to subside. Hurricane Katrina made landfall south of New Orleans at

NEW ORLEANS – On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, anger over the stalled rebuilding was palpable throughout a city where the mourning for the dead and feeling of loss for flooded homes, schools, snow cone stands, old-time hairstylists and hardware stores doesn’t seem to subside. Hurricane Katrina made landfall south of New Orleans at