Month: June 2010

Bankruptcy proceedings have a pair of El Paso furniture stores all locked up and paying customers locked out, wondering when – or if – they’ll get their merchandise. According to FurnitureToday.com, Furniture Factory Warehouse, which operates 12 locations across Texas, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has partnered with Planned Furniture Promotions

With 100 degree-plus temperatures forecast for the next several days, the Extreme Weather Task Force (EWTF) is asking the public for much needed fan donations to help protect the elderly, disabled and needy families in our community. This year, EWTF agencies such as Project Bravo, Adult Protective Services (APS) and the Texas A&M Colonias programs,

Her family said she loved children, and after working as a seamstress for 40 years, Carmen Loya spent the rest of her life volunteering with kids. She was on her way to a day care at Fort Bliss when the unthinkable happened. The 71-year-old died after she was hit by a city garbage truck just

Republican Susana Martinez became the nation’s first Hispanic woman nominated for governor Tuesday night and will face Democrat Diane Denish in the general election to decide who becomes New Mexico’s first woman governor It will be the third woman against woman gubernatorial general election matchup in U.S. history. Martinez, District Attorney in Dona Ana County,

A doctor from the Cleveland Clinic claims he has developed a vaccine to prevent and possibly cure breast cancer, according to a report by Fox 8 in Cleveland. A study, published Sunday, reports Dr. Vincent Tuohy found that a single vaccination made up of antigen a-lactalbumin (lactation protein) prevents breast cancer tumors from forming, while

El Paso Police officers have charged three New Mexico teens with drugs and drug related offenses late Friday. Officers patrolling a park at 11270 McCombs on Friday afternoon smelled burning marijuana coming from the open driver’s side window of a 2000 grey Chevrolet Prizm parked in the park’s parking lot. As officers approached the car,

The government wants to know if you’re getting the Internet service you’re paying for. The FCC is looking for volunteers to take part in a study of residential broadband speeds. It will compare actual Internet speeds with what broadband providers advertise. The federal agency has found 80 percent of broadband users don’t know how fast

The public corruption trial of Luther Jones and Gilbert Sanchez has been postponed until next year, according to court records. Court records show jury selection is set for March 28, 2011 before U.S. District Court Judge Frank Montalvo. The trial also is set for the same date. Jones and Sanchez were originally set to go

A 71-year-old woman was killed when she was run over by a garbage truck Tuesday morning, according to El Paso Police officials. The deadly incident happened at about 7:06 a.m. near the intersection of Radford and Nashville in Central El Paso. That truck was being driven by 52-year-old Perry Pinkney. As Pinkney was backing the

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations, a decision one dissenting justice said turns defendants’ rights “upside down.” A right to remain silent and a right to a lawyer are the first of the Miranda rights warnings, which police

Las Cruces Police have arrested two men for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who ditched a day of school and became intoxicated with the suspects. Luis Carlos Guerra and Diego A. Mendez-Parra, both 18, are charged with one count each of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, criminal sexual contact of a minor and

By Texas Tribune The number of cases awaiting resolution in the federal immigration detention system has reached an all-time high, driven in part by surging backlogs in Texas, especially in San Antonio and El Paso. Blame it on too few judges. Nearly 243,000 cases nationally awaited adjudication as of March, according to the most recent

In the upcoming weeks El Paso County Sheriff officers, County Constables, Texas DPS Troopers, officers with the Fort Bliss Military Police, and Investigators with the County Attorney?s Office will conduct hot check warrant arrest operations in El Paso County. An amnesty period ended on Monday, June 7 for individuals to avoid arrests and avoid paying

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Since the increase in the military population in the El Paso area, some agencies are focusing their efforts on families impacted by deployment and the stress of war that often extends to the family left behind. Some little ones at the Child Crisis Center are temporarily taking some time away from their family in the

Those wanting to vote in the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) tax ratification election can vote at: Bassett Palce El Paso County Courthouse Fiesta Shopping center-, 5200 N Mesa Regency of El Paso, 221 Bartlett Dr Rushfair Pointe Center, 5111 Fairbanks Sunrise Shopping Center, 8500 Dyer People wanting to vote in the El Paso

Former UTEP point guard Tim Hardaway, who played for several years in the NBA, has landed a front office job with the Miami Heat. Hardaway will be the team’s community and corporate liaison, according to a report in the Miami Herald. Hardaway played for the Heat for several years. He also played for the Golden

In New Mexico, voters will decide Tuesday which Republican gubernatorial hopeful will land on the November ballot. Five candidates are on the primary ballot: Dona Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez, Pete Domenici Jr., Janice Arnold-Jones, Allen Weh, and Doug Turner. The winner will take on Democratic Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish in the November general

According to Men’s Health Magazine, El Paso ranks as the third best city in the country for “Best Marriages.” Men’s Health Magazine ranked 100 cities on its list using the rate of failed marriages, the stringency of divorce laws, the percentage of the population who’ve split, and the number of licensed marriage and family therapists.