Month: August 2010

Zemco Industries in Buffalo, New York, has recalled approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat that may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a…

The start of a new school year can be very challenging for students and their parents. That’s why both parents and students alike at El…

While there were no reported injuries in the hundreds of school zones across El Paso, there were plenty of violations that could lead to a child…

El Paso City Council has decided to open the McCombs landfill and take over the disposal of commercial waste in the city. It’s a move that will…

El Paso City Council has accepted Sun Metro’s fare hikes, with the exception of the lift fare, which is the service that transports residents…

As the privacy controversy around full-body security scans begins to simmer, it?s worth noting that courthouses and airport security checkpoints…

United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in El Paso this morning, former Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent John Shipley was…

El Paso native Lili Alvarez finished second in Golf Channel’s Big Break: Sandals Resorts reality TV series this season. Alvarez lost in match…

Catholic Diocese of El Paso Bishop Armando X. Ochoa said that a recent newspaper column by a local priest “claiming to speak for Catholic…

Several members of the ABC-7 newsroom were skeptical when UTEP’s president said campus police believed a bullet from Saturday’s shootout…

A traffic jam stretching more than 60 miles in China has entered its ninth day with no end in sight, state media reported. Cars and trucks have been…

Maria Orozco and her husband play with their 14-month-old daughter in the front yard of their Sunset Heights home. But family fun turns into cautious…

The County of El Paso took a big step toward a possible tax increase Monday. Commissioners voted 3-to-2 to accept a proposed tax rate that could…

UTEP President Diana Natalicio released a statement Sunday night stating that campus police are investigating a single bullet that struck a campus…

The Child Crisis Center of El Paso is requesting backpacks and school supplies for El Paso area children. To date, the Child Crisis Center has given…

Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and 3rd Judicial District Attorney Susana Martinez will speak during the 2010 Domenici Public Policy Conference Sept. 1-2 at…

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has issued the following statement regarding a bullet from a gun battle in Juarez that is believed to have struck a building on…

A car crash left one man dead on eastbound Interstate 10 in west El Paso at 7 a.m. on Saturday. The El Paso Police Department said a Victor Aguilar,…

El Paso Police said a woman was nearly hit by a speeding car at about 2 a.m. Sunday on Bowen Road near Alameda Avenue. Officers said the girl…

For the past three years, Marilyn Bess has operated MS Philly Organic, a small, low-traffic blog that features occasional posts about green living,…

As El Paso continues to grow, so does the debate over how it should be developed. In the next few years, the desert landscape surrounding Trans…

Texas Sales Tax Holiday August 20 – 22, 2010 Texas shoppers get a break from state and local sales taxes on August 20, 21 and 22 – the…

Two pedestrians were hit by a car near the intersection of Cincinnati and Mesa just before midnight Friday. El Paso police officers responding to the…

Different emotions overcame Britany as she waded through the assembled family and friends who were waiting for their soldiers at Fort Bliss’…

The International Boundary and Water Commission said levees that were built to protect El Paso?s upper valley from flooding are not up to code. Our…

Miss Universe 2010 contested posed for the judges in their Dar Be Dar swimsuit and Nina Shoes during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at…

The Texas Department of Transportation is launching the campaign, “Drink. Drive. Go to Jail.” this morning. The statewide initiative aims…

All across the country, a pesky problem has been spreading all summer – bed bugs!. And El Paso’s no different, local exterminators say…

First, it was El Paso’s Sun Bowl. Now, Hyundai of El Paso could be taking over El Paso’s Fire Dept. headquarters. Since the early…

Al-Qaida is ready to exploit a war “by the Jews against Iran,” the Sunni group’s second-in-command in Yemen, Saeed al-Shehri, said…