Month: June 2013

Dustin Blair seems to love playing at the Lone Star Golf Club in El Paso. For the second straight year Blair is leaving the Bill Eschenbrenner Amateur Classic as its champion. After posting a first round score of two under, Blair played even better in round two carding a three under 68. Ryan Fioretti who

El Paso’s State Farm call center is slated to cut 600 jobs by next year. A spokeswoman for the company confirms the cutbacks are part of “consolidation” efforts by the national corporation. “Throughout its 91-year history, State Farm has continually reviewed its business operations to ensure those operations are conducted in the right places to

I received an email from a viewer about swamp coolers. Armando wants to know when it becomes too humid for the units to operate properly. Well, Armando, I was first introduced to swamp coolers when I worked for a television station in Amarillo. I was amazed how they worked. I always enjoyed the humidity it

MOBILE VOTING LOCATIONS June 3, 2013 – June 11, 2013 Date Location Address Monday, June 3, 2013 Mobile 1– South El Paso Senior Citizen Center 600 S. Ochoa St., 79901 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Mobile 2– Hilos de Plata Senior Citizen Center 4451 Delta Dr., 79905 Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Mobile 1– UTEP Union

Sequestration-related cutbacksmay soon extend to the borderland. If Congress is unable to reach an agreement on cost-cutting measures by Mar. 1, every federally-funded agency’s budget will be cut 10-percent across the board. This includes the Department of Defense, which is already preparing for the cutbacks set to take effect at the start of next month.

El Paso police are continuing their search for suspects that fired a gun outside an East El Paso strip club. Police said at around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, officers showed up to Jaguars Gold Club. According to officials, two women who worked at the club and a patron got into a fight. A bouncer stepped in

Every odd-numbered year, the Texas health and human services commissioner appears before state lawmakers hungry to cut spending on Medicaid, and at every meeting he or she shows them a chart of whose health services would suffer: impoverished children, senior citizens and the disabled. That’s the moment when even the most hard-hearted lawmaker realizes that

Out of the seven 5A & 4A El Paso-area teams that advanced to the “area round” of the girls basketball state playoffs, only two survived: Hanks and Bel Air. On Friday night, the Lady Knights, who finished district play with an undefeated 16-0 record, cruised past Lubbock Monterey witha 65-42 victory in Pecos, Texas. Meanwhile,

The Bel Air girls basketballsquad stunned North Richland Hills, a team from the Dallas area, 73-61, in front of hundreds of El Paso fans in the lower valley. The victory moved the Highlanders to 28-3 overall. In front of a packed, energy-driven home crowd, Bel Air jumped out to a 17 point first half lead

Two local investment firms are under investigation by the El Paso Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit for fraudulent investments. Investigators said Stock Market Investments and Del Carpio Holdings Group scammed hundreds of people in El Paso, Juarez and Chihuahua out of money. Police have not released any names or an exact amount of money involved.

The Board of Trustees made the following personnel appointments late Tuesday: Jesus Teran, principal of Wiggs Middle School, was named principal of Bowie High School. Teran began his career with EPISD in 1998 as a teacher at Charles Middle School. He also served as a teacher at Bassett where he was a TAKS Teacher/Coordinator. In

Four El Paso Girls Basketball teams have advanced to the area round of the high school playoffs. In addition, Bel Air has been awarded a home game on Thursday night against North Richland. Most area playoff games take place on neutral courts. However, coaches from North Richland Hills wanted to play the game on Thursday

The UTEP Softball team lost to I-10 rival New Mexico State, 7-1, on a cold, blistery night at NM State Softball Complex Tuesday night. The Miners (2-4) found themselves down early to the Aggies (4-1) when Staci Rodriguez blasted a three-run shot over center field in the bottom of the first inning. Junior Kayla Black

An act of retaliation could be a motive for shooting death of 18-year-old Christian Duran, according to an arrest affidavit from El Paso Police investigators. 18-year-old William Estrada was arrested and charged with his murder. He is charged with organized criminal activity/murder and is being held on a $250,000 bond at the El Paso County

New Mexico State sophomore guard Daniel Mullings sank two free throws with 14 seconds left in regulation to beat Idaho, 76-74. The Aggies won their 10th consecutive game (16-8, 10-2 WAC). Mullings scored seven points and had four assists in 40 minutes of action. Freshman center Sim Bhullar led the Aggies in scoring with 20

An item has been placed on Monday’s City Council agenda that would delay the demolition of City Hall until a vote by El Pasoans in the May 2013 election. The agenda item asks that City Council’s action on Sept. 18, 2012 be repealed and that “the City Council of the City of El Paso, Texas,

I-10 East near Clint, Texas is down to just one lane as crews clean up the mess from a late morning wreck. An El Paso County Sheriff’s spokeswoman said a TxDOT worker was driving on I-10 East in a TxDOT truck when he veered off the highway, went airborne, and crashed into an 18-wheeler that

C.J. Cooper connected on a career-high four three point field goals, and UTEP tied its season high with 10 trifectas in a 65-53 win over Rice on Wednesday at the Don Haskins Center. Cooper (14 points) scored in double figures for the first time this season and for the fourth time in a Miner uniform,

New Mexico State University has announced its 2013 football recruiting class. Tre Wilcoxen, DB, 6-1, 190, Inglewood, Calif. (Inglewood HS) High School: Wilcoxen played safety and running back for four seasons at Inglewood High School. As a senior, Wilcoxen was first team all-area and first team all-league in the Ocean League. He had 121 tackles,

The Defense Department announced Thursday it’s cutting the number of furlough days for civilian employees from 22 to 14, somewhat softening the blow from the automatic budget cuts. “The civilian workforce is critical to our capabilities here at Fort Bliss,” said Major Joe Bucinno, Fort Bliss Public Affairs Officer. “We’ll see less an impact I