Month: May 2014

Competing in the last events of the night juniors Anthony Rotich and Nickevea Wilson each sealed the second day of the NCAA West Preliminary Round earning a bid to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. “Today was a better day for us,” head coach Mika Laaksonen said. “Anthony Rotich was solid in the men’s 3,000m

A contested call that led to two ninth inning ejections did not stop the El Paso Chihuahuas from beating the Las Vegas 51s 4-3 Friday night at Southwest University Park. El Paso was ahead 4-2 with two outs in the ninth inning when Las Vegas infielder Josh Satin hit a line drive into the right

FOX Sports announced its college football selections on Thursday, including five UTEP games that will be televised. The Miners’ home opener versus Texas Tech (Sept. 6) will air at 9 p.m. Mountain time on FOX Sports 1. UTEP’s Conference USA opener at Louisiana Tech (Oct. 4) will be televised on FOX College Sports at 5

Freshmen standouts Cosmas Boit and Florence Uwakwe delivered qualifying performances on the opening day of the NCAA West Preliminary Round at the John McDonnell Field. “I am pleased with the showing of our freshman as Cosmas (Boit) and Florence (Uwakwe) advance to the quarterfinals, but other than that there was not much to be excited

Juniors Elphas Maiyo and Anthony Rotich were named to the Conference USA Track and Field All-Academic team as announced by the league office. The team featured 13 men and 11 women. Twenty of the 24 honorees boast academic marks better than a 3.8 average, nine of which finished the academic year with a 4.0 grade

If you attend Mass at a parish in the Catholic Diocese of El Paso, there’s a chance your priest may not be your priest anymore pretty soon. Bishop Mark J. Seitz on Saturday announced new assignments for priests and deacons. The new assignments will begin starting Nov. 1. “Here in this diocese there have been

Early Thursday morning, flames burst out at the Rio Valley Biofuels plant again. It marks the third day in a row in which firefighters were called out to the plant Anthony, New Mexico. No major damage was reported from the overnight fire. In the latest episode, firefighters say a mix of high winds and smoldering

A fired New Mexico State University assistant baseball coach filed several police reports that claimed harassment and threats from players and their family members. In a series of police reports made last week, former assistant coach Mike Evans alleged he told the university of a number of players using marijuana and drinking alcohol. In another

Two County Commissioner Democratic runoff races were decided by a handful of votes. David Stout defeated incumbent Sergio Lewis by 48 votes in the Democratic runoff for County Commissioner precinct 2. Stout had 2,571 votes and Lewis had 2,523. “I think there are a lot of structural reforms that need to be looked at,” Stout

The Las Vegas 51s won their fifth game in six tries at Southwest University Park, beating the El Paso Chihuahuas 13-7 Wednesday afternoon. Las Vegas center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis went 4-for-6 with two home runs and four RBIs and Allan Dykstra went 3-for-5 with two RBIs for the 51s. Trailing 13-4, the first five Chihuahuas

Former Miner Horace Miller signed a free-agent deal with the Super Bowl XLVIII Champions Seattle Seahawks on May 27. The Baltimore, Md., native was signed with the Seahawks after completing a successful rookie minicamp tryout. Miller played three seasons for the Miners after transferring from Louisville in 2010. The linebacker accumulated 120 tackles (48s/72a), 17

Norma Chavez conceded the State Rep. District 76 runoff to Cesar Blanco before election day results were even released. Blanco got 68 percent of the vote compared to 32 percent for Chavez. Blanco had 4257 votes to 1996 for Chavez. In the March primary, incumbent Naomi Gonzalez came in third. Gonzalez ousted Chavez in 2010.

New Mexico State Athletics Director Dr. McKinley Boston announced Tuesday, May 27, that the NM State Athletics Department has terminated the contract of head baseball coach Rocky Ward, effective immediately. Ward served as NM State’s head baseball coach for 16 seasons (1997-00 & 2003-14) tallying a 455-458-2 overall record. He also served as an assistant

The El Paso Police Department says its Homeland Security Unit (HLS) hasarrested the man who vandalized two billboards last week. A news release issued by Sgt Chris Mears says an officer with theDepartment’s Crime Scene Unit located a latent fingerprint while processing thecrime scene. A check of the local database returned negative results. The FBI’s

New Mexico State head football coach Doug Martin announced the hiring of Walt Wells as the Aggies’ new offensive line coach, Tuesday afternoon. Wells brings over 20 years of experience in the collegiate ranks to the NM State staff as both an offensive line coach and offensive coordinator. “Coach Wells is another coach with tremendous

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has partnered with Daktronics Inc. (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, S.D., to make significant improvements to their football and basketball facilities on campus in El Paso, Texas. Four new video displays will be added to Sun Bowl Stadium, two new displays will be added to the Don Haskins Center

UPDATE: City council is expected to discuss the fate of south-central El Paso’s Lincoln Center Tuesday morning during its weekly meeting. It could vote to withdraw a lawsuit and restraining order against the Texas Department of Transportation, as part of a deal offered by the state agency last week. TxDoT officials said it would push

He reportedly went to his neighbors’ house to get his little brother and it almost cost him his life. Sheriff’s deputies say a pitbull mauled a young boy on his neck, arms and back. ABC-7 is learning more about Saturday’s dog attack in Horizon City. Witnesses said animal services has picked up the dog Monday.

Matt Wisler made his best Triple-A start to date on Sunday, pitching seven innings without allowing an earned run in the El Paso Chihuahuas 3-1 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers Monday. The 21-year-old Wisler retired the first 11 batters of the game and surrendered just two hits, striking out seven and walking one. Dennis O’Grady

This Memorial Day El Pasoans honored and thanked the men and women who died serving our country while protecting our freedom. Veterans laid to rest at local cemeteries certainly received all the pomp and circumstance they deserve at two ceremonies, one at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, and the other at Concordia Cemetery. For those who

Officials at a southwestern New Mexico charter school say three students were among the four killed in a plane crash Friday near Silver City. The Las Cruces Sun-News reported (bit.ly/1jkDLed) Saturday that Aldo Leopold Charter School confirmed that the students were on board the single-engine plane that went down about a mile northeast of Whiskey