Month: January 2015

El Pasoans may have noticed some street signs have changed. And the ones that haven’t changed yet soon will. The federal government says studies show they’re easier to read if they have capital letters and lowercase letters and they’ve mandated that the City change all 27,000 of its street name signs. In Central El Paso,

The identities of the man and woman who died in a motorcycle crash on Wednesday have been released. El Paso Police identified them as 27-year-old Justin Erickson of the 3500 block of Peerless and 27-year-old Vanessa Chacon of the 1800 block of Ron Cerrudo. Erickson, an Army sergeant stationed at Fort Bliss, was driving a

Saturday, May 4 is a big day. It’s Free Comic Book Day – a day when comic book stores give away comics to celebrate the special day. Find stores participating by going to http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992 It also is the unofficial Star Wars holiday ” May the 4th Be With You” day. Find ways to celebrate the

After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida’s North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn’t answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry

El paso has been named the No. 3 best city to raise a family in America, according to Movoto. “El Paso placed highly in school rank and park space,” according to the El Paso entry on the Top 10 List. Movoto came up with the list by surveying the 50 most populous cities in the

Bishop Mark J. Seitz will be installed as the bishop of the Cathlic Diocese of El Paso on July 9. San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. will install Seitz in El Paso with bishops and priests from around the country in attendance. Pope Francis named Seitz, an auxiliary bishop of Dallas, to be the sixth

Gus Bailey, Gloria Estrada, Harry Flournoy, Wayne Hansen and Greg Joy form the 12th induction class into the UTEP Athletic Hall of Fame. They will be honored at the induction banquet on Friday, Oct. 11 at the Larry K. Durham Sports Center, as well as at the UTEP football team’s Oct. 12 home game versus

Saturday, May 25, 2013 Neon Desert Music Festival Live performances on four stages including Best Coast, Molotov, Wolfgang Gartner, Dragonette, Bosnian Rainbows, Paul Banks of Interpol, The Royalty, The Black Coats and more. Downtown, 3 p.m.-2 a.m., $55 regular admission in advance, $150 VIP, www.neondesertmusicfestival.com. Eddie Griffin Live performance by the comedian turned actor. Abraham

A federal judge has ruled that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically racially profiled Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols. The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow marks the first finding by a court that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office racially profiles people. It also backs up allegations made by

Jan. 9, 2015 Update: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a County employee accused of stealing money from the County. Deputies arrested and charged 32-year-old Mayra Navarrete with 24 counts of forgery. Navarrete was taken into custody Thursday night. During a news conference Friday morning, Commissioner Carlos Leon said they were alerted to

An 18-year-old is behind bars at the Dona Ana County Detention Center for allegedly threatening students at El Dorado High School. Carlos Castanon was arrested Friday morning in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Castanon reportedly posted a photo on Instagram that showed two shotguns and had a caption that reads in Spanish, “For those at El

Maj. Gen. Dana H. Pittard has written some final thoughts in the Fort Bliss Monitor that appeared on the day he relinquished command of the post. “Wow, it is hard to believe that this will be my last “Thoughts While Working out in the Gym.” Today, I will hand the guidon over to my friend

El Paso In observance of Memorial Day, El Paso City Hall will be closed Monday, May 27, 2013. Offices will re-open Tuesday, May 28, at 7:00 a.m. and the City Council Meeting will begin at its regularly scheduled time, 8:30 a.m. In observance of Memorial Day, the City of El Paso Department of Public Health

A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can’t live together because of a morality clause in one of the women’s divorce papers. The clause is common in divorce cases in Texas and other states. It prevents a divorced parent from having a romantic partner spend the night while children are in the

A new report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that 58 percent of public pools tested in Atlanta had Escherichia coli, or e.coli, the bacteria most commonly associated with fecal matter. Researchers said this “signifies that swimmers introduced fecal material into pool water” through their toddlers, or by not showering before they

Every year 5 million Americans are bitten by dogs. This week marks Dog Bite Prevention Week, and a good reminder to be cautious when approaching dogs that are not yours. Last year, the El Paso Environmental Services Department recorded 1,603 animal bites were recorded and 1,143 were dog bites. Children are far more likely to

NerdWallet took a closer look at metro areas with characteristics that support working women, including a growing economy, a small gender pay gap and robust salaries and El Paso made the top 10 list for working women for mid-size cities. 366 metro areas were included in NerdWallet’s analysis with data obtained from the U.S. Census

As El Pasoans get ready for the June 15 runoff election to choose their next mayor ABC-7 is taking a look into each candidate’s plan for economic development. “You need to bring manufacturing. You need to bring high tech jobs,” Oscar Leeser said on ABC-7 Xtra on May 12. Those were Leeser’s main points when

Temps will get hotter – low to mid 90s – through the holiday weekend. Slight chance of rain and storms beginning Friday through Monday, although it appears most will be spotty and mainly to our east in Hudspeth and Culberson counties.

Pvt. 1 st Class Cody James Towse, 21, was killed when his squad was attacked by enemy forces using an Improvised Explosive Device on May 14 in Sanjaray, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. Spc. William Gilbert and Spc. Mitchell Daehling,

Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, shook, and he then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him. The television station

Cheap beers are becoming less cheap, and for that you can thank hipsters, according to a report by the Huffington Post. A recent study by Restaurant Sciences found that your everyday, low-cost beers like Budweiser, Miller Light and Coors Light are getting pricier, a trend the firm attributes to the rise in popularity of Pabst

Fort Bliss Commanding General Dana Pittard is looking for help in finding a family heirloom. “I am still looking for the lady to whom I mistakenly sold a family heirloom Bible last month at a yard sale. The nice lady was driving a gray/silver Mercedes Benz sedan,” Pittard wrote in his column in the Fort

MountainStar Sports Group is looking for suggestions for the name of the El Paso Triple-A baseball team. Just submit your team name suggestion, and you could be the winning fan with the winning name. The Contest begins on May 2, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Mountain Time and ends on May 24, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.

The Las Cruces Fire Department put out an early morning fire that damaged three mobile homes. Firefighters were dispatched just after 2 a.m. Thursday to a mobile home fire in the 2800 block of West Picacho Avenue where two mobile homes were on fire and had smoke. A third mobile home caught fire, as did

Eight Borderland sports standouts were inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame on May 1. The 2013 class includes: Frank Del Toro, Natasha Lacy, James Munyala, Bobby Lesley, Jimmy Melendez, Gary Crossland, Steve Kaplowitz, and Buryl Baty. View the ceremony by clicking on the clips below: 2013 El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame

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A New Mexico State University engineering student died in a fatal car crash on U.S. 180 Thursday morning, according to a report in the Las Cruces Sun-News. Nicholas Clegg, 22, was near Deming when another driver, heading north, swerved into oncoming traffic. Read the full article here.

House Bill 209/Senate Bill 119 and House Bill 208/Senate Bill 122 in the House of Representatives were passed on Friday. The bills require the El Paso Independent School District to operate a special student recovery program that recuperates the students that were affected by the grade manipulation scandal in the district. State Rep. Marisa Mrquez