Month: January 2015

The grid can be dangerous in the “Tron” film franchise. It can maim or even kill. Luckily, the Sun City Scifi: On the Grid is all about friendliness and helping out a family in need. Sun City Scif’s: On the Grid weekend kicked off from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. this past Friday at Asylum

by Julin Aguilar / Texas Tribune After the arrest in 2010 of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, who the authorities said was the head of a violent Mexican drug cartel, customers at Video Mexico in Austin told Eduardo Betancourt, the owner, something he should have known: The man’s life was already the subject of a low-budget movie.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready “to settle accounts with the U.S.,” unleashing a new round of bellicose rhetoric after U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped dummy munitions in joint military drills with South Korea. One of the U.S. targets on Kim’s hitlist was Austin, several international news

There has been an increase in petty crime on Fort Bliss, according to the post’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. Dana H. Pittard. “Over the past two weeks, we have seen a spike in theft and petty crimes in our soldier barracks, housing areas, and in the Grand Theater parking area,” Pittard wrote in his Fort

Dan Savage, author, columnist, and creator of the It Gets Better movement, spoke at UTEP’s Union Cinema on Wednesday night. Savage has visited dozens of campuses taking questions and offering advice on relationships, responsibilities, sex, love and life. Below are video clips of him speaking. Warning: Some graphic/colorful language in clips. Dan Savage talks about

Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS, the entertainment industry’s leading data information systems, announced the 2012 year-end U.S. music sales figures for the 12-month period of January 2, 2012 through December 30, 2012. Nielsen SoundScan measures U.S. point-of-sale of recorded music product. Nielsen BDS tracks U.S. radio airplay and music streams. Both systems power many of

The University of Texas at El Paso campus was not evacuated for nearly an hour and a half after a bomb threat was received on Tuesday afternoon. According to the UTEP Police incident report on the incident, a staff member received a bomb threat via telephone at the university library at 12:38 p.m. UTEP Police

USC still doesn’t have a head men’s basketball coach and someone they interviewed, Tim Floyd, just happened to be in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. But should UTEP fans read anything into it? Probably not. According to the Los Angeles Cathedral High School Facebook page, Floyd and his assistant coach Greg Foster were in L.A.

Easter weekend is fast approaching and a lot of people are looking forward to a vacation day at the end of the week for Good Friday, but for the Dona Ana County employees who don’t work Friday, it’s called their “Spring Holiday.” “Spring Holiday” isn’t a traditional name, but Dona Ana County Spokesman Jess Williams

Drivers coming up from Copia can only see a hill. Some may see a sign calling for slow speeds, but some won’t. And just before its too late, they’ll see a roundabout in between Altura and Myles that catches more people off guard and has caused more accidents in this Central El Paso neighborhood than

Nice weather continues for a while into the holiday weekend. Temps will warm in the upper 70s and low 80s later this week. Expect the wind to pick up just a bit for Sunday with gusts around 25 mph and getting stronger for next Monday and Tuesday.

Schools out at Zavala Elementary, but the empty hallways are filled with the sounds of students practicing. Five Zavala fourth and fifth graders are competing in this year’s Destination Imagination tournament, a global competition requiring team work critical thinking skills and creativity. Theirs is a technical challenge where the students must present a story, complemented

Dan Savage, author, columnist, and creator of the It Gets Better movement, will appear at UTEP in the Union Cinema at UTEP at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The event is free. Doors open at 6 p.m. Savage has visited dozens of campuses taking questions and offering advice on relationships, responsibilities, sex, love and life.

Two men and a woman who were arrested by the FBI on Monday had their initial appearances before a federal magistrate judge on Tuesday. The two men, identified as Bianco Murray and Sherman McGhee, are charged with assault resulting in bodily injury. The woman, identified as Veronica Logan, was charged with assault with a dangerous

Weather looks pretty good for a while with some breezes here and there but nothing significant. Temps will be warming up beginning tomorrow with highs climbing in the upper 60s and then the upper 70s for Wednesday and Thursday. Expect highs in the 80s for the weekend.

Doa Ana County Sheriff’s investigators are piecing together some articles of clothing and several missing-persons reports in hopes of identifying skeletal remains that were found March 22 east of Vado. A hiker who was in the desert near Bishop’s Cap Friday evening told investigators he found what appeared to be skeletal remains. Investigators were called

A campus-wide evacuation was ordered as a precaution at the University of Texas in El Paso on Tuesday after officials received word of a bomb threat, but police said there was no immediate danger. UTEP students and staff got a text message at about 2 p.m. warning of a bomb threat and telling them to

A Socorro man was arrested this morning after the El Paso County Sheriff found an illegal dumping site. They claim he used his neighbor’s yard to dump up to one-thousand pounds of solid waste. “In El Paso County unfortunately illegal dumping is a problem,” said County Attorney Criminal Division Chief Ralph Girvin. Villanueva was arrested

America’s major metro area downtowns welcomed double-digit population growth in the decade ending 2010, more than double the rate of growth for their overall cities, according to the U.S. Census as featured in a Forbes online post this month. “As more Americans, particularly college-educated young adults ages 25 to 34, opt for urban lifestyles, cities

More info on Paul McCartney Ticket prices for Nov. 2012 show at Houston’s Minute Made Park, McCartney’s last show in the U.S., were $39.50 to $250 – not including service charges. According to a post on a Paul McCartney message board, the top ticket price for one of his tickets in 1993 was $31.50. Setlist

Attorney Stuart Leeds found himself at the El Paso County jail Thursday morning as he turned himself in to be booked. Leeds was found guilty of contempt of court on Wednesday afternoon. Judge Sam Medrano sentenced him to 30 days in jail but that doesn’t mean he’ll be serving time just yet. Leeds was released

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has filed a lawsuit aimed at forcing state officials to recognized same-sex marriage under current New Mexico law. The group announced Thursday that the lawsuit was filed in state district court on behalf of two lesbian couples who sought marriage licenses in Bernalillo County. The announcement comes

There was a special surprise this morning at the El Paso Zoo. The Spanish goat born last week has cousins now. The zoo’s second mama Spanish goat gave birth to twin boys this morning. The small herd will remain off exhibit until their quarantine is over in a few weeks.

State Rep. Naomi Gonzalez was named one of the worst legislators of the 2013 legislative session by Texas Monthly. The publication this week posted on its website an expanded explanation why she made the list: The first rule of servingin the House of Representatives is, don’t bring shame upon the House of Representatives. It’s a

As the TV series that helped cement Albuquerque’s reputation as a film center draws to a close, New Mexico officials are optimistic that a so-called “Breaking Bad” bill to sweeten incentives for television productions will help the state maintain its competitiveedge. Lawmakers as part of a last-minute business tax package on Saturday passed a bill

Mr. Rogers would have turned 85 years old today. Check out this Cracked.com article on the man which argues that he is the greatest American.

Temps will temporarily warm up the next couple of days then cool down behind a cold front Saturday. Winds will begin to gust around 40 mph both Thursday and Friday and then potentially increase to near 50 mph for Saturday with some blowing dust and sand. Perhaps a first alert may be issued for this

Roswell hopes to become one of six places nationwide that the federal government plans to pick as sites for testing how unmanned drone aircraft would fit into the nation’s airspace. According to the Roswell Daily Record (http://bit.ly/1009TM6 ), the eastern New Mexico city is teaming up with Chaves County and other entities on an application.

Santa Fe Mayor David Coss and a City Council member say New Mexico county clerks should issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and Santa Fe’s city attorney says it’d be legal to do so. Coss and Councilor Patti Bushee plan to introduce a City Council resolution on March 27 “recognizing” that same-sex marriage is legal

Matthew Ybarra said he went out looking for rattle snakes in Northeast El Paso and instead he came home with a live grenade. 16-year-old Ybarra and a friend found what appeared to be a military-style grenade with a pin still in it near the Painted Dunes Desert Golf Course on Monday. Ybarra said he decided