Month: January 2017

What’ll she be wearing? It’s a question that fascinates fashion-watchers – and lots of others – every four years: Which designer will the new U.S. first lady choose to wear on Inauguration Day and, more importantly, on Inauguration Night? This year as never before, the question is a loaded one. Dressing the first lady has

An ambitious Democratic governor with possible White House aspirations has a formula for staying blue in the time of Trump: Take your progressive message directly to angst-ridden middle-class voters. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to break from tradition and roll out his state-of-the-state address in a series of speeches across the state this past

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after. How many will actually arrive to party or protest is an open question. Officials estimate that 800,000 to 900,000 people will be present Friday for the inauguration, a celebration that takes over

She may not be working in the White House, but that doesn’t mean Ivanka Trump is staying out of politics. Although she has said she will have no official role in her father’s administration, Ivanka Trump has been quietly laying the groundwork for an effort that could make her perhaps the best-connected policy advocate in

An El Paso man was involved in a collision that killed four people in Midland County, Texas. The crash involving two vehicles happened at about 6:32 am January 14, 2017, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Luis Rangel Junior, of El Paso, Texas, was driving a 2007 F-150 pickup east on State Highway 158

Police have identified the victim killed and the suspect involved in a shooting in West El Paso Saturday night. Crimes Against Person officers responded to the shooting on the 4200 block of Canterbury in West El Paso. Police dispatchers said the call came in around 6:30 p.m. According to police, when officers arrived they found

Nerves quickly turned to big smiles at Sunday’s Special Olympics figure skating competition. “This is an event we do every year. It’s for them to show what they’ve done, their improvements from the year,” coach Esther Gonzalez said. “They love figure skating. They have a passion that whenever they skate, it’s just — they feel

A group of students from the Borderland will get to witness history as the nation’s next president is sworn into office on Friday. For eight months, students at Fabens High School fundraised thousands of dollars to pay for a trip to Washington D.C. The $1,359 price per student pays for airfare, hotel, a charter bus,

Theres a myriad of new road closures to be on the look out for, here is a list of the biggest ones. OVERNIGHT CLOSURES: 9 pm – 6 am I-10 west at Sunland Park exit ramp will be completely closed, motorist will be allowed to exit at Sunland Park and re-enter I-10 at the Sunland

A Dreamers rally in downtown El Paso drew hundreds of people Sunday. Congressman Beto O’Rourke hosted the rally in San Jacinto Plaza in downtown El Paso. This comes as the President-elect Donald Trump has promised to “immediately terminate” President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration to include deportation protection granted to Dreamers, a group of

City Hall and city department administration offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. City hall and all administrative offices resume regular business hours at 7 a.m. Tuesday. There will be no city council meeting on Tuesday. The following services and facilities will be open/closed Monday: CLOSED – El

Dallas police say two suspects have been taken into custody after bullets struck a police vehicle. No officers were injured. Police say the officers were working when they were fired upon Sunday. Police say the officers didn’t return fire and the suspects were taken into custody after a brief chase. Police say the investigation is

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – This time it was a catch, and another win for the Green Bay Packers. Call it a “Half Mary” from Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers threw a 36-yard pass to a toe-dragging Jared Cook on the sideline, and Mason Crosby kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired, sending the Packers to the

EL PASO, Texas (AP) – A man placed on the FBI’s list of 10 most-wanted fugitives after authorities said he killed two men in Milwaukee has been arrested in Texas. The FBI says 24-year-old Terry A.D. Strickland was arrested in El Paso. He was booked Sunday into the El Paso County jail, where records didn’t

WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President-elect Mike Pence says both he and Donald Trump welcome the oversight work by Congress into reports of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. In an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Pence said the incoming administration believes there is “no evidence of impact on voting machines,” adding

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) – An 18-year-old South Carolina woman abducted from a Florida hospital hours after her birth has met her biological family for the first time. Multiple media organizations report that Kamiyah Mobley met her birth parents on Saturday at the police department in Walterboro, the city 50 miles west of Charleston where she

SAN DIEGO (AP) – U.S. officials say Mexico’s inability to fully seal up border tunnels dug by drug smugglers poses a security risk and is an “open invitation” for cartels to carve out new tunnels. On the U.S. side, drug tunnels have been filled with concrete since 2007, after the Los Angeles Times reported that

Actor and former DirecTV advertising spokesperson Rob Lowe is among 390-thousand unique subscribers who will apparently not be able to watch Sunday’s NFL Playoffs due to a carriage dispute between DirecTV and News-Press and Gazette Broadcast. NPG Broadcast owns and operates television stations in ten markets, including KVIA and KKFX, the Fox affiliate in Santa

The power outage could have been caused by a crash at the Whataburger fast food restaurant located on Dyer Street and Fairbanks Road. A pickup truck lost control and crashed into two utility poles bringing down the power lines. Crews were working Sunday morning to get the power back on for residents. No word yet

City Hall and all City department administrative offices will be closed Monday, January 16th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The closures will end on Tuesday and offices will reopen at 7 a.m. and resume regular business hours. The following services and facilities will be closed on Monday: · El Paso Museum of

The Aggies shot less than 40-percent from the field and only connected on 3-14 three-pointers, but they still somehow managed to grind out a 63-58 victory over CSU Bakersfield Saturday night at the Pan American Center. NMSU trailed by seven at the half, but rallied in the second stanza, outscoring the Roadrunners by 12 en

Winning two games in a row hardly constitutes a winning streak, but the Miners will take it. UTEP improved to 4-13 on the year and can claim its first winning streak of the season after outlasting Florida Atlantic 66-65 in overtime Saturday night at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP took a three-point lead with 12

More than 200 Juarenses protested outside a gasoline distribution center in southern Cd, Juarez Saturday morning, angry about the government’s gas price hike in the new year.A thousand were expected to turn out but only about 200 showed up, less than other gatherings, saying no good can come out of Mexico’s gasoline being unaffordable. “Citizens

EL PASO, Texas (AP) – A former West Texas university student has been sentenced to three years of probation for his role in a gambling operation at the school that took bets from basketball players on different sports. The El Paso Times reports (http://bit.ly/2jtniNR ) that during a federal court hearing Friday, Michael Karpus apologized,

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A judge has dismissed the largest civil case that had been brought against South by Southwest, the city of Austin and others from victims of a 2014 crash during the music festival that killed four people and injured 20. The Austin American-Statesman reports (http://atxne.ws/2jGfsj5 ) the lawsuit had been brought by

Teams from 17 different schools came together at Chapin High School on Saturday to show off their robots. It was for the sixth-annual ‘First Tech’ robotics competition. Students spend months designing and programming their robots. The robots compete in different obstacle courses, and are awarded points for successfully completing a challenge. “This has become a

A Fort Bliss soldier is dead following a non-combat related incident. The Department of Defense issued a news release stating Spc. John P. Rodriguez died on January 12th at the U.S Army Central Command. Rodriguez was supporting the U.S Army Central Command, which is located in Tampa, Florida. It’s unclear what happened, but officials say

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) – A Texas man who was transporting rescue dogs to Colorado has died and four dogs are missing after a rollover crash on Interstate 25 in southern Colorado. Charles Roberts of Katy, Texas was driving a van at 2:50 a.m. Friday when he struck a guardrail between Walsenburg and Colorado City. Roberts,

Wienerschnitzel has joined a number of restaurants that left or closed their Mesa Street locations. The Wienerschnitzel located near UTEP at the corner of Mesa Street and Kerbey Avenue is now an Original Hamburger Stand. The two restaurants are sister companies, and if you look closely, there are still traces of Wienerschnitzel, including the walk-up

The crash happened Saturday shortly before 7 a.m. at the Anthony overpass at I-10 and Frontage Road. Police told ABC-7 the driver of the 18-wheeler was crossing the overpass when it ran out of gas. Police said the driver released the break and the semi started rolling back– hitting another vehicle and a police car.