Month: January 2017

IBF World Featherweight champion Jennifer Han will defend her title for the third time on Feb. 17 at the Don Haskins Center. Han will be fighting on a card that also includes Mexican superstar Jose Felix. Felix will fight Jonathan Maicelo of Peru, while Han will take on Canada’s Olivia Gerula, a former world champion

President Obama Tuesday commuted the prison sentences of three El Paso-area men. German Gallegos, of Fabens, Texas, was convicted of “Importing a quantity of marijuana greater than 100 kilograms and “Possessing, with intent to distribute, a quantity of marijuana greater than 100 kilograms.” On July 16, 2008, Gallegos was sentenced to 20 years in prison

A grand jury has indicted the 22-year-old man involved in a crash that resulted in the death of two teenagers and their unborn child. The crash happened Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 8:40 pm on the 8700 block of Diana. Police announced Tuesday a grand jury indicted 22-year old Mario Gonzalo Lopez on three counts

A woman driving north on U.S. 54 made an “unsafe lane change” and collided with a transport bus, police said. The collision happened at about 11:40 pm Monday near U.S. 54 and Stan Roberts in Northeast El Paso. 27-year-old Jane Rosales was driving a 2008 Dodge Avenger with two passengers: a 7-year-old girl and a

The pedestrian struck by a car while trying to cross the 1300 block of Zaragoza Friday, January 6th died as a result of his injuries Tuesday morning, police said. Police said 54-year-old David Holden was driving a maroon 2004 Honda Civic north on Zaragoza as 51-year-old Edward Dwain Thomas attempted to cross the street. Holden

Police arrested an alleged drunk driver accused of speeding 86 mph on a 35 mph zone Friday January 13th. An officer assigned to the police department’s DWI Task Force arrested 49-year-old Michael Hunt on the 11600 block of Vista Del Sol at about 2:05 am. Hunt was driving a Ford Mustang eastbound on Vista Del

General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in U.S. factories and add thousands of new white-collar jobs, measures that have been in the works for years but were announced Tuesday after criticism from President-elect Donald Trump. In all, the Detroit automaker said it will create or keep 7,000 jobs in the next few years, including

In a biting attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the outgoing U.S. administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations and said those who are doing it are “worse than prostitutes.” The statement reflected the Kremlin’s boiling anger at President Barack Obama’s administration, which declined to comment on Putin’s

More than 40 House Democrats plan to boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, casting the Republican businessman as a threat to democracy. Reps. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, Jerrold Nadler of New York and Don Beyer of Virginia on Monday joined a growing list of lawmakers who will not attend Trump’s swearing-in at the U.S.

As Donald Trump approaches his inauguration, young Americans have a deeply pessimistic view about his incoming administration, with young blacks, Latinos and Asian Americans particularly concerned about what’s to come in the next four years. That’s according to a new GenForward poll of Americans aged 18 to 30, which found that the country’s young adults

The Presidential Inaugural Committee says Donald Trump will be sworn in as president Friday using two Bibles – his own and the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used at his first inauguration. The oath of office will be administered by Chief Justice John Roberts. Committee chairman Tom Barrack says Trump “is humbled to place his hand

Senate Bill 4 filed by Senator Charles Perry aims to punish “Sanctuary Cities.” While there is no concrete definition of a “Sanctuary City” it typically refers to local governments that fail to enforce federal immigration laws. Those that fail to enforce the laws could lose out of state funding. The bill would allow local police

A crash on I-10 East and Executive has now created a very heavy traffic situation. There is a buildup in the area going as far back at I-10 and MM-14.

El Paso’s newest teaching hospital, The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus opened its doors to the public Tuesday. “When we say we’re a full service community hospital we mean if your family is delivering a baby, has an emergency, we’re your hospital,” said Nicholas Tejeda, the hospital’s chief executive officer. The hospital has a partnership

Here is a list of road closures to be on the lookout for! Horizon City tonight is the first night of your extended closures, plan ahead to avoid traffic! OVERNIGHT CLOSURES: 9 pm – 6 am (15-17) I-10 west at Sunland Park exit ramp will be completely closed, motorist will be allowed to exit at

“Off to another adventure”, read a photo posted by Mabel Torres the morning of January 10, showing the beginning of a vacation to Mexico with her boyfriend Marcos Vasquez. The El Paso couple had no idea their adventure would turn into a life or death situation just days later. Just before dawn early Monday morning,

In a bid to accept more recruits, the Air Force is changing its tattoo policy next month. One of the major policies the Air Force said it is zapping out is the “25 percent rule,” which limited the size of tattoos outlines tattoos on the chest, back, arms and legs. Matthew Soto is the general

UPDATE: On Monday, a road builder contracted by the district graded a Las Cruces road damaged by Saturday’s rain storm. Las Cruces Public School District Spokeswoman Jo Galvan says it’ll be a temporary fix, but it will probably be up to the homeowners to find a permanent solution. Galvan says on Tuesday a team will

Dak Prescott tried to negotiate the length of his second meeting with reporters in less than 24 hours after experiencing the pain of a last-play loss in the NFL playoffs for the first time. The Dallas rookie quarterback told someone to pick the maximum number of questions, and when he thought it was too high,

U.S. Air Force investigators have determined that post-traumatic stress disorder and the unraveling of a distinguished military career led an airman to fatally shoot his commander last year at a San Antonio base before killing himself, according to Air Force documents. The April shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland prompted a lockdown and officials to

A Bruce Springsteen cover band has changed its tune about performing at a Washington gala the day before Republican Donald Trump’s inauguration. The B Street Band decided to pull out of the Thursday night performance at the New Jersey State Society’s gala. Band leader Willie Forte said Monday the decision was based “solely on the

Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump attempted to navigate the fallout of his flap with a civil rights leader and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while also losing a member of his incoming administration to accusations of plagiarism. Trump on Monday met with one of King’s sons on the holiday marking the

A Las Cruces school did not close its doors on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, all for a good cause. While many students enjoyed the federal holiday at home, students at the new America School in Las Cruces rolled up their sleeves and went to work. High schoolers painted over graffiti inside the drainage tunnels

With eager anticipation, the Kremlin is counting the days to Donald Trump’s inauguration and venting its anger at Barack Obama’s outgoing administration, no holds barred. Careful not to hurt chances for a thaw in U.S.-Russia relations, President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials have deferred questions about their plans for future contacts with Trump and

The outgoing CIA director charged on Sunday that Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States, delivering a public lecture to the president-elect that further highlighted the bitter state of Trump’s relations with American intelligence agencies. John Brennan’s pointed message on national television came just five days before

As a candidate, Donald Trump said he wanted to make America’s infrastructure great again. As president, he’ll have plenty of ways to get started in his new hometown. The Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington’s most recognizable span over the Potomac River, is in such bad shape that it will be closed to all vehicular traffic during

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected in Washington for the inauguration of Donald Trump, but hundreds of thousands are also expected to demonstrate against him or his agenda. A look at some of the groups expected to protest in Washington surrounding Inauguration Day: ANSWER COALITION The anti-war group the ANSWER Coalition is planning Inauguration

European Union nations reacted with surprise and defiance Monday to comments by President-elect Donald Trump, who said in an interview that he believed NATO was “obsolete” and that more member states would leave the 28-nation EU. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, speaking ahead of an EU foreign ministers meeting, said Trump’s view on NATO and

His inauguration days away, President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to lash out at critics in the intelligence community and Democrats in Congress who are vowing to skip his swearing-in ceremony. The tough-talking Republican questioned whether the CIA director himself was “the leaker of fake news” in a Sunday night tweet. The extraordinary criticism from the