Month: July 2017

El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz will be releasing a statement concerning increased immigration enforcement and what the Diocese plans to do to help migrants in the Borderland. Seitz will release his “Sorrow and Mourning, Flee Away”, Pastoral Letter on Migration and the Border. He claims that an increase in immigration enforcement including deportation and detention

Fort Bliss welcomed dozens and dozens of soldiers to the United States after a nine-month-long mission in the Middle East. “I’m so excited to see my kids,” said Specialist Doris Guerra. “I have two little girls waiting for me.” The troops are part of the 29th Infantry Division, which is made up of the Virginia

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At Wimbledon, tennis players shake hands at the beginning and end of each match. Boxers exchange fist-bumps before they start knocking each other’s brains out. As a special session of the Texas Legislature commences, state leaders are trash-talking each other. If you were hoping the gathering that begins Tuesday would offer civility and a fresh

I-10 west closed at Sunland Park I-10 West closed at Viscount Paisano closed from Supr 1966 to San Antonio Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane closed from Sunland Park to Buena vista El Paso Street car closures: Long term closures Paisano Drive closed to traffic between Chihuahua street and El Paso. Pasiano Drive closed

Neighbors on Socorro’s Coker road are cleaning up after hard rains Saturday.The roads along their houses were flooded, bringing in dirt, mud, and water into their homes; after being told these were private roads the cleanup falls on themResidents say construction in far east El Paso over the past 17 years has pushed water down

The City of Socorro has a new mayor, Ivy Avalos, who won the mayoral race Saturday night beating her closest challenger, Elia Garcia, by 13 votes. In the race for the city’s District 2 representative race Jesus Ruiz won with 51 votes, beating two other candidates. Unlike other elections within the county of El Paso,

A New Mexico family is renewing an effort to seek a Purple Heart for a family member who was injured during a firefight on a battlefield in Morocco and spent 14 months as a prisoner. George Gay left his farm in Hatch to enlist in the Army during World War II. After three years, Gay

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday he will delay consideration of health care legislation in the Senate, after Sen. John McCain’s announced absence following surgery left Republicans short of votes on their marquee legislation. McConnell’s announcement amounted to another setback for GOP efforts, promoted by President Donald Trump, to repeal and replace “Obamacare” after years

Cissy Lizarraga will represent District 8 in the El Paso City Council. The former EPISD educator trailed businessman Robert Cormell by three points after early votes were tallied, but Lizarraga ended up garnering 55 percent of the 3,310 votes. District 8 stretches from South El Paso to Downtown to the West Side. The city of

A young El Paso track & field team has qualified in multiple events for nationals this July. The team of 11-12 year-olds are running for the El Paso Panthers. The team was established in 2015 and 20 of its 50 athletes have qualified for nationals. “We’ve been very blessed, the team has been very blessed,”

The downtown neighborhood of Duranguito is now nearly empty. As the months have gone by, neighbors have been slowly leaving the area, but a couple of residents are bent on staying. 52 year Duranguito resident Antonia Morales explained her landlord has asked her to move, something she does not want to do. Morales is the

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The startup company behind a popular immersive art exhibition space in New Mexico sought out small-scale internet investors Saturday as it lays the groundwork to take its themed entertainment to one or more major metropolitan markets. More than 500,000 visitors have flocked to Meow Wolf’s kaleidoscopic walk- and crawl-through exhibit

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A funeral for the American tourist who was fatally beaten in Greece took place Saturday in his hometown of Austin, Texas, King-Tears Mortuary, the funeral home handling the body, confirmed. The service began at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church in Austin, according to King-Tears Mortuary. Greek police

Federal authorities and police in one southern New Mexico community are searching for a man who robbed a Deming bank. The FBI says the man, wearing a boonie hat and a camouflage jacket, walked into the First Savings Bank on Thursday morning. Armed with a shotgun, he demanded money from a teller and left with

New Mexico State police say a 22 year old Las Cruces man has died after being struck by a car while crossing Interstate 25. The crash happened on Thursday, July 13 around 10:18 p.m. Investigators say Frankie Vigil attempted to run across all 6 lanes of the highway when he was struck by a passing

New Mexico state police say a motorcyclist was killed on State Road 404 Thursday morning. Investigators say a 2006 Pontiac sport utility vehicle was traveling west on state road 404 when the driver, 37 year old Daniel Sapien of El Paso, drove into on coming traffic and struck the motorcycle heading in the opposite direction.

Voters in the borderland will decided who will be the next mayor of Socorro and who will become city representative for District 8. Those running for Socorro mayor are: Elia Garcia, Joe Ramirez, Alejandro Garcia and Ivy Avalos. District 8 will come down to Robert Cormell and Cissy Lizarraga. Last month, Cormell received more than

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched his re-election campaign with no challengers yet in sight and a new immigration crackdown that could test Hispanic voters in 2018. Supporters cheered Friday when Abbott hailed a new “sanctuary cities” ban that lets police ask people during routine stops whether they’re in the U.S. legally. The largest

The man who led police on a high-speed vehicle pursuit in Las Cruces, and along I-25 and I-10, was arrested Thursday evening and charged with at least two felonies. Zachary Stephen Reeder, 39, of Marana, Ariz., is charged with one count of aggravated assault on a peace officer and one count of aggravated fleeing or

Colin Cowherd, host of “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on Fox Sports, compared Conor McGregor’s chances against Floyd Mayweather to those of UTEP football against Oklahoma. UTEP was listed on Friday by some books as a 44-point underdog in their opener on Sept. 2 at Oklahoma. Mayweather is expected to be a huge favorite come

El Paso Police say they continue to see a significant spike in the number of gang related cases in the Borderland and they need the help of the public to turn that trend around. The numbers are a bit alarming and EPPD agrees. Midway through 2017, the recently expanded gang unit is handling 150 more

Police arrested the two teenagers who allegedly lit fireworks inside Cielo Vista Mall. Gabriel Sebastian Gonzalez, 17, of the 12000 block of Sun Flare is charged with Criminal Mischief. A 15-year-old male juvenile was also charged with Criminal Mischief. Police did not release that suspect’s identity or mugshot. The two teenagers allegedly set off fireworks

Several leaders in the New Mexico Democratic party condemn U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce’s decision to run for governor and are attacking his record. The three points that the democrats attacked most were education, healthcare and immigration. “He is a ideologue who put ideology and right-wing philosophy above the interest of New Mexicans,” said Richard Ellenberg,

Customs and Border Protection officers seized a small load of cocaine hidden inside a 4×4 truck’s front differentials, officials said. The seizure of 5.45 pounds of cocaine was made just after noon Thursday when a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado arrived at the Bridge of the Americas from Mexico. CBP officers selected the vehicle for a more

The City of El Paso is the best run city in Texas, according to the latest rankings unveiled in a study released by Wallethub.com. “We are on the right track. El Paso employees work hard every day to meet the demand for services, and the results of the study validate their efforts to advance our

A judge has ordered an Austin police detective to stand trial on claims she was criminally negligent in a case that could ultimately address to what lengths gun owners must go to secure their firearms. An August trial is scheduled for Detective Brenda Bermudez, the subject of a wrongful death lawsuit in Bastrop County. The

With less than a week before the start of a special session of the Texas Legislature, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick laid out a proposal Thursday to give teachers bonuses and increase their retirement benefits, with plans to pay for both long-term using money from the Texas lottery. Patrick called a press conference to roll out

As the opioid epidemic skyrockets across the nation, there are prevention efforts happening at the state and local level. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that from 2000 to 2015, more than half a million people died from drug overdoses, 91 Americans die every year from an opioid overdose. In May, the Texas

Authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are crediting an Amazon Echo with calling 911 during what they called a violent assault. Manuel Gonzalez III, the sheriff of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department, said the call to 911 prompted police to get to the scene and help save a woman and her daughter from a “very violent”