Month: July 2018

The Historical Commission heard an impassioned speech made by J.P. Bryan Friday morning. Bryan is a Texas businessman, and ally of historian Max Grossman, who wants to preserve the Duranguito and stop the building of an arena in that area. Bryan made quite a few allegations against the city in his speech to The Historical

The Oklahoma City Dodgers scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning, but would not cross home plate again as the Chihuahuas rallied for an 8-2 win in their series opener Friday night on the road. Diego Goris hit a grand slam in the top of the sixth inning to account for half

Following historic basketball and football seasons, New Mexico State’s athletic director released the long-awaited news about the salary increases for the head coaches in both sports. “We wanted to do as best as we could with a limited amount of funds,” said Mario Moccia, the school’s athletic director. The university’s restructuring of the athletic department’s

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Carrie Fisher is not done with “Star Wars” after all – Lucasfilm says unreleased footage of the actress will be used in the next installment of the “Star Wars” saga to draw her character’s story to an end. The studio and writer-director J.J. Abrams announced Friday that footage of Fisher shot

El Paso Police are on the scene of a deadly crash at 9600 Dyer and Harlan. Police say the crash involved two vehicles and one person died at the scene. Multiple people are being transported to a hospital with injuries, police say. The southbound lanes are shut down. Find an alternative route if planning to

The work continues to repair a utility bridge that was damaged last week after the driver of a semi-truck crashed into it. And El Paso drivers need to be prepared because those repairs will require a complete closure of I-10 in about 2 weeks. The repairs will be collaborative effort between TXDOT and El Paso

The U.S. military remains released by North Korea on Friday will be sent to a military lab in Hawaii, where they’ll enter a system that routinely identifies service members from decades-old conflicts. Identifications depend on combining multiple lines of evidence, and they can take time: Some cases aren’t resolved for decades. Dog tags found with

Former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson is considering jumping into the race for U.S. Senate in New Mexico as the current Libertarian candidate prepares to drops out. Johnson consultant Ron Nielson told The Associated Press on Friday that the former New Mexico governor is “strongly considering” running for U.S. Senate if Libertarian candidate Aubrey

A Mexican journalist detained in a remote West Texas immigration facility while asking the U.S. government for asylum was released from detention Thursday night. Emilio Gutierrez Soto and his adult son, Oscar, said the two were released from the El Paso, Texas, facility without bond, said their attorney, Eduardo Beckett. The agreement by U.S. Immigration

Skywatchers around much of the world have begun watching a complete lunar eclipse that is the longest of this century. The so-called “blood moon,” when it turns a deep red, is visible at different times in Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe and South America when the sun, Earth and moon line up perfectly, casting Earth’s shadow

Shy children were given a meal and a plane or bus ticket to locations around the U.S. as nonprofit groups tried to smooth the way for kids reunited with their parents following their separations at the U.S. Mexico border. The Trump administration said Thursday that more than 1,800 children 5 years and older had been

A live tiger cub that was abandoned in a duffel bag at the U.S. border is settling into his new home in Texas. Kenobi arrived Thursday night at In-Sync Exotics , an animal sanctuary in Wylie, 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Dallas. Border Patrol agents discovered the cub April 30 while patrolling along the

The chairman of the Texas Historical Commission will seek legal advice as the commission reviews the decision by the Texas Antiquities Advisory Board to request more evidence and documentation of historical artifacts before the board makes a recommendation on 12 properties in the Duranguito neighborhood in Downtown El Paso. The Antiquities Advisory Board examines nominations

Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels, said Thursday that he now represents three additional women who he says had relationships with President Donald Trump and were paid “hush money” before the 2016 presidential election. Avenatti disclosed the information at a community forum in West Hollywood, California, but he would not provide additional

President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated the release of new economic data, claiming the U.S. is now the “economic envy of the entire world.” Trump was responding to new growth numbers announced on Friday that show the U.S. economy surged in the April-June quarter to an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent – the fastest

There is a delay building on I-10 West near downtown yet again. This is the area where the utility bridge construction continues. Along I-10 West and Kansas traffic is reduced to just two lanes and a bottle neck is created. Take Montana or Gateway to avoid this area.

This is the story of a drug-sniffing police dog with a bounty on its head. Sombra, a six-year-old German shepherd, has helped Colombia’s police detect more than 2,000 kilos of cocaine hidden in suitcases, boats and large shipments of fruit. But as the dog sniffs her way toward record cocaine interdictions, she has also become

Prosecutors say two men arrested in North Texas during a Mexican kidnapping and ransom scheme have been sentenced to U.S. prison for extortion. Nygul Anderson and Albert Gonzalez, both age19, were sentenced Monday in Fort Worth. Anderson received three years. Gonzalez must serve 30 months. Both were convicted of conspiracy to use an interstate facility

President Donald Trump congratulated Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys football team, for saying his players will be required to stand for the playing of the national anthem. Trump tweeted Friday: “Way to go Jerry. This is what the league should do!” Jones was the first owner to publicly say that his players

EPFD unveiled their drone program today. They have been in use since the beginning of July but today was the official unveiling. The drones were used when the utility bridge was hit by a truck and caught fire. They were used to inspect the truses in place of sending a fire fighter to inspect the

Court documents show that the murder trial for Hisaias Justo Lopez is scheduled to begin Friday. His first trial ended in a mistrial back in April. The jury couldn’t come to a decision over whether Lopez killed an off-duty Border Patrol agent by stabbing him in the eye after a bar fight with Isaac Morales

El Paso’s University Medical Center is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Outpatients Clinic. In celebration, the center is holding an event where students can receive free backpacks. To be eligible, they have to schedule or receive immunizations or school physicals on July 28. The event is happening at both locations, UMC East at 1521

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has challenged Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke to five topical debates before Election Day, about three months after O’Rourke challenged Cruz to six. Cruz strategist Jeff Roe sent a letter Wednesday to O’Rourke, an El Paso congressman, proposing the following debate schedule: Aug. 31 in Dallas on “Jobs/Taxes/Federal Regulations/National Economy” Sept.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has challenged Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke to five topical debates before Election Day, about three months after O’Rourke challenged Cruz to six. Cruz strategist Jeff Roe sent a letter Wednesday to O’Rourke, an El Paso congressman, proposing the following debate schedule: Aug. 31 in Dallas on “Jobs/Taxes/Federal Regulations/National Economy” Sept.

A Mexican journalist detained in an immigration facility while asking the U.S. government for asylum was released from detention tonight. Emilio Gutierrez Soto and his adult son, Oscar, said the two were released from the El Paso facility on Montana Ave. without bond. “The fight for political asylum continues, a fight that’s been going on

Las Cruces boxer Ariana Carrasco describes her style as more finesse than firepower, but she can throw some big punches when she needs to do so. “I’m more technical. So, I just like to see where my shots are. And if I can get a knockout or whatever, I’ll go with it,” she said. So

New Mexico State has done all it can to keep men’s basketball coach Chris Jans, and those efforts have paid off in a big way. Jans agreed to a restructured deal Thursday designed to keep him in Las Cruces through the 2021-22 season. According to NMSU Athletic Director Mario Moccia, private donations played a role

With the high school football season just around the corner, the Ysleta School District will be enhancing the fan experience with new video scoreboards at all 7 of its high schools. The scoreboards are still being installed and the boards should be ready for the start of the high school football season. Eastwood head football

On Twitter Thursday, country legend Toby Keith praised the Las Cruces Police Department’s new lip sync video, which has already gone viral. Keith gave the department a shout-out for the officers’ rendition of “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” in Las Cruces,” where he says he filmed his music video. “It was a cumulation of everybody’s ideas,”

Dallas police say six people have been wounded in an overnight drive-by shooting in a residential neighborhood. Authorities say the victims include a 14-year-old boy who was critically hurt by the gunfire late Wednesday in a neighborhood southeast of downtown Dallas. Officers had been called to the scene for a report of a drive-by shooting.