Month: November 2018

A strong cold front is expected to combine with an approaching storm system to produce heavy snow in parts of New Mexico late this weekend and early in the coming week. The National Weather Service says impacts expected late Sunday and Monday in central and eastern New Mexico include isolated power outages as well as

A strong cold front is expected to combine with an approaching storm system to produce heavy snow in parts of New Mexico late this weekend and early in the coming week. The National Weather Service says impacts expected late Sunday and Monday in central and eastern New Mexico include isolated power outages as well as

The United American Veterans Organization put together the Downtown El Paso Veterans Day Parade on Saturday. People posted on sidewalks, supporting the military men and women who served our country. “They sacrificed for all of us,” said Vietnam veteran Fernando Torres. “I got drafted in 1967. I was sent to Vietnam in ’68 I came

The UTEP Miners took on the Braves of Alcorn State. Alcorn started the party by scoring first but UTEP then went on a 12 to nothing run. ASU would come back going on an 8 to 2 surge but the Miners were just two tough. Red shirt junior Ariana Gill scored 15 points. Gill was

The UTEP Miners were unable to win their second game in a row as they fell at home Saturday afternoon against Middle Tennessee by a final of 48-32. Middle Tennessee jumped out to a 14-0 lead less than six minutes into the game, as the Miners appeared to be a bit sluggish following their victory

A fire that sent a giant plume of black smoke over Horizon is being extinguished, as fire crews are still fighting the flames at a recycling plant. Horizon Fire received the first call about the fire around 1:30 p.m. The plume of smoke was so strong it could be seen from downtown El Paso. The

MONTWOOD 20 AMERICAS 29 FINAL CORONADO 42 PEBBLE HILLS 25 Final FRANKLIN 70 SOCORRO 33 Final RIVERSIDE 6 HANKS 30 Final EL DORADO 14 EASTWOOD 34 Final BEL AIR 14 EASTLAKE 49 Final JEFFERSON 15 BOWIE 65 Final CANUTILLO 13 PARKLAND 45 Final DEL VALLE 48 CHAPIN 13 Final ANDRESS 48 IRVIN 19 Final BURGES

Thousands of Central American migrants were back on the move Saturday, as dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisked members of a caravan headed to the U.S. border to the last stop on a line in the northern part of the capital. The first subway train pulled out before 5 a.m. local time, with police, metro

Rodney Terry, the new UTEP head basketball coach was looking for his second win of the season, but he’ll have to wait a little longer. The Miners took on their rivals, the NMSU Aggies, out at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces Friday night, but the evening belong to New Mexico State. UTEP started

The of El Paso’s refurbished Streetcars hit the streets of El Paso today. These are the same Streetcars that roamed the streets of downtown El Paso decades ago. The streetcars were a big hit with the people who had the opportunity to ride them. Elizabeth Villarreal said, “It was very nice, very smooth ride, it

Local photographers are capturing a historic moment as El Paso’s streetcars return to the downtown and uptown areas. “I love the people and culture of El Paso and Juarez, thus, my interest in the streetcars. There’s a lot of history with the streetcars between both El Paso and Juarez,” said Patrick Craig, who considers himself

Hundreds of asylum seekers waiting on the international bridges are being cleared and moved to a shelter as temperatures drop in the borderland. The Mexican Red Cross delegation in Juarez is helping move 195 asylum seekers from the Paso Del Norte bridge downtown to the Casa Del Migrante, Juarez’s main immigrant shelter. A group of

A man pulled over on suspicion of DWI attempted to flee from a police officer after he was pulled over, dragging and injuring the officer, police said. Tomas Barraza, 22, was stopped for alleged speeding on the 1300 block of Zaragosa shortly after 2 a.m. on November 9, 2018. The officer attempted to detain Barraza,

Doña Ana County Treasurer Eric L. Rodriguez has mailed 2018’s first-half property tax bills, and he reminds property owners that they have until Dec. 10 to pay their first-half property taxes before state-mandated interest and penalties begin to accumulate. You can send in your payments in one of four methods:By mailing payment to the Treasurer’s

The Democratic governor-elect of New Mexico says she is worried about the wellbeing of women and children in migrant caravans approaching the U.S. from Mexico and may reconsider the state’s decision to deploy local National Guard troops to the border. U.S. Congresswomen and Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham said Friday she doubts the credibility of information

A driver was sentenced to 55 years in prison Friday for causing a church bus crash in South Texas that killed 13 people . Jack Dillon Young, 21, of Leakey, was sentenced after a three-day hearing. He had faced up to 270 years in prison for the March 2017 collision. Young was driving his pickup

Five people were found dead in their burned-out vehicles after a Northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday. Only a day after it began, the blaze near the town of Paradise had grown to nearly

The gunman who killed 12 people at a country music bar in Southern California went on social media during the attack and posted about his mental state and whether people would believe he was sane, a law enforcement official said Friday. Also, one of the possibilities investigators are looking into is whether gunman Ian David

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s order denying asylum to migrants if they cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco and argues the new rules are against the law. Attorney Lee Gelernt says the regulations will put families

President Donald Trump issued an order Friday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the United States. Trump invoked the same powers he used last year to impose a travel ban that was upheld by the Supreme Court, and the new regulations

A Texas judge has ordered Child Protective Services to pay a family more than $127,000 for wrongfully removing their children and allegedly lying to the court about the removal. Harris County Judge Mike Schneider on Thursday announced sanctions against Child Protective Services after calling the agency “dishonest” and possibly “malicious” for removing Melissa and Dillon

A man is suspected of placing a credit card skimmer at an east El Paso ATM machine. Detectives with the El Paso Police Department are asking for the public’s help identifying the man, recorded by security cameras at the store. At about 7 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, July 28, 2018, the suspect walked

Beto O’Rourke didn’t turn Texas blue. But for the first time in decades, it’s looking much less red. The midterm elections in Texas ousted a Republican who carried a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people, drove out a GOP lawmaker who called federal immigration agents on Hispanic protesters and gave Democrats in Houston run of the

About 500 Central American migrants headed out of Mexico City on Friday to embark on the longest and most dangerous leg of their journey to the U.S. border, while thousands more were waiting one day more at a massive improvised shelter. The group that got a head start bundled their few possessions and started off,

Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested an El Paso pastor accused of sex crimes involving a child. On Thursday, November 8, 2018, the deputies assigned to the Criminal Warrants and Fugitive Apprehension Section arrested Pastor Jean Jacob Jeudy, 48, on three outstanding criminal warrants. The sheriff’s office said Jeudy was taken into

This weekend, the Sun City will host several events ahead of Veteran’s Day. On Friday morning, more than a dozen volunteers, many of them veterans, showed up to Fort Bliss National Cemetery and braved the cold temperatures to help put up more than fifty American flags along the entrance of the cemetery. The cemetery director,

There is a crash on I-10 West and Lee Trevino that is blocking the left lane. Drivers should take Montana or Gateway West to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

This Veterans Day, a new report is highlighting the best cities for former service men and women to live. According to personal-finance website WalletHub.com, Austin, Texas comes in at number one. That’s followed by Scottsdale, AZ, Colorado Springs, CO, Raleigh, NC and Gilbert, AZ. The report compares the 100 largest U.S. cities across 18 key

Animals Services will be holding free pet adoptions this weekend for veterans, active military and their families. It starts Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Animal services says the event aims to connect military families with shelter pets, while honoring their service. All adoptions include the animal’s spay/neuter procedure, initial age-appropriate vaccinations,

Closures All city administrative and municipal offices will be closed on Monday, Nov. 12 in observance of Veterans Day. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. on Nov. 13 and the regularly scheduled City Council meeting will begin at 9 a.m. For a complete list of city closures visit elpasotexas.gov and click on the Veterans Day