Month: December 2018

Border Patrol Agents in Fort Hancock, Texas seized a Chevrolet Silverado after its driver crossed the Rio Grande with $853,280 in Marijuana inside the pickup. The bust happened Friday afternoon near the farm community, about a 50 minute drive southeast of El Paso. Officials said agents patrolling along the Rio Grande encountered tire tracks of

There is a major crash on I-10 West and Copia. The crash is blocking the left lane and shoulder. Drivers should take Montana or Alameda to avoid this area.

A video posted by a Socorro High School teacher on Twitter is going viral. The video was posted by Ms. Blancas on Friday, and as of Monday morning, it had been viewed more than 10 million times. The video shows first-grade students at Dr. Sue Shook Elementary School leaving the classroom, but before fully walking

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is trading the badge for a bag — a gift bag, that is. The office is holding its annual “Santa with a Badge” Toy Drive in hopes of providing over 2,000 toys to children in the unincorporated, less wealthy areas of El Paso County. The sheriff’s office is asking

More than a dozen art colleges and universities are in El Paso Tuesday to recruit potential art students from the El Paso Independent School District. EPISD said it is one of the few school systems in Texas that organizes a college fair specifically for students looking to attend art schools. This is the second year

Don’t worry, your “Friends” will still be there for you in 2019. Some hardcore fans of the classic sitcom were worried the show was going to be cut from Netflix in the new year. There had been a notice on the streaming platform saying episodes would only be available until Jan. 1. However, an executive

New Mexico would trade in its Columbus Day holiday for a tribute to Native Americans instead under a bill being drafted in anticipation of next year’s legislative session. The proposed legislation to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day from Democratic state Rep. Derrick Lente, a tribal member of Sandia Pueblo, has cleared its first

UPDATE: Of the 98,204 registered voters living in the Upper Valley, on the west side and in Downtown El Paso, only 1 percent have voted in the two runoff elections that will decide the remaining city council seats. According to the El Paso County Elections Office website, 1,307 people have cast a ballot since early

The nation’s capital embraced George H.W. Bush in death Monday with solemn ceremony and tributes to his service and decency, as the remains of the 41st president took their place in the Capitol rotunda for three days of mourning by the political elite and everyday citizens alike. With Bush’s casket atop the Lincoln Catafalque, first

Riverside High School announced plans this summer to honor some of the best head coaches they’ve ever had. That included naming their football stadium after Tom Work and baseball field after Jim Melendez. On Monday, the Rangers honored legendary basketball coach Jim Forbes by naming the gym in his honor. Forbes spent 20 years with

The West Texas ID Camp is returning for another year this Saturday. The annual soccer camp gives girls a chance to be seen by various colleges including New Mexico State, Abilene Christian, Louisiana Tech, Eastern New Mexico University, and many more. The camp costs $80 per participant and is open to those in grades 9-12.

Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband may feel like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69. A Dutch court on Monday rejected Ratelband’s request to shave 20 years off his age in a case that drew worldwide attention. “Mr. Ratelband is at liberty to feel 20 years younger than his real age

A trial is underway for the man accused of driving drunk, crashing into a stop sign and causing the sign to fatally wound a pedestrian. Police charged 26-year old Lorenzo Anchondo, of Sunland Park, New Mexico, with Intoxication Manslaughter. The deadly wreck happened shortly before 2 a.m. at Mississippi and Stanton in March 2017. Police

The city of Las Cruces and Las Cruces Public Schools are partnering to help low-income students from Lynn Middle School. “It is a symbol of our community coalescing around a set of values,” said David Greenberg, the district’s community schools coordinator. Lynn Middle School is one of 5,000 “community schools” around the country, which serve

U.S. Border Patrol agents took more than 400 migrants into custody Monday morning after the migrants turned themselves in at the border fence, just south of Ascarate Park. The migrants were walking on the U.S. side of the border near the border fence that runs along the Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway. They weren’t all

A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld a nearly $1.3 billion award against a pro racecar driver who was sent to prison following a conviction of cheating consumers through his payday loan businesses. Information Scott Tucker’s companies provided consumers did not accurately disclose the loans’ terms, a unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit

Congressional leaders introduced a two-week funding bill Monday to avert a partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s border wall, as business in the Capitol came to a standstill for ceremonies honoring former President George H.W. Bush. The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Dec. 21, two weeks after a Friday deadline when

Mexico’s newly inaugurated president kicked off his first Monday in office with something not seen in recent history – a news conference and a pledge to hold one every working day of his six-year term to keep the people informed. Two days after taking the oath as the first leftist president in decades of technocrats,

Mexican authorities have confirmed that a journalist was found slain in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit. The spokesman for Mexico’s newly inaugurated president identified the journalist as Jesus Marquez Jimenez of the Orion Informativo news site. Spokesman Jesus Ramirez said Monday that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration “deeply regretted” the death. The press

Yvette Herrell’s campaign Monday morning began inspecting the 8,500 absentee ballots from Doña Ana County midterm elections. “Today we are complying with the petition that was initiated by the Herrell campaign,” said Doña Ana County Clerk Amanda López Askin. “We are offering our absentee ballots to be reviewed, scanned, whatever they need to do.” Herrell’s

George H.W. Bush came back to Washington for a final time Monday, heading for the Capitol to lie in state as the nation paid tribute to the 41st president for a lifetime of service that began in the Navy during World War II, ended with four years as president and was characterized throughout by what

President Donald Trump complained Monday about how much the U.S. spends on weapons in an “uncontrollable” arms race with Russia and China, though he vastly overstated how much is spent on actual weapons, even under a budget his administration has increased. The president said in a tweet that the U.S. has spent $716 billion this

The El Paso woman accused of crushing Hydrocodone pills, then feeding the drug to a five month old baby, did so deliberately with the intent to kill the child, a criminal complaint obtained by ABC-7 states. Police arrested 34-year-old Sapphire Elizabeth Araujo, of the 8600 block of Essex Drive, on November 20, 2018. Police charged

Here are the more than 100 DWI arrest photos for November 2018. KVIA app users, CLICK HERE to launch the slideshow.

Like he does every day, JJ Frantz said he took a stroll around his northeast El Paso neighborhood on Friday night. “Before I knew it, I was down,” Frantz said. “It was so quick. By the time you see it, you’re done.” At the dark intersection of Echo Street and Sunrise Avenue, Frantz said he

Fewer than 600 of an estimated 150,000 Texas patients with uncontrollable epileptic seizures have been prescribed a low-THC oil derived from cannabis under the state’s restrictive medical marijuana program. Roughly 45 doctors have signed up to prescribe cannabidiol, or CBD, almost a year after the first marijuana plants were legally harvested in Texas, the San

President Donald Trump kept up pressure Monday on congressional Democrats over funding for his promised border wall, even as lawmakers appeared likely to avert a partial government shutdown this week with a stopgap measure. Democrats have little interest in providing the $5 billion Trump wants for the border with Mexico. And even some Republicans balk

There is a crash on Loop 375 near Spur 601 at Exit 28. Emergency crews are on the scene blocking the right lane. There are injuries reported in the crash. Take Railroad Dr. or US-54 Southbound to avoid this area.

There is a stalled vehicle on I-10 East and Asarco. There are delays in the area, it is blocking the left lane. Drivers should take Mesa or Paisano to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

There is a major delay on Loop 375 and Blasam. There is no crash ahead but a lot of official activity on the roads. Drivers should take Alameda to avoid this area.