Month: March 2019

The New Mexico State women’s basketball team survived an upset-minded UMKC team Friday in overtime in the WAC Tournament semifinals thanks in large part to 36 points from Gia Pack. Pack connected on two consecutive three-pointers to kick off the scoring in the overtime period as NMSU held on for a 91-80 victory. Monique Mills

A Bel Air Senior is making her dreams become a reality as she became one of only 500 students nationwide, and the only one in El Paso, to earn the Coca-Cola Scholarship. “It’s just such a humbling experience,” Vanessa Carrillo, a senior at Bel Air High School, told ABC-7. Apart from earning the Coca-Cola scholarship,

A 57-year-old Texas police captain has been arrested and charged on allegations he shared nude photos of a woman without her permission. Amarillo police Capt. Jason Zang was arrested Friday on a charge of unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material. The felony charge carries a sentence of up to two years. Chief Ed

The off-duty El Paso Police officer charged with DWI allegedly told officers who responded to the wreck that he drank two beers and two tequila shots in the hours before he crashed while looking down at his cell phone, a criminal complaint states. Thomas Sneed, 38, was driving a Dodge Ram pickup north on Piedras

Workers on Bernie Sanders’ 2020 Democratic campaign have unionized, becoming the first presidential campaign staffers in history to do so. Sanders, campaigning in South Carolina on Friday, said he was proud of the distinction. “We cannot just support unions with words, we must back it up with actions,” he tweeted. “On this campaign and when

Democratic presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to connect with voters’ important issues on the ground – or, in some cases, underground. The U.S. senator from New York held two roundtable discussions Friday in New Hampshire communities struggling with contaminated water. The second was in Merrimack, where hundreds of private wells in the town near

Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign says the Vermont senator has been treated at a walk-in clinic for a minor injury while campaigning in South Carolina. Campaign spokesman Arianna Jones told reporters that Sanders cut his head on the edge of a glass shower door Friday and went to a walk-in clinic. She says the 77-year-old Sanders

A bill that would allow same-day voter registration in New Mexico has been passed by the Legislature and is on its way to the governor. The House and Senate on Thursday endorsed a final version of the bill that also expands automated registration services to new state agencies. Democratic New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie

President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. Flanked by law enforcement officials as well as the parents of children killed by people in the country illegally, Trump maintained that he is not through fighting for his signature campaign promise,

El Paso city leaders are close to bringing back electric scooters as a fresh new mode of public transportation. Since the start of 2019, city leaders have already approved an ordinance for the scooters with rules and regulations having been adopted. Scooter companies like Glide, Bird and Lime have been in constant contact with the

Newly unsealed documents from the U.S. trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman detail the behind-the-scenes efforts by prosecutors to keep out evidence potentially damaging to their witnesses and embarrassing to the government, including beliefs in mysticism, sex with minors and secret deals with drug enforcement agents. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan mostly

Greyhound Lines Inc. is no longer allowing U.S. authorities to drop off immigrant families inside bus stations, forcing those who have been released from custody to wait outside until they have a ticket. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that it had been asked to drop off migrants outside

President Donald Trump and his national security team had an hourlong, classified meeting on Afghanistan on Friday, a day after a top Afghan official openly complained that the Trump administration was keeping his government in the dark about its negotiations with the Taliban. The meeting in the secure room at the Pentagon called “the tank”

The top strategist for Sen. Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign is working for a likely Republican challenger to President Donald Trump. Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld told The Associated Press on Friday that Stuart Stevens is his general consultant as he explores a primary bid against Trump. Stevens joins former New Hampshire GOP chairwoman Jennifer

Investigators charged a man accused of sexually assaulting his alleged victim over a period of five years, said Las Cruces Police officials. Gilbert P. Uranga, 53, of the 1300 block of Eucalyptus Drive, is facing a charge of criminal sexual penetration. Police said the alleged victim was incapable of consenting to sexual activities. LCPD investigators

Just in case you missed it, Beto O’Rourke is running for president.He officially announced his campaign early Thursday morning, posting a video on Twitter. His 2020 race starting with voters in Iowa where he’s set to crisscross the first-caucus state through Saturday.With seven scheduled stops and more in between he plans to speak with potential

Neon Desert Music Festival has announced the lineups for its 2019 two-day event in Downtown El Paso. The first day will be headlined by Pop singer Miguel, electronic music acts Rezz and Steve Aoki. The second day will include rappers Wiz Khalifa and Young Thug. Neon Desert is scheduled for May 25 and May 26.

Juan Carlos Perla says he spent his first night in the U.S. in a cold immigration cell with 21 others at the nation’s busiest border crossing. Fluorescent lights were always on in the basement holding area. Space was so tight that he laid his sleeping mat next to a toilet. The 36-year-old from El Salvador

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is going all-in on Iowa as she tries to become the Democratic nominee for president, returning to the nation’s leadoff caucus state this weekend for a flurry of stops – her third visit since launching her campaign just over a month ago. Klobuchar pitches herself as the next-door neighbor who understands

Beto O’Rourke is returning to Wisconsin this weekend for early campaign stops that speak to the importance of the state in the 2020 presidential race. O’Rourke is slated to appear Sunday at a coffee shop in Madison, the state’s liberal capital city, before heading to Milwaukee – site of the 2020 Democratic National Convention –

Prosecutors say a 24-year-old Guatemalan man faces up to life in prison after being convicted of holding migrants in the country illegally at a home in New Mexico. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says federal court jurors in Las Cruces convicted Maximo Gonzalez-Sebastian on Wednesday of one count of conspiracy to take a hostage and three

The UTEP women’s basketball team ended the 2018-19 campaign with a defeat at the hands of Middle Tennessee in the Conference USA Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday. Middle Tennessee, the third seed in the tournament, was never threatened by the Miners and cruised to a 66-44 win Thursday in Frisco. Senior Jordan Alexander (13 points), Katarina

The New Mexico State men’s basketball team made quick work of Chicago State Thursday in the WAC Tournament quarterfinals. NMSU saw 12 different players score in a dominant 86-49 win – their third over the Cougars this season. Forward Eli Chuha paced the Aggies with 14 points and six rebounds while guard Terrell Brown added

Las Cruces Police say a five-year-old Las girl is back home with her parents after a man stole her parents’ car while she was inside the vehicle. Police say the vehicle was left running and unattended. Police charged 35-year-old Victor Castillo, of the 9500 block of Alegria Court in unincorporated Dona Ana County, with a

The presidential campaign for Beto O’Rourke isn’t starting from scratch when it comes to building a donor base or a war chest. Hours after O’Rourke’s announcement video hit the airwaves and the internet, the solicitations began in the form of texts to those who supported his U.S. Senate run and an email from O’Rourke himself.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Thursday that there should be a federal moratorium on executions. The senator from California discussed the matter on National Public Radio, a day after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California granted reprieves to 737 death row inmates and signed an executive order placing a moratorium on executions. Harris was

New Mexico will create a new state agency to oversee early childhood education programs under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The first-term Democratic governor signed the bill Thursday as she attempts to make good on campaign pledges to pursue universal access to preschool and respond to evidence that early schooling has

The Mexican army says it has freed 34 Central American migrants who had been kidnapped in the northern state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas. The Defense Department said Thursday in a statement that the migrants had been held at a property in the municipality of Altamira and were located by patrols. Twenty-five were Hondurans, eight

Democrat Beto O’Rourke jumped into the 2020 presidential race Thursday, shaking up the already packed field and pledging to win over voters from across the political spectrum as he tries to translate his sudden celebrity into a formidable White House bid. The former Texas congressman began his campaign by taking his first ever trip to

Sunland Park Police officers detained a 14-year-old student who allegedly made a false emergency call, leading to a shelter-in-place situation at Santa Teresa Middle School. Shortly before 1 p.m., police responded to an emergency call about a “shooting in progress” at Santa Teresa Middle School. The school had to shelter-in-place while police investigated the scene.