Month: June 2019

A person was shot Tuesday evening near the Las Cruces Convention Center, police said. It happened around 5:15 p.m. in the 400 block of University Avenue, according to Detective Frank Torres. There was no immediate word on the condition of the shooting victim. This is a developing story, check back for updates.

Two men have been arrested and a third man is being sought in connection with a weekend homicide in Las Cruces, according to online court records. Patrick Salaiz, 43, and Sonny Sierra, 24, both of Silver City, were being held without bond after making initial appearances Tuesday afternoon in Dona Ana Magistrate Court ​on multiple

Following a recent spate of collisions, El Paso’s police chief announced Tuesday that his officers will no longer provide escorts for funeral processions. The moratorium will begin on June 7. Chief Greg Allen said the ban would “remain in effect until such time that the practice is reviewed and changes or modifications (are) implemented to

Severe thunderstorms producing heavy rains, wind and hail hit parts of the Borderland late Tuesday afternoon. There were at least five different severe thunderstorm warnings issued across the ABC-7 viewing area. Hundreds of residents were left without power in sections of El Paso as the storms moved through. In East El Paso, a storage shed

A $61,000 grant from the Migrant Families Relief Fund enabled the hiring of Angelica Mata Lindstrom, a marketing and advertising professional, as the United Way of El Paso County’s new Volunteer Coordinator of Migrant Services. She is responsible for recruiting, coordinating and organizing volunteers for migrant services at hospitality centers. She’ll be working with the

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El Paso’s top professional baseball prospect has received the call he’s always dreamed of. Americas shortstop Darrell Hernaiz was selected Tuesday by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th Round of the 2019 MLB Draft. The 6-foot-1 senior was selected 139th overall. “I’m pumped to be drafted by the Orioles,” Hernaiz said. “It was exciting when

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a measure into law on Tuesday that aims to eliminate the backlog of thousands of untested rape kits in Texas. Abbott’s approval comes as states across the country are using legislation to bolster testing requirements and attempt to clear their own buildup of untested rape kits. The Texas measure mandates

New Mexico State shortstop Joey Ortiz’s dream season came full circle on Tuesday, when the Baltimore Orioles selected the Junior All-American in the 4th Round (108th) of the 2019 MLB Draft. Selected with the first pick of the 4th Round, Ortiz becomes the highest Aggie ever to be drafted in program history. “I am so

Police mobilized SWAT officers Tuesday in a far East El Paso neighborhood where a murder occurred a day earlier. A SWAT team surrounded a home in the 11600 block of Henry Phipps during the morning hours and a police spokesman said it was related to the investigation into the homicide. Meanwhile Tuesday, police identified the

The New Mexico Department of Agriculture will be hosting two public hearings on a newly developed hemp manufacturing rule. The first meeting will be June 27 in Albuquerque. There will be another meeting the following day at the agency’s office in Las Cruces. The proposed rule establishes regulations related to the licensing, fees, eligibility and

San Antonio police say a man and his two children have been found dead in a house where the electricity had been off since Friday and a generator was located inside. Police say the homeowner stopped by the house late Monday after not being able to reach the 56-year-old resident or his daughters, ages 9-to-11

The third trial for former Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Deputy Tai Chan was scheduled to begin June 24, but has pushed back to a date that has yet to be determined. A spokesperson for the Third District Court DA’s office says the primary reason for the delay are scheduling issues for all the witnesses involved

A government watchdog says the FBI has access to about 640 million photos, including driver’s license pictures and mugshots, which could be used in facial recognition searches. That’s according to the Government Accountability Office’s Gretta Goodwin, who testified Tuesday at a House hearing on the government’s use of facial recognition. The figure reflects how the

Baghdad’s Green Zone area, the heavily fortified strip on the west bank of the Tigris River, reopened to the public Tuesday after 16 years – a move meant to portray increased confidence in the country’s overall security situation after years of war. Maj. Gen. Jassim Yahya Abd Ali told The Associated Press that the area,

When Texas lawmakers recently approved a $250.7 billion, two-year state budget, they also includes an appropriation of $20 million to establish the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. The Hunt School of Dental Medicine is expected to welcome its first class of students in 2021

For the sixth year in a row, the El Paso Veterans & Riders Association (EPVRA) is looking to help out fellow veterans in need. The group is hosting a food drive, and has partnered up with the County and City of El Paso, and the National Guard. The food drive ends on June 15. Those

Police lifted a shelter-in-place alert for residents early Tuesday morning after a roughly six-hour SWAT standoff with a barricaded gunman in an East El Paso neighborhood ended peacefully. “(The) subject was deemed not to be a danger to himself or others and was left at his residence,” police said in a statement about 12:30 a.m.

A 35-year old man was shot and killed Monday evening in a residence in a far East El Paso neighborhood, police confirmed, calling it a case of murder and saying no arrests had yet been made. The deadly shooting took place at 11822 Scott Simpson Drive (see map below at end of article) and police

An American Airlines plane bound for Chicago made two separate emergency landings Monday afternoon at El Paso International Airport, prompting an apology from the airline as it scrambled to rebook passengers on other flights. Flight 3880 returned to El Paso for a second time around 4 p.m., shortly after it was cleared by maintenance crews

A judge on Monday declared a mistrial in the murder case of 19-year old Moises Galvan, accused of shooting and killing a man he knew from high school outside an El Paso bar two years ago. According to online court records, Judge Marcos Lizarraga ordered the mistrial after prosecutors asked an improper and prejudicial question

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS… * UNTIL 600 PM MDT. * AT 513 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST EL PASO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE…RADAR

The Las Cruces City Council is expected to ask the federal government to reimburse hundreds of thousands of dollars the city has spent in local migrant assistance. Since April, the federal government has released 8,000 migrants in the city of Las Cruces, according to Councilor Greg Smith, who authored the resolution. The state of New

Water from Elephant Butte Lake was released Friday and is expected to fill the Rio Grande by Wednesday, raising concerns about the safety of undocumented immigrants crossing into the U.S. “Every year, we know that migrants approach the Rio Grande to cross the river,” said Dylan Corbett of the Border Hope Institute. Corbett said the

A transgender asylum seeker has died just days after being released from a U.S. immigration detention center where advocates say detainees are mistreated. They say the death is another example of poor care and treatment that transgender detainees get in custody. The death of Johana Medina Leon, 25, follows that of Roxsanna Hernandez, a 33-year-old

After helping to turn around a struggling Aggies baseball program, New Mexico State head coach Brian Green is leaving Las Cruces to try to engineer a similar turnaround for Washington State. NMSU confirmed Monday that the 47-year old Green is headed to Pullman after a remarkable run in Las Cruces. Green led the Aggies from

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A company called Infrastructure Investments Fund has purchased El Paso Electric. MarketWatch says the deal is worth $4.3 billion, or $68.25 per share. The financial site is also reporting that EPE stocks shot up in anticipation of the deal. The tweet includes a statement to customers, which says that, “this is a major step in

The next “Queen of Tejano” could be right here in El Paso and a local modeling agency is hoping they can be the one to find her. Bazaar Models Agency announced on Friday in a Facebook post that it would be holding auditions for the lead role in an upcoming Netflix series based on Selena

There is a crash on I-10 West and McRae that is blocking traffic. There is a major delay in the area. Drivers need to take Gateway West or Montana to avoid this area.