Month: September 2019

Hurricane Dorian hovered over the Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with a fearsome Category 4 assault that shredded roofs, hurled cars and forced even rescue crews to take shelter until the onslaught passes. The storm’s top sustained winds fell slightly to 155 mph, and its westward movement slowed almost to a standstill. The system

No one likely escaped the flames that tore through a boat packed with scuba divers, with all 34 people sleeping below deck presumed dead during a Labor Day weekend expedition off the Southern California coast, authorities said Tuesday as they called off the search for survivors. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said no one

There have been four mass shootings in the U.S. since July. Over 40 people have died in these shootings in Texas, Ohio and California. It’s part of a trend the FBI says is getting worse each year. “If you look at the numbers, we’re looking at an active shooter every other week in this country,”

The Khalid benefit concert was held Sunday night, four weeks and a day after the attack that killed 22 people at the Cielo Vista Walmart here in El Paso. The tickets were sold out within hours of going online. The proceeds from the ticket sales are going to be helping the El Paso Victims Fund.

Police say they are not sure why a man with a misdemeanor on his record and no warrant for his arrest erupted in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in west Texas, killing seven including a man slain outside his parents’ home and a teenager fatally shot as she left a car

Temperatures will be steady for the next few days in the low to mid-90s with plenty of sunshine. Expect partly cloudy skies for the end of the day Sunday with temperatures cooling off into the 70s. Labor day looks great to be outside as long as you have the sunscreen. Sunny skies will take over

Drier air returns to the borderland making for mostly sunny conditions Sunday afternoon. Near average temperatures will remain in the forecast for the next several days. Lower 90s expected Sunday afternoon with mostly sunny skies. KVIA

(Editor’s note: The death toll grew Sunday morning from 5 to 7 people as the Associated Press reported that two victims in critical condition died overnight.) A gunman in west Texas who went on a shooting spree, killing seven people while randomly firing from his vehicle and then from a hijacked mail truck, was shot

(Editor’s note: The hurricane’s intensity was upgraded Sunday morning from category 4 to a menacing category 5) Large waves and heavy winds pounded the northern Bahamas on Sunday as Hurricane Dorian barreled toward the islands as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds while authorities made a last-minute plea for those in low-lying

Here are the scores for week one of the Borderland Blitz: 8/30 and 8/29 Coronado 7 at Andress 23 — FINAL El Dorado 12 vs. Pebble Hills 54 — FINAL Montwood 27 at Los Fresnos 28 — FINAL Burges 40 at Parkland 41 — FINAL OT Americas 63 at Eastwood 0 — FINAL Socorro 20

College football is back in the Borderland! It’s it the “Orange Revival” for the UTEP Miners. The Miners football team kicks off their 2019 season today at home against Houston Baptist. UTEP is planning exciting new game day activities for fans off ages tonight’s season opener. Starting today, UTEP Athletics will start the “Miner Walk.”

Weeks into the school year, El Paso-area school districts are alarmed at the growing number of students who face serious legal consequences for vaping THC concentrates. “They’re good kids,” said Jim Vasquez, the Director of People and Parent Services for the Ysleta Independent School District. “The bulk of these have never been in any disciplinary