DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — Clashes have occurred in recent days between Republican poll challengers and election officials in Doña Ana County, which is at the center of a congressional swing district race. State Republican Party Chairman Steve Pearce said another GOP challenger was ejected Saturday from a Dona Ana County vote counting facility
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso nurses took to the sidewalk outside the Hospitals of Providence east campus, demanding more personal protective equipment in the fight against Covid-19. “PPE is supposed to be used once,” said Tanya Borunda, who works in the recovery room on the east campus. “Here, we’re using PPE for 12-hour shifts,
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EL PASO, Texas — Some El Paso business owners say they don’t know what to think, especially after different agencies announced they would enforce or not enforce the county’s shutdown order. “In this day and age, we can’t really trust what we’re hearing,” said Lizzie Martinez, owner of Sun City Athletic Club, a gym in
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s that time of year when everyone has strong opinions. About the upcoming presidential election? Na. The pandemic? Not so much. With Halloween, we’re talking that lightning rod of all candy – candy corn. People either love it or hate it. According to a new survey done by the National Confectioners Assocation,
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EL PASO, Texas — The ongoing coronavirus surge being seen all across the Borderland is forcing thousands of healthcare workers that are still in training to hurry to the front lines to provide relief to over-stressed doctors and nurses. The EP MedCorps program is working to help facilitate that transition and save lives alone the
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — President Donald Trump on Saturday night appeared to embrace the actions of supporters in Texas who surrounded a Joe Biden campaign bus in what a Biden campaign official described as an attempt to slow down the bus and run it off the road. Trump tweeted a video of the caravan surrounding
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EL PASO, Texas– The borderland experienced a calm and warm Halloween afternoon with highs remaining near average. Halloween night we can expect a chance of flying ghosts and goblins as a dry backdoor cold front approaches the area. Windy conditions will exist for some areas, especially west slopes of higher terrain, this morning. Gusts of
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UPDATE: The El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office is now getting a fourth refrigerated mobile morgue as Covid-19 deaths continue to rise, with more expected as the numbers of hospital patients in ICUs and on respirators reached all-time highs on Sunday. “My understanding is that we just got our fourth one,” County Judge Ricardo Samaniego
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Saturday marked Doña Ana County’s deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic as southern New Mexico accounted for seven of the state’s eleven newly announced Covid-19 deaths. Doña Ana County recorded a half-dozen of the latest deaths, while an additional fatality occurred in adjacent Otero County. State health officials identified the
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A Mexican television journalist has been shot to death in Juárez, reportedly suffering 11 gunshot wounds. Prosecutors in Chihuahua state said journalist Arturo Alba Medina was found gunned down in his car along a downtown Juárez street. State prosecutors pledged to investigate the killing, which they said occurred late Thursday night. Officials
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HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge set a hearing for Monday morning to hear a challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County, Texas, the largest county in the state. Judge Andrew Hanen, who was appointed to the bench by President George W. Bush, set a hearing for 10:30 a.m., local time on Monday. A group
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A man in Florida was mauled after paying $150 for a “full-contact experience” with a black leopard. Dwight Turner, 50, has undergone two surgeries since being attacked by the animal on August 31, his wife Natushka Turner said in a sworn written statement to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Dwight Turner and
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EL PASO, Texas — A west El Paso Sam’s Club store was abruptly closed Saturday due to apparent concerns about the the spread of Covid-19. Walmart, which operates the Sam’s Club store at 7970 N. Mesa Street, shut it down Saturday afternoon and the company said it would remain closed until Monday morning. A spokeswoman
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Joe Biden’s presidential campaign will air a new campaign ad featuring Bruce Springsteen during Saturday night’s nationally televised game between Ohio State and Penn State on ABC, a Biden aide told CNN. The 60-second ad — titled “Hometown” and featuring Springsteen’s song “My Hometown” from his 1984 album “Born In The U.S.A.” — includes the
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LONDON, England — Sean Connery, the Scottish actor whose five-decade-long movie career was dominated by the role of James Bond, has died at the age of 90, according to his publicist who confirmed what was first reported by the BBC. The actor “died peacefully in his sleep,” publicist Nancy Seltzer said in a statement Saturday.
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s time for a change for most of the United States, including here in the Borderland. The clock is running out once more for daylight saving time. Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Until almost next spring, in states red and blue and in between, it’ll be lighter earlier in
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EL PASO, Texas — Covid-19 infections continued their skyrocketing increase on Saturday as El Paso health officials announced an all-time high 1,643 new cases, along with a rising death count just shy of 600 and a record for hospital patients needing respirators. Saturday’s daily cases brought the staggering tally of currently active coronavirus infections to
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Constable’s and Sheriff’s Offices on Saturday declared that Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s order shutting down non-essential businesses due to a massive coronavirus outbreak would be enforced by their agencies effective immediately in both the county and city. “The El Paso County Constable’s Office would like to emphasize that
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I am witching you a Happy Halloween! There are no tricks in today’s forecast just partly cloudy skies in the morning and mostly cloudy skies in the afternoon. If you are participating in any socially distanced “drive-thru” events or having a Skype-O-Ween, the forecast looks great. Saturday night will be a tad spooky as there
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LONDON (AP) — Scottish actor Sean Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died, aged 90. Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by the BBC. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were “devastated by the news.” In a varied career, Connery played James Bond
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Black Friday is officially Black November. Also parts of October. And December, too. The shopping spectacular is getting a pandemic-induced makeover, with many major retailers starting their sales earlier than ever and ending them later. Companies are hoping to avoid the crush of customers that crowd stores on the Friday after Thanksgiving by giving them
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The Arizona Coyotes announced Thursday that they have renounced their rights to their 2020 top NHL draft pick Mitchell Miller after a recent report revealed he had bullied a Black classmate with disabilities. According to the report, published by the Arizona Republic on October 26, Miller had bullied a developmentally disabled Black teen while he
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EL PASO, Texas — Early voting came to a close on Friday and El Pasoans and Texans came out in droves. More than 9 million Texans — 53% of all registered voters — cast ballots during early voting. That’s more than the overall votes for the entire election four years ago, according to an Associated Press
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Attorney Friday night issued a legal opinion in defense of County Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s controversial non-essential business shutdown order to combat the spread of coronavirus, and she flatly disputed contentions by the city’s mayor and the state attorney general that the decree was invalid. County Attorney JoAnne
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Florida elections and law enforcement officials detected a scheme that sought to register dozens of dead people to vote in Broward County, though the motive is not clear, according to the county elections office. The county received about 50 voter registration applications sent in envelopes postmarked from Columbia, South Carolina, with no return address, documents
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EL PASO, Texas — A police chase of an erratic motorist at speeds exceeding 100 miles an hour ended with a state trooper fatally shooting the driver and his car crashing along Interstate 10 in west El Paso, according to accounts from officials and witnesses. Texas Rangers were investigating the deadly incident that culminated at
Continue Reading There were two thoughts pushing Kolt Codner forward in his first marathon race: his 4-year-old son Andrew’s fight against cancer and the hospital that provides him care. Codner, of Poland, Ohio, ran 26.2 miles around Akron Children’s Hospital on October 17 to raise money for the hospital treating his son, who has 26 months left
Continue Reading The NFL is recommending that players not in a game or about to enter a game wear face coverings while on the sideline, as players across the league continue to test positive for Covid-19. In a memo obtained by CNN on Friday, the league’s management council told teams, “A player wearing a mask during a
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EL PASO, Texas – High school football played on Friday night, this as the debate whether to shutdown the city continues. While most school districts have suspended their seasons for the next two weeks, Ysleta I.S.D., Clint I.S.D., and Tornillo I.S.D. are moving forward with athletics. Three games are scheduled for this weekend, two of
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EL PASO, Texas– After the borderland got a taste of Winter this past Tuesday, Fall like weather has returned and will stick around the forecast for the next several days along with dry air. Light winds and clear skies will make for some enjoyable days Saturday and Sunday. A backdoor cold front will move through
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