AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and his Democratic opponent, MJ Hegar, butted heads Friday night in a debate over a host of timely issues — the coronavirus pandemic, race and policing, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The two appeared together in Austin as Cornyn leads challenger Hegar by 8 percentage points, 50%-42%, in
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico – Border Patrol agents in Alamogordo discovered nearly three pounds of cocaine hidden in a pick-up truck’s battery during an inspection stop on Thursday. According to the Border Patrol, a Ford F-150 truck approached the Alamogordo immigration checkpoint along U.S. Highway 54. A canine alerted agents to the possible presence of narcotics
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The South Central Regional Transit District, which provides bus service in three Southern New Mexico counties, has launched a new “on-call” service in Las Cruces. The on-call service can be used as a way for residents to go to medical appointments, work, school or take care of other traveling needs
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AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge late Friday blocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order limiting ballot drop-off to one location per county, backing Democrats’ concerns of voter suppression. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said the order placed an unacceptable burden on the voting rights of elderly and disabled Texans, a group likely to request an
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EL PASO, Texas — Another major downtown El Paso hotel is reopening after a four-year, multi-million dollar renovation. The Hotel Paso Del Norte is opening back up as a Marriott autograph collection property. It originally opened on Thanksgiving day in 1912. Guests could watch the Mexican revolution unfold from the tenth floor bar. But today,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Five more employees with Las Cruces Public Schools have tested positive for coronavirus this week, the district announced Friday night, raising the total number of infections to date to 20. An employee at Tombaugh Elementary tested positive on Wednesday. The last time this person had been on campus was Sept.
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EL PASO, Texas – Federal authorities have obtained an injunction against an El Paso man to prevent him from selling what they have called fraudulent Covid-19 treatments. Hugo Chico, 39, has been barred from selling Covid-19 prevention treatments through his business and his Facebook page “Centro de Medicina Fisica y Rehabilitacion.” The announcement was made
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The annual pilgrimage to the top of Mount Cristo Rey is being canceled for this year. It was planned for Oct. 25. Organizers said they made the decision because of the coronavirus pandemic. The path up the mountain has been closed for several months. Organizers said they do not have
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As health officials in Florida reported nearly 3,000 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, the state is bracing to become “like a house on fire,” an infectious disease expert says. “Florida is ripe for another large outbreak,” said Mike Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
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EL PASO, Texas — An armed woman who may have fired shots triggered a several hour standoff with a police SWAT team Friday evening that ended in her arrest, authorities said. The events ensued in the 11000 block of Diana Candia in east El Paso after officers responded to a family argument. As the standoff
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MOSCOW (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting Saturday, but immediately accused each other of derailing the deal intended to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in more than a quarter-century. The truce would have marked a major diplomatic coup for Russia. But minutes after
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El Paso hit another record high today of 94 degrees and expect another record high tomorrow of 93 – current record is 91. We should be able to see a little cool down (not much) for Sunday and Monday with temps in the upper 80’s. Some clouds advance in here later next week with perhaps
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Newly confirmed cases of Covid-19 jumped to 488 statewide in the highest single-day tally of the pandemic, state health officials said Friday. The new infection record came a day after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham warned of possible “uncontrollable spread” of the virus throughout the state. Three fatalities were also announced Friday as the
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP wide receiver Jacob Cowing ranks third in the nation in receiving yards. And while turning around the UTEP Miner football program has its own incentives, Cowing has all the motivation he needs at home with his 11-month old son Chase. Cowing plays much bigger than a true sophomore, but he
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EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso is shutting down its municipal-run sports leagues for two weeks because of the recent spike in Covid-19 cases in the Borderland, city officials announced Friday afternoon. The city made the move on the recommendation of the El Paso Public Health Department and City-County Health Authority Dr.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Newly released 911 calls depict the terror and alarm from bystanders who witnessed a Las Cruces car crash that authorities say led to a deputy fatally shooting an armed man on Sunday morning. “You know what? Now he just pulled a gun out of his – he just pulled a
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FABENS, Texas – Fabens High School is being shut down for two weeks (ten school days) due to a coronavirus outbreak among staff, officials said Friday. That means in-person classes won’t be held October 12 through 16 or October 19 through 23. Instead, Fabens High students will do online learning for those days. Students who
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso doctor is urging the public to take the signs and symptoms of a stroke seriously, as he says the pandemic scares some away from seeking urgent medical care. “There is good information indicating people are trying to avoid going to the hospital because fear to the virus,”
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Friday night’s scores Franklin 35 Montwood 49: (Game at the SAC) Chapin 19 Andress 21 Bowie 20 Parkland 56 Burges 20 Del Valle 26 San Elizario 6 Riverside 55 Austin 46 Horizon 32 Ysleta 34 Mountain View 7 Fabens 7 Clint 42 Anthony 26 Tornillo 28 Hanks 22 Jefferson 28 in OT Final from Thursday:
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge ruled that an election in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District will go forward in November as originally scheduled, despite the recent death of a third-party candidate. Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig requested the November contest after Secretary of State Steve Simon said state law required the election be postponed to
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio’s capital and largest city, elections officials said Friday as they promised corrected ballots would be mailed within 72 hours. With about 240,000 ballots mailed, that meant one in five voters received a wrong ballot. The error
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WASHINGTON, DC — On Saturday, President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus. Two weeks after the Rose Garden event that is now considered a “superspreader,” Trump is planning to convene another large crowd outside the White House for an event on “law and order.” That’s
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Big competitors Walmart, Amazon and Target are having blowout sales events to try and win over shoppers. Walmart’s event starts this Sunday, Oct. 11 and runs through Thursday, Oct. 15.Amazon’s Prime Day is next week, with the two-day event running Oct. 13 and 14.Target will run its Deal Days event during the same time Amazon
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry says a Swiss woman who was held hostage in Mali has been killed by an Islamist group. The ministry said in a statement that it was informed Friday by the French authorities that the hostage had been “killed by kidnappers of the Islamist terrorist organization Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam Muslimeen
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WASHINGTON, DC — The White House is boosting its offer in up-and-down Covid-19 aid talks Friday in hopes of an agreement before Election Day, even as President Donald Trump’s most powerful GOP ally in the Senate said Congress is unlikely to deliver relief by then. Trump on Friday took to Twitter to declare, “Covid Relief
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GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization has announced a record in new daily coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide, with more than 350, 000 reported to the U.N. health agency. The new daily high surpasses a record set earlier this week by nearly 12,000 cases. In a press briefing on Friday, WHO’s emergencies chief Dr. Michael
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio’s capital, elections officials said Friday as they promised corrected ballots would be mailed within 72 hours. With about 240,000 ballots mailed, that meant one in five voters received a wrong ballot. The error happened Saturday afternoon
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to say Friday whether extraordinary constitutional measures should be invoked to remove President Donald Trump from office, saying, “that’s not for us to decide,” even as she throws her weight behind a new bill to give Congress a role in determining whether the President of the United States must be
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Sunny skies and record high temperatures are in the forecast today and tomorrow. There is no rain in the forecast for the next several days but winds will be on the increase through the weekend. With wind gusts near 30 mph and the dry air, fire concerns will be an issue this weekend. The next
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported four new coronavirus-related deaths. It brings the death toll to 545 in El Paso County. Health officials identified the victims as: 1 woman in her 50s2 men in their 80s1 man in his 90s All had underlying health conditions. Health officials announced
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