EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team announced Tuesday the signing of a 6-foot-9 swingman from Canada. Khalfani Hill, a guard and forward from Toronto, signed a letter of intent to play basketball with the Miners starting in the 2021-22 season. Hill averaged a double-double (22.0 points per game and 10.0 rebounds per
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CLINT, Texas – Border Patrol agents with the Clint station arrested two people and seized marijuana with a street value of more than $70,000, officials said Tuesday. Agents found muddy footprints coming out of an irrigation canal just north of the international border late last week. The agents followed two sets of footprints for about
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EL PASO, Texas – Game times for the UTEP men’s and women’s basketball openers on Wednesday have been changed after it was announced that no fans would be allowed in the Don Haskins Center. The women’s opener against New Mexico State University will be at noon, one hour earlier than originally planned. The men’s opener
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EL PASO, Texas – Sun Metro is temporarily suspending service on Thanksgiving and on all Sundays, starting on Dec. 6. The city-run transit service announced the move as a way to combat the surge of Covid-19 cases in the Borderland. The temporary suspension also includes LIFT services, Sun Metro’s curb-to-curb, on-demand service. Last year, 3,917
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UPDATE, Dec. 15: A Las Cruces man accused of attacking his stepfather and hitting him in the head with a hammer more than three weeks ago is now facing a murder charge following the victim’s death. Alejandro Nevarez, 28, was initially charged with attempted murder when he was arrested last month, but authorities said Tuesday
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s and women’s basketball teams will play its early-season home games in front of no fans. UTEP President Heather Wilson and Athletics Director Jim Senter made the announcement Monday evening. The UTEP women will host New Mexico State University at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and Incarnate Word
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HORIZON CITY, Texas – The Make-A-Wish Foundation and some Borderland businesses and organizations came together to make sure a courageous 11-year-old boy had a very happy birthday. Brayam Elias of Horizon City has been battling cancer. Saturday, the Make-A-Wish Foundation showed up for a surprise, socially distant birthday celebration for Brayam. Among his gifts was
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Police Department has launched a new web site for online crime reporting. The department says the new site offers a “streamlined process” to report a wider variety of offenses that don’t require a police response. like making an accident report or reporting an abandoned vehicle. If you have
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SANTA FE, New Mexico – The New Mexico Department of Health is looking for bus passengers who traveled from El Paso to Denver on Thursday so they can be notified about likely Covid-19 exposure. The Department of Health is looking for anyone who rode the El Paso-Los Angeles Limousine Express Bus Route 284. New Mexico
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EL PASO, Texas – Well-known community leader and politician Barbara Perez died Friday afternoon after contracting Covid-19, her husband said. Perez, 76, had served as an El Paso city representative, county commissioner and member of the Socorro school board, among numerous other posts during her long career. She ran unsuccessfully for El Paso mayor and
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team will start its season at home on Nov. 25 against regional rival New Mexico State University. The Miners will play 24 total games, including 13 home contests. Both the Miners men’s and women’s teams released their schedules on Tuesday. The Miner women will be home for
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EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working with Homeland Security investigators said they disrupted a human smuggling attempt and discovered 24 undocumented immigrants being held at a couple of motels near the El Paso International Airport. A U.S. citizen was taken into custody in connection with the stash house discoveries made last week,
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DEMING, New Mexico – A 53-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital in El Paso late Tuesday afternoon after a serious accident at a construction site near Deming, according to the New Mexico State Police. The incident happened about 4:30 p.m. at a site along Interstate 10 west of Deming. State Police officials said the
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EL PASO, Texas – Research and advocacy think tank Children at Risk has announced its list of best schools for West Texas for the 2019-20 school year. The organization ranked 634 schools – 129 high schools, 171 middle schools and 334 elementary schools in the West Texas region. Silva Health Magnet in the El Paso
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces woman has been arrested after she allegedly rammed her car into a home while trying to run over two women who know her ex-boyfriend, police said Monday. Amanda Gonzales, 25, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a felony count of
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EL PASO, Texas – The Great Khalid Foundation and FirstLight Federal Credit Union are teaming up to spread a little holiday joy by giving out 1,000 turkey meals. They will host the Great Thanksgiving Giveaway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or until the food runs out, on this upcoming Saturday at the FirstLight administration
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A 23-year-old Las Cruces man has been arrested and charged with more than 100 counts of sending sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old girl and then trying to meet up with her, authorities said Monday. According to Las Cruces police, Jonathan Harris has been arrested and charged with 114 counts
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso is getting a pilot program where Walmart and several partners are teaming up to use drones to deliver Covid-19 test kits to homes in the Sun City. Drone deliveries will launch from the El Paso Walmart Supercenter at 1850 N. Zaragoza Road to single-family homes within a mile and
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Police Department is seeking the public’s help in finding a man who stole a woman’s truck from outside her west El Paso business and abandoned it later that day. The victim parked her 2020 Chevrolet Colorado pickup next to the back entrance of her business along the 4700
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Zoo’s beloved 54-year-old Asian elephant, Juno, is recovering after the removal of a malignant mass in her right mammary gland, zoo officials said Saturday afternoon. Veterinarians performed the successful breast cancer surgery earlier in the day at the zoo. “Juno is a fighter and for the last five
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The city of Las Cruces is closing all parks, recreation programs and recreation facilities as part of its response to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s latest shutdown order. These changes will take effect on Monday. The Thomas Branigan Memorial Library will return to curbside pick-up only for book check-out. There will
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University is beginning an “orderly transition” to be 100 percent online with its instruction and to provide more opportunities for employees to work from home. NMSU made the announcement Friday evening after New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham shut down the state for the second time. Since
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EL PASO, Texas – The deadline to apply for help in paying your past due water bills in El Paso is fast approaching. Both residential and small businesses that have been financially hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have until Nov. 30 to apply to get assistance in helping with their past due water bills. El
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EL PASO, Texas – The Lower Valley Water District is urging customers to avoid flushing sanitary wipes, masks, gloves and other items associated with fighting the pandemic. It’s the second time during the pandemic that the LVWD has put out that request. The district says that contrary to some packaging claims, sanitary wipes are not
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Starting Monday, parishes in the Las Cruces Catholic Diocese will limit their maximum occupancy for Mass to 25 percent or 75 individuals, whichever is smaller. Masses during the week, funerals, baptisms and weddings will also continue to be permitted at 25 percent. The announcement came on the heels of the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – All Las Cruces Public Schools’ athletics programs, in-person learning classes and student organizations meeting in small groups will immediately be suspended, the district announced. That’s to conform to the state’s new shelter-in-place order. About two-dozen students were in classrooms this week for special education, in-person learning, according to the district.
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico – The city of Alamogordo is now closing its City Hall starting Monday due to a Covid-19 outbreak. Earlier this week, Alamogordo officials indicated multiple city employees had tested positive for Covid-19, prompting a deep cleaning of City Hall. Officials had initially sought to keep City Hall open, but said they decided
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EL PASO, Texas – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is teaming up with William Beaumont Army Medical Center to open a 16-bed mobile intensive care unit on the campus of the Army hospital and the El Paso VA in central El Paso. The VA has transported the mobile ICU from Florida to El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas – In anticipation of colder winter temperatures, the Extreme Weather Task Force continues to seek donations of blankets and to educate the El Paso community on cold weather safety. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the task force did not host its usual kickoff gathering and instead simply announced its kickoff with statement
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced a plan to help businesses struggling to implement safety measures during the pandemic. The Hispanic chamber will award $170,000 in grants to eligible minority, women and veteran-owned small businesses that are registered and operating in the city of El Paso. Grants can range
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