Pregnant El Paso mom with Covid gives birth early to get life-saving treatment
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — El Paso mother of five Megan von Prittwitz was eight months pregnant when she was airlifted to an Albuquerque hospital…
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Water begins filling up the Rio Grande across the Borderland
ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico — Millions of gallons of water were released from the Caballo Lake Reservoir on Monday. Soon, farmers across the…
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Texas Senate approves legislation to cap cost of insulin
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has approved a bill to cap the cost of insulin copays at $25. The bill would reduce and cap the cost of insulin…
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Hundreds of LCPS students get Covid-19 vaccination shots
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — For the first time, students 12 years or older received their vaccination in the Las Cruces Public School District on…
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SISD board discusses plans for next school year and naming of superintendent
EL PASO, Texas — The Socorro Independent School District discussed a number of key items during a school board meeting Tuesday night, but took no…
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Recycle bins dumped into trash truck in west El Paso neighborhood, city claims it was isolated incident
EL PASO, Texas — For the past month, Juan Delgado from El Paso’s Sunset Heights noticed his recycling bin and his trash bin were being dumped in the…
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El Paso Children’s Hospital receives $100,000 donation from Kickpin brothers
El PASO, Texas — An exiting day for the El Paso Children’s hospital after receiving a $100,000 donation from the Kickpin Foundation. The name might…
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Deadline to protest increase in El Paso home valuations is this week
EL PASO, Texas — Home valuations are expected to increase this year and the more your house is valued, the more property taxes you have to pay. El…
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SISD superintendent gets paid $629,308 to resign after election of new school board members
UPDATE, May 6: Socorro Independent School District Superintendent Jose Espinoza, who resigned from his post at a school board meeting Wednesday…
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Migrant girls facility in quiet west El Paso neighborhood to open soon
EL PASO, Texas — Nestled inside a quiet westside El Paso neighborhood, you’ll find an Alzheimer’s facility transformed into a facility for migrant…
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Clint ISD holds memorial for employee & wife who died of Covid
CLINT, Texas — The Clint Independent School District held a memorial for Leobardo Soria, a security guard at Carroll T. Welch Elementary school,…
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Gov. Abbott wants feds to pay for ‘border crisis’ expenses in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to county judges across Texas on Monday requesting that they send his office an estimate of the…
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8-year-old boy is latest migrant child found abandoned in southern New Mexico desert
LORDSBURG, New Mexico – For the second time in a week, U.S. Border Patrol agents said they had to rescue a migrant child abandoned in the southern…
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Borderland gun shops see ammo shortage after firearms sales soar
EL PASO, Texas — Gun sales have soared during the past year and now Borderland gun shops report seeing a shortage of ammunition. Data shows…
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Mayor, county judge tout El Paso’s virus vaccination efforts
EL PASO, Texas — At a joint news conference Monday, Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego touted El Paso’s progress with declining…
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New migrant facilities bringing hundreds of jobs to Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — With the recent increase of migrants and unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S., new migrant…
Continue Reading 500 unaccompanied migrant boys arrive at Fort Bliss facility
EL PASO, Texas — On Tuesday, 500 unaccompanied boys arrived at the migrant facility on Fort Bliss, according to officials with the U.S. Department…
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Some Borderland teachers feel burnout after year of remote learning
EL PASO, Texas — Spring break 2020 was an uncertain time. The virus had made its way to El Paso and teachers and students had no idea if they would…
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El Paso’s Escobar pushes back after GOP leaders tour border ‘crisis’ & blame Biden
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar on Monday sparred with Republican U.S. House leaders in dueling news conferences…
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School and child care workers in Texas now eligible for vaccination
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of State Health Services announced Wednesday that school and child care personnel are now eligible to be…
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El Paso businesses to decide whether to maintain or relax restrictions come March 10
EL PASO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that mandated virus restrictions will be lifted starting March 10, at which time it’ll be…
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No word yet on when El Paso will receive new Johnson & Johnson 1-dose vaccine
EL PASO, Texas — Over the weekend, the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for the new Johnson and Johnson one-dose…
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TxDOT’s ‘Re-imagine I-10’ project may include tearing down downtown El Paso bridges, demolishing properties
EL PASO, Texas — On Tuesday evening, the Texas Dept. of Transportation uploaded a virtual presentation on the several options they are considering…
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Lawyers accuse El Paso County of ‘intentionally misleading’ public about downtown historic district
EL PASO, Texas — The Kemp Smith law office has drafted a letter to downtown El Paso property owners, who are located in a proposed historic…
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Santa Teresa border agent who rescued couple stranded in snow is ‘amazed’ they survived
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico – A U.S. Border Patrol agent who rescued two migrants who were stranded in the snow near the Santa Teresa airport earlier…
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Over a million in Juarez still without electricity, some lack water
CIUDAD JURAEZ, Mexico — Juarez has seen rolling electrical blackouts since the winter storm hit and those continued into Tuesday. As of late Monday…
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El Paso Animal Services cites 70 owners who left pets out in the cold
EL PASO, Texas — A winter storm rolled through the Borderland Sunday bringing snow and freezing temperatures into Monday. Around El Paso, pets were…
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Kern Place residents want more security in Cincinnati District after shooting, soldier’s stabbing
EL PASO, Texas — In the past two weeks, one person has been shot and killed in the Cincinnati Entertainment District and another was stabbed…
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Las Cruces High coach is hopeful there will be a football season
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — It’s still unclear what the learning hybrid model will look like for the Las Cruces Public School district. Tuesday night,…
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Lawsuit threatened over Dona Ana County mandate for first-responder vaccines
UPDATE, Feb. 9: A legal group calling itself ‘New Mexico Stand Up’ threatened a lawsuit Tuesday against Dona Ana County in the wake of a mandate by…
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