CNN — The U.S energy information administration U.S. electricity consumption to increase by 2.4% percent this year over last. The increase is mostly the result of increased economic activity. That’s not all, air conditioner usage has also sky rocketed during the hot summer months being felt by the entire country. There is an upside to
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DONA ANA COUNTY, NM – Three members of the same family are facing charges in the dog-mauling death of 6-year-old Avery Jackson-Dunphy on November 22, 2021. The Third Judicial District Attorney’s office reviewed the case and filed charges which were true-billed by a Grand Jury on July 29, 2022. Danika Jackson, Avery’s mother, is charged
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EL PASO, Texas – The past several days in El Paso have been scorching hot. In fact, it’s been so hot this week that TWO new high-temperature records were set on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Wednesday being the hottest day of the year seeing temperatures up to 108 degrees! In this time of extreme heat,
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Children’s Hospital opened a new outpatient rehabilitative services and empower program clinic in east El Paso. The clinic will offer developmental and rehabilitative services, feeding therapy, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy to Borderland children. Children with a risk of developing pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes will also
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ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico – Lakes and rivers across the desert are experiencing lower water levels as the ‘mega-drought’ continues. At this point in time, the Elephant Butte Reservoir is sitting at 13.3% of its total capacity, according to Connor Dennhardt, a National Weather Service Meteorologist at the El Paso Office. Compared to this time
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The United States Drought Monitor shows the entire state is under some level of drought. As of May 4, 2022, 98.9% of the state is under a moderate drought, 95.8% of the state is under a severe drought, 68% is under an extreme drought, and 15.7% of the state is
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EL PASO, Texas – On Friday, very strong winds are expected across the entire area. High wind warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service El Paso office for the western region of the Borderland, and Red Flag Warnings (fire weather warnings) are issued for portions of Dona Ana, El Paso, Hudspeth and Culberson
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EL PASO, Texas — If you are a classical music fan, you’ve most likely heard of the fast-paced composition of “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The piece was written back in 1899-1900 to describe the erratic flight path of a bumblebee. But whether it’s a bumblebee, honey bee, or the 1000’s species of
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Police officers say 27-year-old Michael Nicholas Noder pulled out a knife and threatened a store clerk at the 7-11 at 5007 Alabama just after 4:40 p.m. March 20. He then reportedly took several scratch-off lottery tickets. A few minutes later the store clerk at the 7-11 at 5830 Dyer
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EL PASO, Texas – On Match Day 2022, medical students at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso learned where they would be going for residency training. These students completed their last two years of education during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, 91 students of the Foster School of Medicine’s class of 2022 were
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VAN HORN – Blue Origin announced Thursday night that the 20th flight of the New Shepard has been moved to March 29. Due to the change in dates Saturday Night Live Comedian Pete Davidson will no longer be able to be part of the crew on that mission. The flight was originally scheduled to take
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EL PASO, Texas – In the last seven days, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working ports of entry in El Paso and New Mexico made various unusual seizures. At the Columbus Port of Entry in southern New Mexico, officers seized two parrots. The man drove from Palomas and told officers he had nothing to
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EL PASO, Texas – The Downtown Management District announces the first of a series of Downtown Fiesta de las Luces Saturday, March 12 from 3 to 11 p.m. under the lights of the Paseo de Las Luces on South El Paso Street. The free event will have live entertainment, vendors, food trucks, and mariachis. The
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Animal Services is working with its community partners to offer free pet vaccinations and microchips to hundreds of pets on Sunday, March 13, from 8 a.m. to noon. The drive-thru pet wellness clinic is sponsored by Petco Love Foundation and is located at 301 George Perry Blvd. The event
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EL PASO, Texas – Paul and Cecilia Porras announced a gift of $250,000 to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Monday. A matching contribution from the WestStar Matching Scholarship Fund brings the gift’s impact to $500,000 to provide scholarships for future medical and dental students. The Porras family has operated an electrical, mechanical,
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EL PASO, Texas — Ahead of the highly anticipated premiere of “The Batman” movie theaters in the borderland are gearing up for a packed house this weekend. A full theater, long concessions, and box office lines were familiar sights to see prior to the emergence of COVID 19. Since 2020 movie theaters have been hit
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EL PASO, Texas – A generous gift by Cliff and Martha Eisenberg with the presentation of $100,000 to Texas Tech University Healthy Sciences Center El Paso for the creation of a scholarship fund for the Foster School of Medicine. This gift ensuring the borderland will have more physicians to care for the area’s residents. “We
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EL PASO, Texas — Guillermo Noriega is a 5th grade teacher at Congressman Silvestre and Carolina Reyes Elementary. Noriega has been teaching students there for the past two years. He is being deployed this week and will have to leave his students. Noriega joined the Reserves over 20 years ago. He used to be a probation officer. Through his work he saw the need
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FORT BLISS, Texas – He survived some of the most violent battles an American soldier could experience. Retired Lt. Col. Robert Chisolm jumped into Normandy on D-Day, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden. Family, friends and fellow soldiers on Thursday said their final goodbyes and gave a heart-felt last
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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joined Doña Ana County leadership to make an announcement regarding support for La Union residents most affected by flooding in August. New Mexico has issued $1.5 million to help with clean up efforts in the county. About 2.5 inches of rain fell in La Union
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EL PASO — As far as El Paso celebrities go, few have reached the status of Jay J. Armes. The international private investigator, Hollywood star and former city representative is now selling part of his legacy. The famed collector is holding an estate sale that started Wednesday and runs through Sunday at his 10-bedroom compound
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of both Covid-19 vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Wednesday and also said any of the three authorized vaccines could be used as a booster in a “mix and match” approach. The FDA gave emergency use authorization
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — El Pasoan Aaron Jones has not stopped thanking the man who found the pendant containing his father’s ashes. On Tuesday, Jones gifted scooters to head athletic trainer Bryan “Flea” Engel and his family, according to a Tweet shared by the Green Bay Packers. https://twitter.com/packers/status/1450592639015849991 Engel stayed at Lambeau Field through much
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(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad Juárez and El Paso.) By Veronica Martinez/La Verdad and Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times ENSENADA, Mexico — Kurt Turgasen took a swig from a cold Pacifico at a beachside bar lined with tourists speaking English, watching replays of NFL games. Pandemic restrictions on non-essential travel at
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EL PASO — Call them Hunger Games or Squid Games. What hundreds of El Paso students witnessed Tuesday was no child’s play. More than 750 students from 30 schools gathered at Bel Air High School for the Texas Association of Student Councils District 9 Fall Conference. ABC-7 anchors Stephanie Valle, Erik Elken, JC Navarrete and
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EL PASO, Texas – 87-year-old Ruriko Denison has died, according to El Paso police, after she was critically injured when an SUV crashed into her home in Northeast El Paso the day before Christmas Eve. Police arrested 41-year-old Margaret Cantu. According to court documents obtained by the ABC-7 I-team, Cantu has four previous DWI convictions.
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LAS CRUCES, NM – One person is in custody following a SWAT standoff in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Police Department said a person barricaded themselves inside a home on Delta drive earlier Thursday evening. LCPD asked people to avoid the area, but said the scene is now clear. They could not confirm if the
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EL PASO, Texas — Here are the high school football scores for week 12 of the Borderland Blitz: 11/14 & 11/15 Montwood 32 Midland Lee 65 Chapin 7 Amarillo 14 Hanks 34 Austin 14 Andress 9 Canutillo 27 Fabens 7 Seminole 35 Frenship 35 Americas 36 Lubbock Coronado 54 Eastwood 41 Bowie 28 Parkland 64
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