Vandals targeting Alamogordo parks with destruction, damage
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — City parks in Alamogordo are being “plagued by vandals” who have caused damage for weeks, officials said Thursday as they…
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Legendary actress Rita Moreno cancels return to El Paso’s Plaza Classic Film Festival
UPDATE, July 22: One day after announcing her planned appearance, organizers now say Rita Moreno will not be able to attend this year’s…
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El Paso Animal Services program to reunite lost pets with owners comes under scrutiny
EL PASO, Texas — Community members say a pilot program that’s supposed to make it easier for lost animals to reunite with their families is being…
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Jeff Bezos wore El Paso-made cowboy boots to space
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso company made the cowboy boots that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wore when he went to space this week. He wore the boots,…
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El Paso’s iconic H&H Car Wash, Coffee Shop closing after 60 years
EL PASO, Texas — An iconic El Paso business is closing its doors Thursday after more than six decades in operation. H & H Car Wash has been on…
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Man’s body found in car in west El Paso; police probing death
EL PASO, Texas — Police were investigating a body found in a car in west El Paso late Wednesday afternoon. It was discovered around 4 p.m. at 4740…
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1 dead as SUV, 3 trucks collide on I-10 in Luna County
DEMING, New Mexico — A truck driver was killed in a four-vehicle crash that shut down a stretch of Interstate 10 westbound for over 17 hours…
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7 fully-vaccinated El Pasoans have died of Covid in past 2 weeks
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health disclosed Wednesday that seven El Pasoans had died over the past two weeks from Covid-19…
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Fort Bliss soldiers killed in fiery Loop 375 crash are identified
UPDATE, July 21: The U.S. Army on Wednesday released the identities of two Fort Bliss soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Division who were killed in a…
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Storm caused drains to overflow, flooding Lower Valley homes
EL PASO, Texas — Destruction and debris have been scattered across El Paso since monsoon season began, but it’s not just streets that are seeing…
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Motorcyclist critically hurt in crash with car in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was critically hurt in a head-on crash involving a motorcycle and a car in east El Paso late Tuesday afternoon. It…
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El Paso sees significant spike in daily Covid-19 cases, positivity rate
EL PASO, Texas — There was a significant increase in Covid-19 infections in El Paso reported on Tuesday, according to health department data.The…
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EPISD offers some free supplies, changes uniform policy for upcoming school year
EL PASO, Texas — Before you go back-to-school shopping, you’ll need to check the list of school supplies that the El Paso Independent School…
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El Paso VA Medical Center ‘cleared’ after bomb threat led to evacuations
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Veterans Administration Medical Center main facility was evacuated late Tuesday afternoon due to a bomb threat,…
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3 hurt as crash, fire shuts down U.S. 54 in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — An 18-wheeler caught fire forcing the complete shutdown of a portion of U.S. Route 54 in northeast El Paso on Tuesday afternoon and…
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2 El Paso police officers among 4 hurt in Lower Valley crash
UPDATE, July 20: Authorities said two El Paso police officers were among four people injured in a late night traffic crash involving two vehicles on…
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Las Cruces lawmaker says politics led to denial of Communion
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A New Mexico lawmaker from Las Cruces says he was denied Communion by his local Catholic priest because of his…
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West El Paso woman mauled to death by pit bulls in family home
EL PASO, Texas — A pair of pit bulls attacked a woman and mauled her to death inside her family’s west El Paso home, police said Monday, but what…
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East El Paso streets still flooded as storm damage is assessed
EL PASO, Texas — As east El Paso residents on Monday assessed the damage from Sunday’s powerful storms, city transportation officials said some…
Continue Reading El Paso leaders say no sign of Delta variant, but 277 Covid cases among vaccinated
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego held a joint news conference Monday afternoon from City Hall to…
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Amputation at El Paso plant leads to OSHA fines of $412k
EL PASO, Texas — A gruesome incident triggered an OSHA investigation and 17 citations for safety violations that contributed to an El Paso metal…
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Overturned truck in crash blocks Walter Jones at Spur 601
EL PASO, Texas — A crash involving two semi-trucks, one of which flipped on its side, led to the shutdown of Walter Jones at Spur 601 in both…
Continue Reading 13 more El Paso Covid deaths, youngest victim in his 30s
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County experienced 13 more deaths due to Covid-19, with the youngest victim being in his 30s, and over 300 new infections…
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Blue Origin ‘ready’ for Tuesday’s space launch near Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — It’s all systems “go” for Blue Origin’s lift off into space on Tuesday morning. New Shepard’s flight director gave his seal of…
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Stretch of I-10 in Luna County dedicated as memorial for slain officer Darian Jarrott
DEMING, New Mexico — A stretch of Interstate 10 in Luna County in southern New Mexico is now a memorial corridor honoring a New Mexico State…
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El Paso storms cause damage, floods with submerged cars; rescue seen on video
(Editor’s note: Use the scroller in the module above to view video and photos of the storm impacts.) EL PASO, Texas — Thunderstorms with…
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El Paso border agents carry migrant on piggyback to safety, find 134 in stash houses, arrest 23 fugitives in week
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers from the El Paso sector just experienced what seemed like one…
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Anthony High School student finally gets diploma after dropping out to support family during pandemic
ANTHONY, Texas —Â At the age of eight, Edgar Dominguez says he began helping his dad’s construction business. The scorching heat and intense labor…
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Cash incentives offered to rescue partners at El Paso Animal Services to create shelter space
EL PASO, Texas — If you’ve ever thought about rescuing a pet and giving them a forever home, now might just be the purr-fect time. If you bring home…
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Body discovered floating in west El Paso canal near border
EL PASO, Texas — Authorities were working Sunday to recover a body spotted floating in west El Paso canal near the U.S.-Mexico border. The discovery…
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