Stacker investigated how many historic sites are at risk of flooding in Texas using data from Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Risk Index and the National Register of Historic Places.
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EL PASO, Texas – One local non-profit is helping reduce hunger all while avoiding food waste. No Lost Food is a food rescue organization that gives out food that others donate because it’s on the brink of being discarded. The goal of the organization is to ensure food doesn’t end up in landfills and is
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EL PASO, Texas- COVID-19 took a toll on many things during the pandemic. The welding industry was no different. A welder and pipefitter for Chevron, Scott Herndon was enjoying life before the pandemic began. Once it hit though, his life changed drastically since the major oil company told him he needed to stay home. “Being
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By Eric Levenson, CNN The body of a small child was recovered from the Rio Grande by Border Patrol agents Thursday, while his brother, who was also swept away by river currents, remains missing, authorities said. The incident began May 2 when agents encountered a husband and wife from Angola who had illegally crossed the
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UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — Texas voters overwhelmingly approve both statewide constitutional amendments that will lower property taxes. More than one million Texans voted to approve both propositions 1 and 2 on the special election ballot. Both propositions will decrease the amount of property tax homeowners pay each day. ORIGINAL: EL PASO, Texas — Polls
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The coronavirus pandemic brought new problems to the auto manufacturing industry as supply chain problems caused factories to close. But what spelled trouble for one part of the car industry was a plus for another, as shown by data analyzed by CoPilot.
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Two North Texas police officers and a former police officer were indicted Friday on felony charges accusing them of using excessive force against demonstrators protesting against police brutality in May 2020. Dallas police officer Ryan Mabry and former Dallas officer Melvin Williams were indicted on multiple felony counts of aggravated assault by a public servant
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EL PASO, Texas – There are men and women who have served in the United States Military, but are now living in dire conditions across the Border. While there are deported veterans all over the world, the Northeast Disabled American Veteran (DAV) 187 Chapter focuses on donating supplies to veterans in our sister city- Ciudad
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EL PASO, Texas– While he was still a nursing student, Esai Barrios worked the August 3 Walmart shooting in 2019. He went on to experience the beginning of the pandemic as a rookie nurse on the front lines. Barrios studied at the Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center- El Paso. He
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El Paso, Texas — With the recent drowning death of Spc. Bishop Evans, trained water rescue specialists, discuss the dangers of an untrained rescue attempt. “It’s human nature, it’s human nature, we want to help someone in need or in trouble, but if you don’t have the proper training and you don’t go through the
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso government and social services are bracing for a surge of migrants once Title 42 is permitted to expire. Title 42 is a CDC health order giving Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents the power to expel migrants without processing them if they believe they are infected with
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EL PASO, Texas — Local activists on both sides of the abortion discussion have been weighing in the future of abortion rights for women across the nation. Betty Hoover worked at Planned Parenthood Center El Paso for over 20 years. She was also the executive director of the center for 17 years. She is a
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Brian Kolfage arrived in Texas three years ago pledging to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s promise of a “big, beautiful” wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. After pleading guilty to federal fraud charges last month, Kolfage leaves behind two small stretches of fencing that are mired in legal, environmental and permitting fights. Kolfage, a 40-year-old Air
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EL PASO, Texas — Fire officials confirmed three people were transported to a local hospital, one with serious injuries following a two vehicle crash resulting in one rollover. It happened at I-10 mile marker 5 at around 3:51 p.m. It is unknown at this time what caused the crash. Please check back for any updates.
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN Fourteen years after she was sent to Texas’ death row, Melissa’s Lucio will finally get the chance to have new evidence of her innocence claims examined in state court. Lucio, 53, was set to be executed Wednesday for capital murder in the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter. But two days
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Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he is moving another $500 million to fund Operation Lone Star, his border security initiative at the Texas-Mexico border. The move comes three weeks after state military officials said the multibillion-dollar operation was in need of an infusion of cash to keep it afloat through the end of the fiscal
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For the past two years, the federal government has turned away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including those who are seeking asylum, using a public emergency health order known as Title 42. It was launched by the Trump administration at the start of the pandemic and continued under the Biden administration. The U.S. Centers for
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The Canutillo High School chamber choir earns the highest achievement possible at the 2022 U.I.L. regional concert. U.I.L. judges gave the choir a “superior” rating in both the Stage Concert Performance and the Music Literacy categories. This is the choir ensemble’s third sweepstakes. Choir members say this year’s prize is especially memorable because it is
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Are you struggling with rising property taxes or housing costs? Our reporter Joshua Fechter would like to hear from you via email. Public schools in Texas are funded largely by local property taxes and, as property values soar in Texas, many property tax bills are also poised to grow. Texas law grants homeowners some tax
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On Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott appeared on Fox News touting a program he’s been pushing for weeks — sending migrants who enter into Texas to Washington, D.C., by charter bus. But this time, Abbott asked Texans to personally contribute their own money to pay for the trips. The decision to crowdfund the free bus trips
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Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the worst commutes in Texas.
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN Seven residents in Llano County, Texas, are suing county officials, claiming their First and 14th Amendment rights were violated when books deemed inappropriate by some people in the community and Republican lawmakers were removed from public libraries or access was restricted. This county of 21,000 people in the Texas Hill Country
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The river was moving swiftly the morning Spc. Bishop Evans jumped into the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass to save two migrants who appeared to be drowning. The risk was great. In the past month, at least 23 migrants had drowned in those waters. And rescues by Guard members patrolling the river were a regular
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Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday urged the Supreme Court of Texas to take up Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal to throw out a whistleblower lawsuit against him. The appeal is Paxton’s latest attempt to avoid a trial after eight of his former top deputies accused him of bribery and abuse
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On Monday, Melissa Lucio was told by a state lawmaker that she was not going to be executed this week. Listen to the conversation between state Rep. Jeff Leach, a Plano Republican, and Lucio, whose death sentence has drawn international outcry as more people come to doubt her guilt in the death of her 2-year-old
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HOUSTON, Texas – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay in the execution of Melissa Lucio today. This will allow a lower court to review the case. The 52-year-old was set to be executed on Wednesday in Texas for the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah. Attorneys for Lucio say there is
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HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Democratic candidate for governor, Beto O’rourke, has tested positive for Covid-19. “In addition to being fully vaccinated and boosted, I regularly test for COVID-19 while traveling the state for town hall meetings. I tested negative yesterday morning before testing positive today. I have mild symptoms and will be following public health
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AUSTIN, Texas — The search for Texas Army National Guard Specialist Bishop E. Evans has come to a tragic end. Congressman Tony Gonzales confirmed Evans’ body was found this morning. Evans, 22, was reported missing Friday after attempting to rescue two migrants from the Rio Grande. A multi-agency search began. The search had to be
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN A plot to move almost a ton of methamphetamine in a shipment of strawberry puree got crushed when US Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the concealed drugs. On April 12, a CBP officer assigned to the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, saw a tractor trailer arriving from Mexico hauling
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico- The dogs of the Animal Rescue League are getting their legs a stretch. Thats because they have teamed up with the city of Sunland Park, New Mexico in order to take their dogs on leashes and out for walks. Saturday and Sunday at 9AM Sunland Park Assistant to City Manager/Director of
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