El Paso families plan for Thanksgiving gatherings after last year’s pandemic limits
EL PASO, Texas — With Thanksgiving Day only two weeks away, many El Pasoans are now deciding how they will be celebrating the big holiday. Last…
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Appeals panel grants Grossman injunction in Duranguito lawsuit, orders city of El Paso to pay court costs
EL PASO, Texas — The state 8th Court of Appeals on Wednesday decided to provide historic preservationist Max Grossman another look at a…
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Sunland Park man faces decades in prison for sexually assaulting 8-year-old
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A Sunland Park man has been convicted of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old, prosecutors announced Wednesday. 43-year-old…
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Meet El Paso County’s Veteran of the Year
EL PASO, Texas — As El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego handed over a beautiful glass plaque, the new Veteran of the Year award winner was…
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Man struck by vehicle and killed in Clint
CLINT, Texas — A man was struck by a vehicle and killed in Clint on Wednesday evening, according to El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies. The deadly…
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2 Canutillo ISD schools returning to remote learning due to Covid outbreaks
CANUTILLO, Texas — The Canutillo Independent School District said it would be temporarily closing Canutillo Middle School and Jose Damian Elementary…
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Gang unit arrests central El Paso man for shooting wife, says he lied about drive-by
EL PASO, Texas — A 51-year-old central El Paso man has been arrested for allegedly shooting his wife and then lying to police by claiming that she…
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‘This generation’s Ellis Island’: Media tours Afghan refugee camp at Holloman AFB
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — For the first time, Holloman Air Force Base this month invited reporters to tour the village that thousands of Afghan…
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‘Very frustrating’: U.S. Army veteran was just 1 class short of degree when Vista College closed
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After twenty years of serving his country, Dale Lawrence was ready to graduate with his bachelor’s degree from Vista College…
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Damaged gas line in Lower Valley won’t be fixed until sometime Wednesday night
UPDATE: Texas Gas Service said it would be sometime Wednesday night before crews would be able to complete repairs to a damaged and leaking gas line…
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El Paso Water hopes to end sewage release into Rio Grande by year’s end
EL PASO, Texas – During the City of El Paso’s Public Service Board meeting on Wednesday, Alan Shubert – who heads engineering, operations and…
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Man charged with manslaughter in I-10 El Paso County crash near state line
UPDATE, Nov. 10: A man who fled from the scene of a deadly highway crash back in July was charged Wednesday with manslaughter. El Paso County…
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Man killed in northeast El Paso crash after pickup pulls out in front of motorcycle
UPDATE, Nov. 10: Police on Wednesday identified an east El Paso man as the victim of Tuesday’s deadly motorcycle crash in the northeast.…
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East El Paso man jailed for allegedly shooting cats with air rifle
EL PASO, Texas — An east El Paso man was jailed on animal cruelty charges after he allegedly shot two cats with an air rifle, police said Tuesday.…
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Overflowing junk in northeast El Paso yard is cleaned up by city crews after neighbor outrage
UPDATE, Nov. 9: Residents in a northeast El Paso neighborhood breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday. The Orpheus Street home whose front yard had been…
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Police say man fatally shot self after stealing Las Cruces officer’s car, crashing into school
UPDATE #3: Officials late Tuesday acknowledged it was a Las Cruces police officer’s sedan that was stolen from an I-25 crash scene earlier in the day…
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EP Council votes for arena cost & building preservation estimates, to explore lawsuit settlement
UPDATE, Nov. 9: El Paso City Council met Tuesday to once again discuss whether seek to obtain an updated cost estimate for the proposed downtown…
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Almost 40 protest Covid-19 vaccine mandate at NMSU
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Almost 40 demonstrators met on the NMSU horseshoe Tuesday afternoon to protest the university-wide vaccine mandate. “I…
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8-year-old Guatemalan boy abandoned by smugglers at Paso Del Norte bridge after border reopened
EL PASO, Texas – An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy was abandoned by human smugglers at the Paso Del Norte bridge just hours after the Mexico-U.S.…
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12-year-old girl dies in Deming ATV rollover crash
DEMING, New Mexico – A 12-year-old Deming girl was killed over the weekend in a rollover crash of an ATV, New Mexico State Police said Tuesday.…
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El Pasoan killed, 2 Las Cruces men hurt in fiery Hudspeth County highway crash
UPDATE, Nov. 9: DELL CITY, Texas — Authorities said Tuesday that an El Paso man died and two Las Cruces residents were seriously hurt in a fiery…
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Speeding Juarez trucker blamed for deadly crash near Zaragoza Bridge that caused power outage
UPDATE, Nov. 9: A Ciudad Juarez truck driver believed to be speeding triggered a deadly crash near the Ysleta Port of Entry that claimed his own life…
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Transmountain reopens after hiker rescued, bomb squad disposes of explosive device
UPDATE #2: Transmountain Road was reopened as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to El Paso police, after the explosive ordinance found in the area by a…
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West El Paso man held on $50k bond for firing multiple guns at apartment complex
EL PASO, Texas — A west El Paso man was being held in the downtown jail Tuesday on $50,000 bond, accused of opening fire into an apartment complex…
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76-year-old man hospitalized after Socorro area hit & run
EL PASO, Texas — A 76-year-old man was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run, El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said…
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Extra police presence at Irvin High School after ‘vague threat of violence’
EL PASO, Texas — Extra police officers were assigned duty at a northeast El Paso high school on Tuesday morning after officials reported what was…
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Milk truck spills after crashing, overturning on I-10 in west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A Sarah Farms truck carrying gallons of milk crashed and rolled over along a portion of Interstate 10 in west El Paso on Monday…
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UT System chancellor says UTEP’s charting the future in aviation, aeronautics
EL PASO, Texas– Last Saturday’s football game against UTSA brought more than 30,000 fans to the Sun Bowl and garnered enough attention to be…
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Violent crime in Las Cruces up by 22%, driven by assaults & robberies
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — At a City Council meeting Monday, the Las Cruces Police Department released its 2021 third quarter crime statistics,…
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Police say man shot dead in east El Paso after assaulting ex-girlfriend is justifiable killing
UPDATE, Nov. 8: Investigators on Monday said they were ruling last week’s shooting death of a man by a homeowner on El Paso’s east side as a case of…
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