Motorcyclist killed in deadly east El Paso wreck
UPDATE: Police have identified the motorcyclist who was killed early Friday. Adrian Renteria was driving eastbound on Edgemere Blvd. Maria Ramirez…
Continue Reading MLK canned food drive begins this month
The MLK Canned Food Drive starts Jan. 5. They will be collecting canned and non-perishable food donations from Jan. 5, 2015 through Jan. 19, 2015 in…
Continue Reading Secretary of VA visits El Paso after shooting
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert McDonald, was in El Paso Thursday, just two days after the tragedy at the main VA facility.…
Continue Reading Delayed start for area schools Thursday
The following schools will have a delayed start this Thursday morning: * ANTHONY ISD* CANUTILLO ISD* EPISD* GADSDEN ISD* SAN ELI ISD* CATHEDRAL HIGH*…
Continue Reading TxDOT to begin Mesa Street study this summer
Pedestrian safety along Mesa Street is one of the main priorities of an upcoming study. The University of Texas at El Paso area has been identified…
Continue Reading City narrowing site search for Downtown arena, museum, cultural center
The city of El Paso is considering when and where to build those big game-changing projects from the quality of life bond. The signature projects are…
Continue Reading Doctor and gunman dead in shooting incident at VA clinic at William Beaumont Army Medical Center
The FBI will be handling the investigation into a deadly shooting inside a Veterans Affairs Clinic at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, according…
Continue Reading SMS (text) newsletters and alerts are being replaced with an upgraded alert system
In an effort to best serve you, we will shortly be retiring our current text alerting platform as we upgrade to a more robust & reliable push…
Continue Reading Major General Stephen Twitty’s Statement
At approximately 3:10 p.m., we received reports of an active shooter at the El Paso Veterans Affairs clinic at Ft. Bliss. The VA immediately enacted…
Continue Reading El Paso’s Jim Paul nominated for baseball honor similiar to hall of fame
Former El Paso Diablo’s owner Jim Paul’s name is synonymous with local baseball. But he’s also well-known for his contributions to…
Continue Reading UTEP coach Tim Floyd meets with USC about vacant basketball job after USC reaches out
UTEP head basketball coach Tim Floyd has met with USC Athletic Director Pat Haden about the Trojans’ vacant basketball position, according to a…
Continue Reading Tanks, aircraft interact for virtual Army training
More than a dozen troops carefully maneuver through overgrown shrubs, firing laser-tag rifles at the enemy as they advance on a compound in the New…
Continue Reading UTEP ends basketball season Tuesday with Noche Latina Night; thousands of items to be given away
The UTEP men’s basketball team will end its home schedule against Memphis at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 at the Don Haskins Center. It will be…
Continue Reading NMSU begins selling hot sauce with a real kick
The New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute on March 4 began selling the Holy Jolokia Taco Sauce. It was unveiled over the weekend at the…
Continue Reading CISD audit reveals students were taken to central office to vote in bond election
New documents from the Canutillo Independent School District reveal former Superintendent Damon Murphy may have bused students to Central Office to…
Continue Reading El Paso’s time-of-day watering schedule resumes on Monday
El Paso’s time-of-day watering schedule resumes Monday and lasts until Sept. 30. During this time period El Pasoans are only allowed to water…
Continue Reading UTEP’s Diana Natalicio: I don’t believe in graduation rates
Diana Natalicio, who has been president of UTEP since 1998, recently did an interview with Washington Monthly’s College Guide. Several topics…
Continue Reading Sun City Scifi On the Grid Saturday to help out family in need, bring sci-fi community together
The grid can be dangerous in the “Tron” film franchise. It can maim or even kill. Luckily, the Sun City Scifi: On the Grid is all about…
Continue Reading Narco cinema finds growing audience in Austin
by Julin Aguilar / Texas Tribune After the arrest in 2010 of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, who the authorities said was the head of a violent Mexican drug…
Continue Reading Austin on North Korea nuclear ‘hit list’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready “to settle accounts with the U.S.,” unleashing a new…
Continue Reading Petty crime increase seen on Fort Bliss
There has been an increase in petty crime on Fort Bliss, according to the post’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. Dana H. Pittard. “Over the…
Continue Reading Nationally-known columnist Dan Savage talks about sex, relationships, and ‘friend zone’ at UTEP
Dan Savage, author, columnist, and creator of the It Gets Better movement, spoke at UTEP’s Union Cinema on Wednesday night. Savage has visited…
Continue Reading Vinyl records seeing surge in market
Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS, the entertainment industry’s leading data information systems, announced the 2012 year-end U.S. music sales…
Continue Reading More than an hour elapsed before alert sent out to evacuate UTEP campus on Tuesday
The University of Texas at El Paso campus was not evacuated for nearly an hour and a half after a bomb threat was received on Tuesday afternoon.…
Continue Reading UTEP’s Tim Floyd, Greg Foster in Los Angeles
USC still doesn’t have a head men’s basketball coach and someone they interviewed, Tim Floyd, just happened to be in Los Angeles on…
Continue Reading Dona Ana County observes ‘Spring Holiday’ on Good Friday
Easter weekend is fast approaching and a lot of people are looking forward to a vacation day at the end of the week for Good Friday, but for the Dona…
Continue Reading Residents complain about Altura ’roundabout’
Drivers coming up from Copia can only see a hill. Some may see a sign calling for slow speeds, but some won’t. And just before its too late,…
Continue Reading Nice weather expected to last through weekend
Nice weather continues for a while into the holiday weekend. Temps will warm in the upper 70s and low 80s later this week. Expect the wind to pick up…
Continue Reading Zavala Elementary heads to Destination Imagination state finals
Schools out at Zavala Elementary, but the empty hallways are filled with the sounds of students practicing. Five Zavala fourth and fifth graders are…
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