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Email indicates gangs involved in stabbing
KFOX14 has obtained new information in last week's fatal stabbing in Northeast El Paso. A confidential email sent to police officers, firefighters and first responders, indicates members of the Georgia Boyz Gang are seeking retaliation against the Folk Nation Gang for the stabbing death of Lucosta Leon Holley. The email ...
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Helicopters Help With Jubilee Beacon
Army helicopters are being used to build a massive beacon in North Yorkshire to be lit as part of the Jubilee celebrations.
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Raw Video: NATO Protesters Target Boeing
Demonstrators launched another round of protests Monday in the final hours of the NATO summit, targeting Boeing headquarters and a suburban community that could become the site of a detention facility to hold illegal immigrants. (May 21)
Fort Bliss invites public to celebrate Armed Forces Day
Fort Bliss is opening its gates to the El Paso Community to celebrate Armed Forces Day on Saturday, May 19. Festivities will last from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Biggs Park, East Fort Bliss. Admission is free. Visitors can see an array of weapons, heavy maneuvered vehicle and equipment ...
Fort Bliss unveils massive solar project
Fort Bliss is working to reduce their carbon footprint with a massive solar project. The project is just the latest step in the Fort Bliss Net Zero strategy. Soon, officials said there will be thousands of solar panels sprinkled along an adjacent plot of land to headquarters on East Bliss. ...
Slaying victim’s wife speaks exclusively with KFOX14 News
Two days after Lucostal Leon Holley, 30, was stabbed and killed, police still have not released any information about suspects or motive. Holley's wife, Sabina Holley, said she spoke with him a few hours before he was stabbed. "He was in good spirits," Holley said. "We talked and he just ...
Fort Bliss restores Vietnam era helicopter
Fort Bliss dedicated an important piece of the Army’s medical history on Thursday. A World War II era Huey Medevac has been restored to its original condition and now sits in front of the Wounded Warrior unit on post. Fort Bliss got the helicopter at the beginning of the year, ...
Military Times Edge unveils 40 great employers for veterans
The Military Times EDGE surveyed more than 1,000 major companies and top government contractors with a detailed questionnaire about their recruiting and hiring policies, social recognition for veterans and pay and benefits for reservists. They looked for companies that didn't just talk about how much they support the military, but ...
Organization to offer free rides home to prevent drunken driving
Solutions to El Paso's drinking and driving problems are hard to come by, but a new organization istaking on the old problem in a new way. No DUI El Paso said they'll get you and your vehicle home safely if you've had too much to drink. Tyler Rouse is the ...
More local families turn to Salvation Army for help
The Salvation Army of El Paso said they're seeing "a new face to homelessness." More local families have been showing up at their doorsteps for help. "We had 124 people that were calling our shelter home last night and what we're seeing as far as changes is more of a ...
The majority of Mexicans want more help from U.S. in drug war
A recent poll in Mexico found that the majority of Mexicans want more help from the United States in the drug war which is tarnishing the country. According to the poll conducted by The Dallas Morning News and Mexico's El Universal, 52 percent of Mexican nationals said they would like ...
Millions of dollars is headed to a local school
The U.S. Department of Defense is giving more than $13.2 million to Logan Elementary in Northeast El Paso. A study the DOD conducted last year shows it is the worst school for military children because of overcrowding issues and the bad shape of the building. The building was constructed more ...
Loop 375 Closures
**NEW** William Beaumont Overpass Start Date: Jan 2012 Expected Completion Date: July 2012 Fort Bliss has begun the construction of the new William Beaumont Army Medical Center. To access this center, they will need to build a new overpass and four new ramps. The William Beaumont Overpass will be located over ...
Body of nurse who died while Skyping arrives in NY
The body of a U.S. Army nurse who died suddenly in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife has arrived in western New York. More than 100 mourners and admirers assembled at a Rochester airport Saturday to pay tribute to Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark. Clark was originally assigned ...
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Facebook offers Lifeline, Etch A Sketch on iPad?
Facebook will extend its suicide prevention outreach services to military families. Etcher can turn the Apple iPad into a working Etch A Sketch.
Major construction project improperly sealed
A ramp on the year-old Spur 601, where it meets Fred Wilson, was not sealed to state standard according to the Texas Department of Transportation's director of construction, Ken Barnett. The original contractor was J.D. Abrams, an Austin-based company that Barnett said usually does high-quality work. "There's a specification that ...
Fort Bliss trains women soldiers to help Afghan women
Officers at Fort Bliss are now training one of the first Female Engagement Teams to work with the Afghan community. A select group of women will deploy to Afghanistan and go directly into the community, speaking with Afghan women about their wants and needs. Fort Bliss opened up the opportunity ...
El Paso Mayor John Cook asking you to help pay for his lawsuits
In a news conference on Wednesday, El Paso Mayor John Cook unveiled a website called dotherightthingep.com, where he's accepting donations from any unincorporated person towards the $320,000 in legal fees he's acquired while fighting efforts to recall him from office. Cook said he's even had to borrow money from his ...
Sec. of Army says Army must modernize to save money
The army is now in the last phase of testing for cutting-edge technology, specifically for use in the battlefield. Secretary of the United States Army John McHugh visited Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range to view the Army's ongoing Network Integration Evaluation on Wednesday. “This is one of the ...
Soldier study comes to Borderland
A new congressional study is under way here in the borderland to look at how soldiers have been impacted by the Afghan war. Two researchers will be in the El Paso community studying how much of an impact multiple deployments has on the soldiers and families of Fort Bliss and in the sun ...
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