News Stories for August 2005
Stories for Friday, August 26
Alternate Means?
Gas prices are at an all time high, forcing many El Pasoans to use alternate modes of transportation. The average price has already hit $3.00 in several parts of the country. Many El Pasoans have been trying to save fuel by carpooling, and even avoiding unnecessary traveling. According to one ...
SUV Rollover Injures At Least Two
Two people are taken to the hospital by helicopter, after a serious crash in Berino. New Mexico State Police responded to the call around 10:45 Thursday night in the area of I-10 close to mile marker 159. We are told that an Isuzu Rodeo carrying eight occupants rolled over. According ...
Ruidoso To Offer Flights
Money from the Federal Government will allow Ruidoso to start seasonal flights between the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport and the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. Senator Pete Domenici says the Federal Aviation Administration agreed to provide $600,000 for the "Fly Ruidoso" proposal. The idea is to bring seasonal American Eagle flights to ...
Stories for Thursday, August 25
White Sands Research Lab Stays Put
The Base Realignment and Closure Commission has elected to keep White Sands Research Lab in New Mexico. The decision, which was handed down Thursday, means 13 military members and 165 civilians will stay put developing and testing new defense technology. Many locals say they're glad about the announcement, that will ...
Authorities Make Large Drug Bust
Border Patrol agents working with officers from the Department of Public Safety make one of the largest drug busts in the area this year. Agents seized more than 3 tons of marijuana from an alleged stash house in the Lower Valley. Officials say they were tipped off, after Border Patrol ...
Police Officer Under Investigation
An El Paso Police officer is on administrative duty, after an alleged altercation with a 14 year old boy. Officers say 10 year veteran Moises Avila responded to a fight Thursday afternoon where weapons were involved. Police say the boy ran from the officer for about 3 blocks, that's when ...
First West Nile Death
This is first death associated with West Nile Virus this year and Health officials say they're noticing the cases are popping up all over town and not just in the county areas. Kimberly Gomez- East El Paso, "I am surprised but then again the mosquito population with all the rain ...
Upper Valley Street Repairs Cause Detour Cocerns
An Upper Valley street is undergoing a major facelift, and as crews install new water pipes and a drainage system, detours are causing concerns when it comes to emergency response. Borderland Road off of Doniphan has a history of flooding problems, the city is competely redoing the drainage system and ...
White Sands Keeps Research Lab
In a victory for Southern New Mexico, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission has voted to keep the Army Research Laboratory at White Sands, and not move it to Aberdeen, Maryland. Community leaders, base employees and New Mexico politicians all rallied for support of the secret lab, and the BRAC ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 24
BRAC On Track
The U.S. Army wants to transform Ft. Bliss from institutional training to a major base for maneuver training, and Wednesday the Base Realignment and Closure Commission agreed to the plan. The BRAC commission approved plans to move the 1st Armored Division from Germany and South Korea to Ft. Bliss. Ft. ...
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