News Stories for June 2007
Stories for Thursday, June 28
Traveling Troubles At The El Paso Airport
At the height of the delays and cancellations at the El Paso International Airport, lines lasted for hours, and tempers ran short."I'd just like to know if we are going to fly," said Dan Lab from Nebraska.Lab and his family were trying to find a way to go home."We're waiting ...
Airport Delays Bring Extra Dollars To El Paso
Thursday morning about 200 passengers were in line for two hours trying to reschedule flights.Rick Phillips was among those stranded in El Paso. " I had a flight to Orlando through Dallas. It was canceled.", he said.KFOX found Phillips at Carlos and Mickey's Restaurant at the airport enjoying a drink. ...
Consumer Watch: Report On Credit Monitoring Services -- Overrated
Government agencies, banks, and businesses have improperly disclosed and even lost the personal information of 100 million Americans in the last three years. This has put a lot of people at risk of identity theft.Credit bureaus have services that are supposed to alert you if your identity has been stolen. ...
Rain Floods Streets In Central El Paso
As the rain pounded over the Borderland Wednesday night, some streets in Central El Paso were quickly flooding. Monsoon season officially starts July 4, and meteorologists say last night was a preview of what is to come in the following months."This is nothing. When the rain really comes down, this ...
Worker Threatened With Gun
At least 10 people were inside a Whataburger restaurant early Thursday morning when a man walked into the restaurant and threatened the cashier with a gun.Police investigators said they were called to 7400 Gateway East at 2:20 a.m. Thursday after employees reported a robbery.Witnesses told police that a Hispanic man ...
Stories for Wednesday, June 27
Police: Graffiti Poses Problem For City Streets, Buildings
As summer progresses, graffiti is posing a problem for many streets and buildings in Las Cruces.According to Dan Trujillo, spokesman for Las Cruces Police Department, graffiti is at an all-time high in all sections of the city.Figures with Las Cruces Codes Enforcement indicate there have been more than 600 incidents ...
Mayor John Cook Delivers Annual Address
El Paso Mayor John Cook delivered his annual State of the City address Wednesday afternoon.The mayor touched on a variety of issues in his speech including the devastation caused by last summer's flooding and the $200 million cost of repairing the damaged infrastructure.He also noted how Fort Bliss's expansion will ...
Teens Set Three Fires
A neighbor noticed two teenagers in the park and called police after 10 p.m. Tuesday night. The neighbor told police the kids tried to set fire to the playground equipment.Investigators said the teens did set three small fires, but there was no serious damage to Madeline Park.If you have any ...
Fort Bliss Mini-City Makes Progress
Fort Bliss has been expanding its territory since October 2006. Construction crews have been moving dirt and constructing buildings near Biggs Army Airfield. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this may be the largest military construction program in the Corps history.Fort Bliss officials said the project is on schedule. ...
Heat Up; Water Down
El Pasoans are using less water now than they were a year ago. El Paso Water Utilities say that even though we are in the midst of summer our city is using less water.Last year in mid-June the city was using 162 million gallons of water. This year in mid-June ...
Postal Service Hires Permanent Employees
New Mexico Senators say the post office has hired permanent employees to help alleviate the problems post offices have been having for more than a year.As KFOX has reported, the El Paso processing and distribution center sorts mail for both cities, El Paso and Las Cruces. That's one of the ...
Water Rescue Turns Into Border Patrol Agent Assault
A human smuggling attempt went horribly wrong as Border Patrol agents said they tried to catch a group of immigrants and their smuggler. One of the immigrants jumped into the canal."Right now the canal is very full, has strong currents, and with the dynamics of the canal, the current swept ...
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Parenting Report: Correcting Flathead In Infants
Since the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended putting babies to sleep on their backs, cases of SIDS -- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have declined 40 percent.But, this practice could change the shape of a baby's head, by developing a condition called Flathead.In fact, 33 out of every 10,000 babies born ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 26
City Dissolves City-County Health District
El Paso City Council moved forward Tuesday with plans to dissolve the City-County Health District.The city is taking over most of the agency's programs from Animal Control to vaccinations.City Council set a six-month timeline for dissolving the district, and creating a new city department.Mayor John Cook said it's important that ...
Health District Taking Property Owners To Court
The high temperatures make it easy for mosquitoes to multiply. But the biggest sting may be coming from the City/County Health District, which is now forcing homeowners to clean up their act.Stagnant water, especially in private swimming pools, has been the cause of mosquito breeding."If you don't maintain your pool, ...
Electrical Short Causes House Fire
El Paso fire investigators said an electrical short caused a West El Paso house fire.Firefighters inspected the roof of the house in the 3400 block of Hixson around 3 p.m. Tuesday.Investigators said a short in a wire that led to the air conditioner caused extensive roof damage.Inside, they had to ...
Fire Blazes On Hottest Day of the Year
Flames engulfed several bales of hay Tuesday afternoon at a dairy farm in Vado, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles. Firefighters said the heat may be to blame."A lot of times heat is a factor. It's called spontaneous combustion," Dona Ana County ...
El Paso Area Getting Less Dairy For The Dollar
The price of dairy products like milk, cheese and ice cream are headed up next month.Gene Carrejo is the general manager of Prices Creameries in Central El Paso. He said, "There is a 27 cent increase in July. We have already seen 46 cents since January."The price increase is bad ...
National Guard Completes One Year Along Border
There is one year left until the target date for guardsmen assigned to the New Mexico border with Mexico as part of Operation Jump Start.The mission started last June as a way for soldiers to help stressed U.S. Border Patrol agents to help keep illegal immigrants out.According to Agent Martin ...
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