News Stories for May 2010
Stories for Monday, May 31
El Paso School District Tax Rate Increase
Early voting preparations come to an end in the El Paso school district.There school leaders are asking voters to approve a tax rate increase of $0.13If it passes, the state will match about $19.3 million, something the district said is much needed.The election will be held June 15.Sign up for ...
Dona Ana County Primary Turnout Expected To Be Low
The list of candidates is ready to go for the 2010 primaries and there are some major races that will impact the people of Dona Ana County. In the race for county commissioner of district one there are three Democrats that will be on the ballot, Cindy Padilla, Gilbert Chavez ...
Some Socorro Residents Will Finally Have Sidewalks
TxDot approved millions of dollars for sidewalks in neighborhoods around schools. For residents in the city of Socorro it's a dream come true.School isn't far for the Rosales kids but it could be dangerous."There's a lot of kids that pass through here and a lot of parents that walk around ...
Socorro High School Earns Exemplary Rating
While most El Paso schools excelled in the TAKS test only a few high schools earned the coveted exemplary rating.In the El Paso School District, Silva Health Magnet and Transmountain Early College were the only two. Valley Verder Early College was the only one in the Ysleta Independent School District.And ...
Many Vets Missing Out On Thousands Of Dollars
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has a program for veterans over the age of 65 called Aid and Attendance. Despite some being able to receive more than $23,000 a year through the program, officials with Veterans Financial said only one in three eligible vets are enrolled.Ralph Klenik served an ...
Stranded Hiker Brought Down Safely
A hiker is safely guided down the Franklin Mountains after calling for help around 5:15 p.m. on Monday.Firefighters said a man heard someone calling for help, and after clearing the trail at Smugglers Pass, authorities were able to locate the stranded hiker.KFOX spoke to the man who called 911 for ...
Humane Society Speaking Out Against Animal Shelter
The Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley is already burdened with an overpopulation of pets, but now it can add another problem to the list.Frank Bryce, the president for the Humane Society of Southern New Mexico, said the shelter has a big rodent infestation problem in a trailer often ...
Festival Causes Parking Troubles At Water Park
Many Borderland residents who took advantage of the warm weather on Memorial Day headed off to Wet ‘N’ Wild, but traffic troubles made it difficult to get out of the park."We waited on the freeway for about almost an hour, I mean it was super-packed, there was so many cars. ...
Manhunt Monday: Man Sought In Assault Of Sister-In-Law
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is looking for man accused in the brutal attack of his own sister-in-law.Deputies said that Mariano Feliz Jr., 46, and his brother spent three days beating the woman at her Tornillo home.The woman was found with a bloody mouth and injuries to her face, ...
Hot Check Warrants List Released
2010 Hot Check Warrant List More than 3,600 individuals’ names that have outstanding hot check warrants have been made public by the El Paso County Attorney's Office Monday.More than $3.3 million is owed to local merchants.People named in the list have until June 7 to pay their outstanding amounts to ...
New El Paso Emergency Room Clinic Cuts Wait Time
Waiting to see a doctor in an emergency room can take hours if you don’t have a life threatening-injury. But one El Paso hospital has come up with a way to get patients seen twice as fast.William Beaumont Army Medical Center now has a Quick Care Clinic. After ER patients ...
El Pasoans Answer The Question: What Is Memorial Day?
Thousands of El Pasoans enjoy being off on Memorial Day, but not everyone with the vacation day really knows what Memorial Day is and why it's celebrated. It was once a somber day to recognize all the men and women who gave their lives for their country. It goes beyond ...
Stories for Sunday, May 30
Large West El Paso Home Goes Up In Flames
Fire investigators were attempting to find a cause for a massive house fire that broke out in West El Paso Sunday evening.The fire broke out at about 6:00 p.m. on the 7300 block of Black Mesa Drive. More than 40 firefighters worked for more than 20 minutes to put down ...
Mexican Federal Agents Attacked
Four federal agents who were patrolling a community in Juarez were ambushed.Police said the shooters shot at the men more than 100 times late Saturday night.Authorities are looking for the triggermen who were seen riding in a green minivan.The four men were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.
Las Cruces Airplane Crash Sends 3 To The Hospital
Officials from the Las Cruces International Airport said it was around 3 pm Sunday when a single engine 172 Cessna plane crashed.“We could see him going down and then I heard the other pilot that was up with him say 'plane down plane down' and that's when I ran in ...
Juarez Records Its Deadliest Month So Far
As the month of May comes to an end, Juarez authorities said 242 people have been killed so far this month in our sister city.While May was the deadliest month of the year, January had 227 murders, February had 163, March had 240 and April had 203.Thats a total of ...
Memorial Day Weekend Profile: Commissioner Dan Haggerty
El Paso County Commissioner Dan Haggerty is well known not because of his service to our country during the Vietnam War and after, but because of his service to our county for the last 15 years as a county commissioner.Haggerty had just graduated from Cathedral High School in El Paso ...
Dona Ana Jail Too Full For Minor Offenders
In the last few weeks the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces has not been accepting nonviolent offenders, reported the Associated Press, because it doesn't have room.Crimes such as littering, being a public nuisance, trespassing, possessing less than an ounce of marijuana, gambling, driving without a license or ...
Crime Of The Week: Hit-and-Run Leaves Man In Coma
A man was riding on his bicycle to work one night when someone hit him with a car and kept driving. It makes this week’s Crime Of The Week.El Paso officers said it happened on Thursday May 6 at around 10:30 p.m. They said the victim is 51-year-old Ruben Lemus ...
Blaze Damages 4 Homes, 2 Construction Trailers
El Paso fire officials said a home, three homes under construction and two construction trailers were all damaged in a fire early Sunday morning.The massive fire broke out just before 6:30 a.m. in the 12900 block of Hidden Grove Drive in far East El Paso. Investigators said the fire was ...
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