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District Judge: El Paso County employees can keep domestic partnership benefits
Gay and domestic partners of El Paso County employees get to keep their health benefits, for now. A district judge ruled against a man seeking to put a temporary stop to the policy as part of a lawsuit. Meanwhile, El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar says she will try to ...
Trial begins for 2010 triple murder case
The suspect in a triple murder that happened three years ago finally goes to trial in Las Cruces on Monday. The homicide involves a couple and their business partner that were shot and killed at the couple's home in Mesilla Hills. A pool of 72 jurors was narrowed down to 12, and ...
UTEP area road construction begins Monday
A roundabout will be installed on Schuster Avenue during the summer break. The construction will be around the University of Texas at El Paso campus. The Texas Department of Transportation said Schuster will be completely closed between Sun Bowl Drive and Prospect Street starting Monday. The project runs through Sunday, Aug. ...
First four-year doctorates educated in El Paso get ready to graduate
The convocation ceremony for the inaugural class of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine was held at the Plaza Theatre in downtown El Paso Friday evening. These 40 medical students were hooded and on Tuesday will graduate before they head into their residency. The program started four years ago ...
Franklin High School science teacher: Next year's classroom sizes will be 'unsafe'
Twenty-four-to-1 is the ratio Franklin High School teacher Tom Davis told KFOX 14 is safe to teach students. But Davis said next school year he expects more than 28 or 29 students in a classroom, which he calls "unsafe." Davis told KFOX 14 he wants the new school board of ...
TEA still trusts state-appointed Board of Managers
Four new members of the board of trustees will oversee El Paso Independent School District once the state-appointed board of managers steps down. This is after voters went to the polls on Saturday to elect new board members. It was just last week Texas Education Agency Commissioner Michael Williams was ...
EPPD's bomb squad called to "suspicious device"
El Paso police were called on a suspicious device call at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. The call was to a Circle K on Monroe and Dyer. The bomb squad said it found a military-grade smoke canister which had no explosive characteristics. Police said the device was given to Fort Bliss personnel ...
Spring storms hit the Borderland
Rain, strong winds and hail hit El Paso and surrounding areas Friday evening. The El Paso National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning from about 5-6 p.m. for a good portion of eastern El Paso County. The rain, despite the wind, is welcomed. "It's fresh," Liz Silvas said. There ...
NMSU's new president to evaluate football program
Dr. Garrey Carruthers takes office June 1 for five years. One of the biggest issues he will have to deal with his the New Mexico State University football program. The Aggies because an independent team after the Western Athletic Program dropped football. Now, NMSU joins the Sun Belt Conference in fall of ...
State-appointed Board of Managers installed at EPISD
The five-member board of managers was sworn in Tuesday. Those board members are Dr. Judy Castleberry, Dr. Blanca Enriquez, Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria, Ed Archuleta and former state Rep. Dee Margo. Margo was selected as the board's president and spokesperson. "The two biggest priorities we have are the budget and superintendent selection," ...
TEA commissioner to speak at first EPISD Board of Managers meeting Tuesday night
Tuesday evening, the Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams is expected to speak at the first El Paso Independent School District Board of Managers meeting at the district's headquarters starting at 5 p.m. A press conference with Williams will be held at 4:30 p.m. As KFOX has reported last week, the ...
NMSU Board of Regents select university's next president
The New Mexico State University Board of Regents selected Dr. Garrey Carruthers as the university's new president Monday. By a vote of 3 to 2, the board selected Carruthers as the president. Carruthers is the current dean of the College of Business and vice president of Economic Development. He also ...
Update: Man, 19, who died in west El Paso crash was racing
A 19-year-old man was killed Monday afternoon after a crash in west El Paso. Around 4:35 p.m., Gerardo Ochoa was racing another vehicle while in a black 1999 Acura Integra in the 6300 block of Westwind Drive, police said. Police said Ochoa lost control of the Integra and crossed into the southbound lanes and ...
EPPD: Man exposes himself to minor in Central El Paso restroom
A South Central El Paso man is under arrest after police said he exposed his penis to a 15-year-old boy Saturday morning. The exposure reportedly happened in a central El Paso restroom just before 9 a.m. Police say 34-year-old Joe Hector Miranda approached the teen and asked him if he ...
Fort Bliss commanding general's Bible returned
The post's commanding general is out of the "doghouse," as he put it. Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard and his wife Lucille now have a very special heirloom back in their possession. Pittard had accidentally sold his wife's Bible in a yard sale about four weeks ago. It's a Bible that ...
Unemployment rate drops but local youths still struggle to find jobs
Unemployment rate drops but local youths still struggle to find jobs College students are just about to graduate, and a lot of high school students will be out for the summer come June. Many of them will be filling out job applications at places like Workforce Solutions Upper Rio Grande ...
Cigarette sparks house fire in northeast El Paso
A northeast El Paso family loses all of their things after their home catches on fire. It happened late Tuesday night on the 10000 block of Kellogg Street just before 10 p.m. When fire crews arrived at the home, large flames and heavy smoke could be seen coming from a ...
EPISD board of managers will be sworn in at next meeting
The soon-to-be elected El Paso Independent School District board members will have no powers until the newly-appointed board of managers steps aside in up to two years. The current EPISD board of trustees was stripped of its authority by the Texas Education Agency commissioner, and the five-member board of managers ...
New west side teaching hospital possible
KFOX14 News exclusively learns of a new teaching hospital that could be built on the northwest side of El Paso. It's in the Cimarron neighborhood area that Texas Tech officials say a new teaching hospital could be built. KFOX14 spoke to the founding dean and vice president of Texas Tech's ...
Local restaurant holds fundraiser to benefit victims, emergency responders of West, Texas explosion
Texas Roadhouse on Gateway and N. Desert boulevards will hold a fundraiser Monday to benefit victims and first responders of West, Texas. El Paso's location joins 53 other Texas Roadhouse restaurants to support victims of the fertilizer plant explosion which killed at least 14 people about two weeks ago. The ...
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