‘Dream Monster’ evolves from childhood sketch to mural icon in El Paso
The Dream Monster was first born when its creator was in first or second grade, a six-legged dinosaur with the same sleepy eyes and goofy smile everyone recognizes today. "I always had like really bad allergies," Matthew Jay Martinez, an El Paso artist, said. "So when people would go outside to play during recess or lu
Events happening in El Paso this weekend: May 22-24
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Here are a few things you can do this weekend!. Mesa Plaza (front of Hobby Lobby West) Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.
Memorial Day events honor sacrifice, bring history to El Paso
Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. Fort Bliss National Cemetery will host several Memorial Day activities, including its annual flag placement tradition and Memorial Day ceremony honoring those who died while serving in the U.S. military. Community volunteers are inv
LBJ Personally Set Off The Dynamite For Bridge Of The Americas Construction
Most people who cross the Bridge of the Americas are thinking about wait times and what they're going to eat in Juarez. Very few of them know they're driving over the site of one of the most dramatic diplomatic moments in U.S.-Mexico history. Two presidents. A dynamite detonation. A handshake on top of a brand new brid
Santa Teresa Port of Entry Sees Sharp Increase in March
Trade moving through Santa Teresa Port of Entry saw a sharp increase in March as cross-border freight with Mexico continued to outpace trade with Canada, according to newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The March 2026 Transborder Freight Report shows freight between the United States
Doctors say woman in El Paso ICE detention center urgently requires surgery that she...
The 911 call came two days after immigration agents detained the 23-year-old Guatemalan woman in Minnesota as she was driving her mother and two young siblings to their jobs cleaning houses. “Excruciating pain,” the employee at the El Paso immigrant detention facility reported. Emergency responders rushed Andrea Pedro
2 with multiple warrants arrested in Horizon City traffic stop
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Two women were arrested for multiple warrants after a traffic stop in Horizon, according to the Horizon Police Department. Early Friday morning, May 15, officers reportedly conducted a traffic stop near Eastlake Boulevard and Darrington Road after observing a traffic violation. During the stop,
El Paso City Rep. proposes policy against pursuing data centers
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso city representative who initially voted to approve an incentive agreement that paved the way for a META data center in Northeast El Paso is now proposing a policy that would prevent the city from pursuing another data center project. Chris Canales, who represents District 8 in West, [
El Paso woman gets 20-year sentence in 2023 killing of husband after discovering affair
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — An El Paso woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering her husband back in December of 2023 after she discovered he was cheating. Court records show that Luz Elena Martinez, 54, pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to 20...
Jury finds man not guilty in road rage death involving brother, father
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) - A jury found Jose Alberto Orozco not guilty of murder Wednesday. The verdict comes nearly three years after Orozco, his brother and father were charged with murder after what police described as a road rage incident with another driver in El Paso's Upper Valley. The elder Orozco, Raul Alberto O
