EPISD trustees to discuss budget overrun accountability
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Independent School District school board will discuss accountability for findings related to a newly released audit. The new report, presented to El Paso ISD Board of Trustees on Monday, July 13, details what led up to EPISD’s declaration of financial exigency. In response, district
Driver arrested in fatal El Paso motorcycle crash
David McCall, 21, was arrested and charged with two counts of collision involving death after fleeing the scene of a crash that killed two people riding a motorcycle on Loop 375 West in El Paso on Sunday evening.
Iconic “Wells Fargo” Letters Removed From El Paso Skyscraper
For 25 years, the iconic Wells Fargo bank brand stood over the city on what was the tallest building in El Paso before the Weststar Tower was constructed. Now, the name that held the building the longest has finally come down. The building originally opened in 1971 as The State...
La Tuna Federal Prison In Anthony Is Closing After More Than 90 Years Near...
A federal prison in Anthony, Texas is closing after more than 90 years of operation. La Tuna, named after a local nickname for the nopal cactus, once ran as a working farm with inmate-tended fields.
Community advocates for couple killed in hit-and-run
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A Clint breakfast restaurant has been raising money for the couple killed in Sunday's crash on Loop 375 near Yarbrough. El Paso police charged 21-year-old DavidMcCall for allegedly crashing into Alfredo and Miriam De La Torre while they rode on a motorcycle. Their daughter frequently went to Co
El Paso County commissioners to review pretrial booking recommendations today
EL PASO, Texas - (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso County commissioners are set to hear new recommendations today aimed at changing what happens after someone is arrested, before they are fully booked into jail. A recent evaluation of the county’s pretrial justice system found success but also room for improvement....
Sacaton Fire: Containment reaches 57% as residents return home
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Fire officials continue to report steady progress in the fight against the Sacaton Fire, which has been burning in the Gila Wilderness area for three weeks. Residents in the Willow Creek area have also been allowed to return home. The fire, 15 miles east of Glenwood, New Mexico, has burned […]
El Paso Department of Public Health advises cyclosporiasis prevention amid outbreak
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The City of El Paso Department of Public Health (DPH) continues to monitor the multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak and is providing preventative measures for the public. According to the DPH, cyclosporiasis is a parasitic infection that causes symptoms such as severe or prolonged diarrhea, abdomi
Man injured in border wall fall
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A man was injured after falling off the border wall early Friday in Sunland Park, New Mexico. According to the Sunland Park Fire Department, a man in his 40s reportedly fell about 20 feet off the wall about 3:15 a.m. near 1000 McNutt Road.
Shooting under investigation in Sunland Park, 1 injured
On Friday, July 10, Sunland Park Police responded to a reported shooting and found one person with a gunshot wound, who was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
