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Officials Juarez man tried to smuggle 207 pounds of drugs hidden in vehicle
A Juarez man is facing drug smuggling charges after officials said he tried to enter the county with more than 200 pounds of marijuana stashed in his vehicle.Around 6 a.m. Monday, Jesus Eduardo Navarro entered the downtown Paso Del Norte border crossing in a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe, officials said.A drug-sniffing dog alerted U.S. Customers and Border Protection officers to the vehicle, and an X-ray ...
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Public invited to Triple-A stadium groundbreaking ceremony
Just over a month after the demolition of City Hall, El Paso's Triple-A baseball stadium will break ground May 30."The groundbreaking for El Paso's ballpark is a momentous occasion. It has taken many months and much hard work to reach this point. Now we can join together as a community to celebrate an event that is both a symbolic and very real development in an exciting and ...
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Cause of multiple brush fires still undetermined
Monday afternoon, fire crews battled brush fires that burned down a home and kept reigniting throughout the evening in southern New Mexico along the Texas state line. Dona Ana County sheriff's spokeswoman Kelly Jameson said fire investigators worked to see what caused the fires. "We still have a few hot spots, but they're in an area that isn't easily accessible," Sunland ...
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Heartwarming video Oklahoma tornado victim finds dog while being interviewed by TV news crew
As an Oklahoma tornado victim explains how she took cover in her bathroom during the tornado as her house collapsed around her, her missing dog peaks out from under some rubble. It's worth ...
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East El Paso woman flees attacker by jumping out window
El Paso police arrested a manthey said stabbeda woman in the leg Tuesday morning.They said the man stabbed the woman three times inside their Montwood apartment.Police said the woman tried to escape by jumping out a window.She was taken to a local hospital.The man was taken to the Pebble Hills Regional Command ...
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El Paso Nonprofits Aid Boston Bangladesh Victims
Limbs International, an El Paso not-for-profit organization which helps leg amputees in Third World countries, plans to provide prosthetics to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and victims of a garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, it announced Monday. The organization is ready to provide its Limbs Relief Knee, a durable, plastic, low-cost, artificial knee used as part of a ...
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Sunland Park firefighters continue to monitor fire at Texas-New Mexico border
›› Photos: Firefighters battle blaze in El Paso's Upper Valley A brush fire that spread on both sides of the El Paso-Sunland Park border has been extinguished, officials said. Sunland Park firefighters were still at the area of the fire this morning to make sure it did not reignite. "Right now there are just smoldering hot spots," Chief Andres Burciaga said. ...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry signs bill making Texas Tech med school stand-alone campus
Gov. Rick Perry on Monday signed a bill establishing the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso as its own independent school within the Texas Tech University System. The signing of Senate Bill 120 gives the El Paso campus its own administration, a milestone that supporters said could help transform the city's economy by expanding medical services and research. The bill ...
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Documents El Paso man was beaten to death during Ecstasy drug deal
›› 2 women, 1 man held in Central El Paso slaying An argument over the sale of Ecstasy pills turned into a vicious beating that killed a 22-year-old man in his Central El Paso home on Friday, court documents state. Less than 24 hours after the body of Jose Castaon was found, detectives arrested Sonia Bautista, 21, Ricardo Lorenzo Macias Jr., 21, and Brianna Garay, 18, on a ...
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Downtown El Paso ballpark lawsuit against 3 city officials dismissed
›› Videos A state district judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed against City Manager Joyce Wilson and city Reps. Cortney Niland and Steve Ortega by former Mayor Ray Salazar in January. The dismissal ends the plaintiffs' attempt to review Ortega's federal income tax returns for the past three years. Ortega, who is running for mayor, had been served with a ...
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El Paso still counting cost of storm
El Paso may be counting the cost of last year’s intense hail storm for the next two years according to expert opinions and data released by local insurance companies to El Paso news media.
On September 16th last year a hail storm hit the city causing extensive damage to homes, businesses and cars across the city but with the vast majority of damage centered around East Side. Around 20,000 cars and 10,000 homes were damaged according to the Insurance Council of Texas, which amounted to $150 million. Read more
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