El Paso News

If El Pasoan Danny Olivas did nothing else with his life, he would be known forever as the first El Pasoan to travel into space.

David Michael Duran, 22, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault while Joseph Yearwood, 23, was taken to University Medical Center of El Paso with serious injuries, police said.

U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke on Wednesday requested that investigations into violations of federal education law be expanded to all El Paso Independent School District campuses and other school districts in El Paso County.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held this morning on the route of El Paso's first bus Rapid Transit System, which officials expect to be open by next summer.

Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested a 27-year-old El Paso man Tuesday for allegedly failing to register as a sex offender.

A federal appeals court has allowed an El Paso businessman who pleaded guilty in late 2010 to public corruption charges to withdraw his plea, ruling that a U.S. district judge interfered in the plea negotiations.

It will be up to the new City Council to decide whether Wal-Mart should be allowed to build a supermarket at Montana and Chelsea in Central El Paso.

City Manager Joyce Wilson is staying in El Paso to help with the transition of the new mayor and the City Council into office and to help find her replacement, Mayor-elect Oscar Leeser said Tuesday.

Spectators on the mountains between UTEP and I-10 get a close-up view of the Asarco smokestack demolition Saturday morning.

Jennifer Han simply cannot wait to get back into the ring - to get center ring under the bright lights with all the electricity that dances around fight night.

El Paso City Council today approved a $3.06 million incentives package for the proposed renovation of the vacant, 100-room, former Artisan Hotel Downtown.

Officials with Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for the public's help in finding four men wanted on family violence-related warrants.

Officials with Customs and Border Protection at the Ysleta port of entry arrested Sergio Morales Vasquez of Arrey, N.M., about 6:30 p.m. Saturday after a drug-sniffing dog allegedly found nearly 122 pounds of marijuana hidden in the gas tank of the 1997 Chevrolet Astro van that Morales Vasquez was driving.

Joyce Wilson notified the county at 8:30 this morning that she was breaking off any negotiations for a contract with Lee County.

The accreditation shows that Sierra Providence Bariatric Center meets all clinical qualifications and has maintained a cost effective contract for participation in COE Network "It's important to highlight our continued commitment to being the best bariatric center in the El Paso region," said Robin Montoya, Sierra Providence Health Network ... (more)

El Paso's new Bus Rapid Transit System -- set to have routes on Mesa Street, Alameda Avenue, Dyer Street and Montana Avenue -- will feature articulated buses that will be able to hold close to 100 passengers.

ABILENE The Texas Department of Public Safety was notified of a major crash on Interstate 20 in Eastland County.

A 54-year-old East Side woman was killed this morning after losing control of her car and crashing into another car on Montana Avenue.

A federal audit confirms several schools in El Paso cheated on high-stakes accountability tests during the tenure of now-convicted superintendent Lorenzo Garcia.

Update : Clearing time for the accidents is now estimated at two hours. Both east and westbound lanes at Montana and Cessna are closed.