Tornillo News

Rodriguez Announces $5.9 million in Stimulus Funds for Water Projects in El Paso County 7/7/09 News from U.S. Representative Ciro D. Rodriguez July 7, 2009 Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez announced Tuesday that two water projects in the 23rd Congressional District are going to receive funding through the American Recovery and ...

Two multi-million dollar water projects will improve drinking water in Tornillo, Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez announced.

A study on whether a new international port of entry is needed in the Lower Valley is not getting the support of U.S. Rep.

Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office arrested a man suspected of threatening a Fast Track Convenience Store clerk with a box-cutter knife.

Sheriff's Deputies arrested a man Friday for aggravated robbery that occurred the night before at a Fast Track Convenience Store at 1790 N. Fabens, according to The El Paso County Sheriff's Office.

County Commis sioner Willie Gandara Jr. is eyeing a $17 billion state economic development program to redevelop a vacant industrial property in Fabens.

A San Elizario pre-teen shot over the weekend near Juarez was laid to rest on Tuesday afternoon, according to reports from XHIJ-TV in Juarez.

It wasn't just a matter of when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs would perform in El Paso. After all, they recorded their new album "It's Blitz!," released in March, last year at the Sonic Ranch in Tornillo and fell in love with the place.

El Paso psychedelic blues band Refried Ice Cream has gotten the nod to open for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Wednesday at Club 101.

Planners for future transportation needs in El Paso say four more international bridges will be needed over a course of time.

El Paso's state delegation released a statement touting their accomplishments as the 81st session of the Texas Legislature came to an end.

The festival, with live music, car and bike show, games and more, will be from noon to 6 p.m. June 6 at Cohen Stadium.

Preliminary results are casting El Paso County school districts in a pretty good light when it comes to ratings from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.

A Tornillo man is dead after an accident involving a tractor. Sheriff's deputies said just before 2:30 p.m. Friday they were called out to the 400 block of OT Smith in Tornillo.

El Paso County : Today, President Obama released the details of his FY2010 budget.

The heart-wrenching emo that once was Bright Eyes seems to be another thing of the past for songwriting phenom Conor Oberst.

ALPINE Five Sul Ross State University students and news and publications news writer Jason Hennington attended the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention April 8-11 in Dallas.

Irma V. Tovar stood in the mouth of the 17-foot trailer that was slowly filling with cases of bottled water, grocery bags full of canned food and boxes packed with clothes when a young woman approached, handed her a couple of large bottles of water and gave her a hug.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "It's Blitz!" "It's Blitz!," the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third full-length album, follows up from the punkish stylings of 2003's "Fever to Tell" and 2006's meaty rock "Show Your Bones" with synthesizer, not guitar, at the forefront.

A Vanity Fair article paints the "Sun City" as the best little music city in Texas.