El Paso County News

Hoping to beat the rush, three Escamilla family members stood in line last week at the El Paso County Courthouse to apply for a U.S. passport card, a new identification card that will substitute for a passport ...

Thunderstorms moved through Eastern El Paso County Sunday afternoon, sparking grass fires.

Strip clubs, adult bookstores and adult theaters may soon face county restrictions after years of operating with nearly no local oversight.

Monday, June 30, 2008- Heavy rains drench the borderland Monday afternoon creating all kinds of problems for El Paso drivers.

El Paso County Sheriff's detectives have determined that a ten-year-old boy is responsible for a trailer fire in Canutillo earlier this month.

A man dies in far east El Paso after a porch collapses on top of him Tuesday evening.

An El Paso County detention officer was indicted on federal weapons charges Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

A 54-year-old man helping to build a back porch on an El Paso-area home is dead after the porch fell on him.

An El Paso man was arrested Monday on a charge of bigamy, accused of being married to two women, a sheriff's spokesman said.

A U.S. Marshals deputy and another law enforcement officer take positions to secure an El Paso home during a warrant roundup last week named Operation Falcon 08.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008- The first case of salmonella poisoning linked to tomatoes has been confirmed in El Paso County.

The El Paso Police Department is losing officers to agencies like the Border Patrol and Customs & Border Protection.

David Renteria's resentencing trial in the slaying of Alexandra Flores cost El Paso County $236,254. The resentencing of convicted murderer David Renteria in May cost El Paso County a little less than a quarter ...

Monday, June23, 2008- The latest text message threat to make its way across the borderland was released over the weekend.

Only alleged DWI offenders' mug shots appear on the El Paso Police Department's Web site, according to a police department spokesman.

Antonio "Tony" Dill, a longtime El Paso political consultant who for years has worked behind the scenes as a lobbyist for contractors, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring with others to bribe a current ...

Antonio Dill, an El Paso lobbyist, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to defraud El Paso County, said U.S. attorney Johnny Sutton.

El Paso County officials want the federal government to take over transporting and caring for wounded Mexican police officers seeking treatment in a local public hospital.

The El Paso Police Department and the Fire Marshal's Office are investigating the death of a person found burned in a far east El Paso neighborhood.

Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are doubling their security efforts to ensure violence in Ju rez doesn't spill over into El Paso, a top ICE official said Wednesday in El Paso.