A city audit found $1.13M in unpaid hotel-occupancy taxes across 19 hotels; officials will review collection and appeal options at a May 21 committee meeting.

Gusty WSW winds will push dust along I‑10 today with a Red Flag Warning noon–midnight. Avoid open burning and watch driving conditions.

A large blaze flared beside Western Playland Friday night, sending smoke over Sunland Park as crews responded and officials investigated.

El Paso Children’s Hospital added a Lumenis UltraPulse CO2 laser and a ZEISS KINEVO 900 S microscope to expand burn, scar and complex-surgery care closer to home. Hospital officials say the upgrades will keep more specialty treatment in the Borderland.

A Doña Ana County grand jury indicted Margarita Gonzalez on 34 counts after prosecutors say she posed as a nurse at Las Cruces facilities and endangered patients.

Socorro ISD faces a multimillion-dollar tab to outfit buses with three-point seatbelts as the state's reporting deadline looms.

Preliminary reports say a pedestrian was struck and killed Monday night at Clark and Alameda in south-central El Paso.

A visiting judge ordered 14 depositions and a 90‑day discovery window in the David Leonard Wood case, effectively delaying hearings in El Paso until September. Wood appeared by video from death row but did not speak.

A truck driver who pleaded guilty after nearly seven kilograms of cocaine were found under his trailer was sentenced to 12 years in an El Paso court. The shipment was discovered during an I‑10 traffic stop.

El Paso will hold a May 6 groundbreaking for a new Advanced Manufacturing District at the airport, a project backed by UTEP and federal funds and now open for leasing.

A state court ordered the temporary suspension of Maverick County Judge Ramsey English Cantu on May 4, 2026. An interim judge will oversee county operations while a removal petition proceeds.

A 14-year-old girl died after a house fire in Ciudad Juárez; rescuers pulled her from a burning bedroom but she was later pronounced dead at the scene.

A Lincoln County deputy was arrested in El Paso in a prostitution sting, Sheriff Michael Wood said; the county academy board will review the deputy's certification.