1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (64+ words) El Paso Times Texas land commissioner orders crews to stop work clearing border land Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckinghamsent a cease and desist letter on Friday to Customs and Border Protection and federal contractor Barnard Construction, accusing the company of…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (607+ words) The 2026 NFL draft gave a good example of the transition the Mountain West is going through. The league had six players drafted, starting with Boise State's Ashton Jeanty going sixth overall to the Los Angeles Raiders, but the first four…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1281+ words) The gently lapping blue waters of Elephant Butte Lake tell a century-old story as indelible and precarious as the striations on exposed islands where water levels once were. The city of Elephant Butte and the lake created by a dam…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1483+ words) Editor's note: This package was updated with new information. ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. — With a little imagination, the flat-topped butte protruding from the dammed waters of the Rio Grande in Sierra County is said to resemble an elephant. Resemblant or not, Elephant…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (611+ words) Like many Chicanos, the name Cesar Chávez was heralded in my household growing up in El Paso, Texas. During the height of the farmworker movement, my father grew up in the historic Chicano neighborhood of Boyle Heights in East…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (351+ words) Buc-ee's fans are getting a sneak peak of a new massive center being constructed in San Marcos, Texas. The San Marcos location broke ground in January 2025, and a construction company is giving a behind-the-scenes look at what the 74,000-square-foot travel…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (307+ words) Two U.S. Embassy staff members, the director of the Chihuahua State Investigations Agency and a state police officer died in a mountain traffic accident following an operation to destroy clandestine drug labs, Mexico and U.S. authorities said. The "instructors" with the U.S. Embassy…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (246+ words) Rosie Juarez, the eldest niece of American serial killer Richard Ramirez, released her memoir "His Niece" on Amazon. Juarez’s memoir, released on April 10, tells her story of overcoming abuse from her uncle, Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, who was born…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (194+ words) Savannah Guthrie made her return to the "Today" show. Guthrie returned on Monday, April 6, several weeks after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing from her Tucson home. Surrounded by viewers wearing yellow ribbon stickers in honor of her mom, Savannah…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (427+ words) Arizona and Michigan both charged through their regionals, winning every game by double figures, to set up a high-powered Final Four semifinal between No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Michigan bounced back from a loss in the Big…...