PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump proposed hiring 10,000 additional Border Patrol agents and giving them a $10,000 retention and signing bonus, after he derailed a bipartisan bill earlier this year…
KTSM News – County approves new parental leave program for its employees
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso County Commissioners Court voted unanimously on Monday, Oct. 21 to approve paid parental leave for County employees. The new parental leave policy will be for…
Border Report – Well-known pilot Chuck Coleman killed in air show crash in Las Cruces
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The pilot who was killed in a crash at a Las Cruces air show over the weekend has been identified as Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman of California,…
Border Report – Homeland Security grants temporary status to Lebanese already in the United States
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced temporary legal status for Lebanese citizens already in the United States, likely pleasing some Arab voters, including in the battleground state of Michigan. The…
Border Report – Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state capital
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Assailants fired a dozen gunshots at a building housing the newspaper El Debate in the embattled Mexico state of Sinaloa, the media outlet said Friday. The newspaper is…
KTSM News – National Guard, armed civilians clash on border highway
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A shootout between Mexican soldiers and armed civilians has led to the seizure of three vehicles and 31 high-caliber weapons on a highway leading from Juarez…
Yard Barker – Ashton Jeanty responds to Travis Hunter’s comments belittling his Heisman candidacy
What Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty has been doing on the football field hasn’t been seen since the days of Barry Sanders trampling the grass for Oklahoma State. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Las Cruces Natatorium to temporarily close for warranty repairs
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Las Cruces Natatorium will temporarily close from Tuesday, Oct. 29 through Monday, Nov. 4 for scheduled warranty repairs, the City of Las Cruces announced in a…
Border Report – Gunmen kill Catholic priest, Indigenous activist Marcelo Pérez in southern Mexico
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers in southern Mexico, was killed on Sunday. The prosecutors’ office in the city of San Cristóbal…
El Paso Matters – ‘I am not responsible’: Ex-Chihuahua immigration head says he’s ‘scapegoat’ in deadly Juárez fire
By Blanca Carmona / La Verdad Juárez CIUDAD JUAREZ – Salvador G.G., former head of the Chihuahua office of Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) accused in the deadly 2023 migrant detention center…