EL PASO, Texas – El Paso is getting a pilot program where Walmart and several partners are teaming up to use drones to deliver Covid-19 test kits to homes in the Sun City.Drone deliveries will launch from the El Paso Walmart Supercenter at 1850 N. Zaragoza Road to single-family homes within a mile and a half of the store.Walmart, Quest Diagnostics and DroneUp plans to hold a demonstration on Tuesday morning to kick off the launch of the pilot program.Drone delivery will be available while supplies last Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Once delivered, patients will do a...…EL PASO, Texas – El Paso is getting a pilot program where Walmart and several partners are teaming up to use drones to deliver Covid-19 test kits to homes in the Sun City.Drone deliveries will launch from the El Paso Walmart Supercenter at 1850 N. Zaragoza Road to single-family homes within a mile and a half of the store.Walmart, Quest Diagnostics and DroneUp plans to hold a demonstration on Tuesday morning to kick off the launch of the pilot program.Drone delivery will be available while supplies last Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Once delivered, patients will do a...WW…

EL PASO, Texas -- An El Paso police officer has been arrested and relieved of duty from the department after he is alleged to have secretly recorded a video - without consent - of an intimate sexual encounter.Officials said Wednesday that 29-year-old Irvin Mendez is being charged with invasive visual recording.Mendez, a four-year veteran of the police department, worked at the Pebble Hills Regional Command Center.Police officials said he is now on administrative leave pending termination proceedings.BE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONKVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and...…EL PASO, Texas -- An El Paso police officer has been arrested and relieved of duty from the department after he is alleged to have secretly recorded a video - without consent - of an intimate sexual encounter.Officials said Wednesday that 29-year-old Irvin Mendez is being charged with invasive visual recording.Mendez, a four-year veteran of the police department, worked at the Pebble Hills Regional Command Center.Police officials said he is now on administrative leave pending termination proceedings.BE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONKVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and...WW…

CoronavirusEL PASO, Texas — El Paso County's top elected official ordered a two-week shutdown of non-essential activities as of midnight Thursday after the area's hospitals and medical resources were overwhelmed by coronavirus illness.County Judge Ricardo Samaniego announced the measure during a news conference Thursday evening. Among the non-essential services ordered to be closed, effective at midnight Thursday, are tattoo, hair and nail salons, as well as gyms and in-person dining. He also appealed to residents to avoid all non-essential activities. Grocery and drug stores,...…CoronavirusEL PASO, Texas — El Paso County's top elected official ordered a two-week shutdown of non-essential activities as of midnight Thursday after the area's hospitals and medical resources were overwhelmed by coronavirus illness.County Judge Ricardo Samaniego announced the measure during a news conference Thursday evening. Among the non-essential services ordered to be closed, effective at midnight Thursday, are tattoo, hair and nail salons, as well as gyms and in-person dining. He also appealed to residents to avoid all non-essential activities. Grocery and drug stores,...WW…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Seven Democrats in the U.S. Senate have filed an ethics complaint against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for his role lending “legitimacy” to false claims of election fraud ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection in the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.In a letter addressed to the Senate Committee on Ethics, the Democratic Senators argue that Cruz and U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, “made future violence more likely.” The Democrats called for the committee to conduct an investigation into the two Republican senators and possibly consider “disciplinary...…WASHINGTON, DC -- Seven Democrats in the U.S. Senate have filed an ethics complaint against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for his role lending “legitimacy” to false claims of election fraud ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection in the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.In a letter addressed to the Senate Committee on Ethics, the Democratic Senators argue that Cruz and U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, “made future violence more likely.” The Democrats called for the committee to conduct an investigation into the two Republican senators and possibly consider “disciplinary...WW…

SANTA FE, New Mexico -- An Otero County Prison inmate's death was one six new coronavirus deaths reported in New Mexico on Friday, state health officials said.The death of the 70-year-old man who had been hospitalized was the eighth occurring in Otero County since the start of the pandemic; the majority of the county's deaths have happened at the prison where 732 inmates - over 80% of the facility's population - have been infected to date by the virus.The death count across New Mexico has now reached 539.The state also reported 301 additional virus cases on Friday, with Bernalillo and Doña...…SANTA FE, New Mexico -- An Otero County Prison inmate's death was one six new coronavirus deaths reported in New Mexico on Friday, state health officials said.The death of the 70-year-old man who had been hospitalized was the eighth occurring in Otero County since the start of the pandemic; the majority of the county's deaths have happened at the prison where 732 inmates - over 80% of the facility's population - have been infected to date by the virus.The death count across New Mexico has now reached 539.The state also reported 301 additional virus cases on Friday, with Bernalillo and Doña...WW…

DEMING, New Mexico -- A crash near Deming killed two children and injured three other members of a California family, authorities said Monday.The single-vehicle crash happened about 12:30 a.m. Sunday along Interstate 10 near Deming.According to investigators, a large SUV carrying a mother, father and six children, left the roadway and rolled.During the crash, a 12-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were killed.Investigators said the 37-year-old mother may have been suffering from driver fatigue as they were making their way home to San Diego.The mother, the 42-year-old father and a...…DEMING, New Mexico -- A crash near Deming killed two children and injured three other members of a California family, authorities said Monday.The single-vehicle crash happened about 12:30 a.m. Sunday along Interstate 10 near Deming.According to investigators, a large SUV carrying a mother, father and six children, left the roadway and rolled.During the crash, a 12-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were killed.Investigators said the 37-year-old mother may have been suffering from driver fatigue as they were making their way home to San Diego.The mother, the 42-year-old father and a...WW…

OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — The New Mexico group, Cowboys for Trump, must register as a political committee in the state, and pay $7,600 in fines for not filing expenditure reports, an arbitrator has ruled.“Should your client fail to comply with the requirements of the Arbitration Order, I will proceed with a referral to the State Ethics Commission for civil enforcement of the fine levied in this matter,” Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said in a letter to the group’s lawyers.Cowboys for Trump has protested the requirements because it argues campaign finance laws violate free...…OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — The New Mexico group, Cowboys for Trump, must register as a political committee in the state, and pay $7,600 in fines for not filing expenditure reports, an arbitrator has ruled.“Should your client fail to comply with the requirements of the Arbitration Order, I will proceed with a referral to the State Ethics Commission for civil enforcement of the fine levied in this matter,” Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said in a letter to the group’s lawyers.Cowboys for Trump has protested the requirements because it argues campaign finance laws violate free...WW…

EL PASO, Texas -- El Paso City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday, with Mayor Dee Margo breaking ties, to continue withholding information on the specific locations of Covid-19 clusters and to reject a plan for additional city virus testing sites.That means identities of businesses, nursing homes and other locations where significant outbreaks of the virus have occurred in the city won't be made public. It also means the city won't be opening any more testing sites despite long wait times reported at current locations, the majority of which are managed by a contractor hired by the state.The mayor...…EL PASO, Texas -- El Paso City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday, with Mayor Dee Margo breaking ties, to continue withholding information on the specific locations of Covid-19 clusters and to reject a plan for additional city virus testing sites.That means identities of businesses, nursing homes and other locations where significant outbreaks of the virus have occurred in the city won't be made public. It also means the city won't be opening any more testing sites despite long wait times reported at current locations, the majority of which are managed by a contractor hired by the state.The mayor...WW…

UPDATE, Nov. 18: Police on Wednesday said it appeared a married couple who were shot, one fatally, at their central El Paso home were the targets of their attacker."There is no indication at present time that any other person was the intended victim of this crime," police said in a statement that didn't elaborate.It remained unclear whether the deadly shooting of Georgette Kaufman, and wounding of her husband Daniel, had any connection to their jobs with the state attorney general's office handling child support enforcement. Police have offered no motive in the Saturday evening attack at...…UPDATE, Nov. 18: Police on Wednesday said it appeared a married couple who were shot, one fatally, at their central El Paso home were the targets of their attacker."There is no indication at present time that any other person was the intended victim of this crime," police said in a statement that didn't elaborate.It remained unclear whether the deadly shooting of Georgette Kaufman, and wounding of her husband Daniel, had any connection to their jobs with the state attorney general's office handling child support enforcement. Police have offered no motive in the Saturday evening attack at...WW…