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Update: Judge, Justice of the Peace suspended
The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct has suspended District Court Judge Regina Arditti and Justice of the Peace Sissy Hernandez with pay, while District Court Judge Manuel Barraza remains suspended without pay.
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Santa's helpers at malls guarding against H1N1
Black Friday, the official start to the holiday shopping season, is less than a week away, but the threat of the H1N1 flu has Santa's helpers at one local mall taking extra precautions.
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Fire victim's friend: 'she was screaming and I could not help her'

'Quick-release' bars required in El Paso
Dona Ana County investigators say bars on the windows of a Chaparral mobile home where three people died in a fire kept the victims from escaping.
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City of EP: H1N1 vaccine to be available to select groups in Dec.
The City of El Paso's Department of Public Health will be offering the H1N1 flu vaccine during the month of December, but only by appointment.
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Alamogordo air service to continue

Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty in the murder of a Border Patrol agent shot eight times in head, neck and torso in July.
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Police: Pedestrian dies after being hit by truck
The pedestrian struck by a pickup truck Thursday in El Paso has died from his injuries, according to authorities.
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A look at El Paso area's unemployment numbers
The Texas Workforce Commission has released the latest employment numbers for the Upper Rio Grande Region.
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City loses revenue, hopes to bolster business

Associated Press - November 20, 2009 7:45 PM ET

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to attend the funeral tomorrow for former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King. King's two sons, Gary and Bill King, greeted people today as they paid their respects to the three-term Democratic governor at the Statehouse. King died last week at age 85.

LAS CRCUES, N.M. (AP) - A Mesilla couple who had about 100 cats on their property, as well as horses, goats and other animals is pleading no contest to animal cruelty charges. Lester Boyse and Carol Boyse were charged after authorities found the animals while responding to a report of a dead horse on their property. They entered their pleas in early November.

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - A 9-year-old girl injured in a trailer fire in Farmington earlier this week has died. Desirea Smith died Wednesday at an Albuquerque hospital. Her father and a 33-year-old woman were also killed in the fire. Authorities say an electrical malfunction caused Tuesday's blaze.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson has cut state contributions to two Navajo Nation projects in San Juan County to help close New Mexico's $650 million budget shortfall. The New Mexico Association of Counties said the axed projects include a development of waste water treatment in Beclabito and improvement for a damaged road in Naschitti.