Two men from El Paso County were arrested on felony charges related to the Jan. 6 riots after federal authorities say they obstructed Congress’ proceeding to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. Eric Zeis, 37, of Monument, and Justin Schulze, 31, of Colorado Springs, were arrested Monday and face several felony and misdemeanor charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Zeis and Schulze drove together from Colorado to Washington to attend former president Donald Trump’s speech and “Stop the Steal” rally Jan. 6, according to a federal...

The quake hit about 22 miles southwest of Mentone, Texas at about 3:27 a.m. Example video title will go here for this video The quake hit about 22 miles southwest of Mentone, Texas at about 3:27 a.m., the agency said. Mentone is east of El Paso and north of Fort Stockton. The National Weather Service in El Paso tweeted about the earthquake being felt in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Other people responded to tweet, saying it was also felt in Las Cruces. It was also felt in Juarez, Mexico. You...

The popular California franchise In-N-Out Burger announced it is coming to the Southwest, but not El Paso. The company posted Tuesday on Instagram that it will be coming to Albuquerque, New Mexico, by 2027, "We're excited to share that we will be fully in the Four Corners, serving our customers in New Mexico by 2027! It's an exciting day for our company, the In-N-Out Family and our customers," the company said in the post. The franchise, known for its burgers, fries and shakes, is often a point of discussion among...

A delegation of local leaders from Chicago will be making a trip to the southern border and their first stop Wednesday is in El Paso. The El Paso border sector is seeing a drop in migrant encounters and shelters are also seeing a drop. The City of El Paso attributed the decrease to federal policy changes, while local shelters said it's because of decompression efforts and Mexican law enforcement conducting checkpoints helping slow down migrants at the border. "So federal policy did change a couple weeks ago and so that’s...

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- On Tuesday, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) and Colorado State Patrol will escort DOC Parole Officer Christine Sandoval from the El Paso County Coroner's Office to Pueblo where she resided. The escort will begin at 3:15 p.m. Officer Christine Sandoval was killed last week in Colorado Springs in a hit-and-run while trying to serve an arrest warrant. CSPD said the community is invited to line a portion of the route to pay their respects to Officer Sandoval along Highway 85/87 from Las Vegas...

With a new rush of asylum-seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into El Paso, the city and its community partners are reaching the "breaking point," Mayor Oscar Leeser said. Leeser said more than 2,000 asylum-seekers were processed on Friday and a conversation with Customs and Border Protection officials showed as many as 6,500 already in custody. Additionally, he stated that "well over 2,000" were waiting in Ciudad Juárez at Gate 32 near Downtown hoping to enter the country in the coming days. Border Patrol stated that most of the crowd had...

Controlled burns on national forest land in El Paso County are set to begin Monday. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office in a news release said its Wildland Fire Group will partner with U.S. Forest Service crews to conduct prescribed burns over a 400-acre area near Rampart Range Road and Forest Service Road 314, west of the Air Force Academy. The Ensign Gulch burn is expected to last Monday through Friday and is aimed at clearing forest fire fuel and other wildfire risks around reservoirs and water storage facilities, according...