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A strong cold front moved into the El Paso region overnight Thursday, October 15, bringing damaging northeast winds, blowing dust and a sharp temperature drop. Although the thread describes a High Wind Watch, the National Weather Service had upgraded the hazard to a High Wind Warning covering El Paso-area zones. The warning also coincided with a Blowing Dust Advisory, creating reduced-visibility and hazardous-driving risks.
Strong winds affected the El Paso-borderland area on the night of October 15, 2026, coinciding with a broad El Paso Electric outage event. KFOX14/CBS4 reported nearly 16,000 customers without power across El Paso and New Mexico and said the utility had logged about 60 outages. El Paso Electric told the station that crews were working safely to restore service but had not identified a cause or restoration estimate at that time.
El Paso police arrested adoptive parents Timothy Aaron Sibley and Katrina Gabrielle Sibley after their 13-year-old son was hospitalized in critical condition on Sept. 5, according to arrest documents reported by local outlets. The case centers on allegations that the child was deprived of food, water, medical care and basic living conditions; the defendants face injury-to-a-child charges and the allegations have not been adjudicated.
Federal prosecutors announced charges against five people after a multiagency investigation into an alleged drug-trafficking organization moving methamphetamine and fentanyl from Ciudad Juárez into southern New Mexico. Prosecutors allege that Felix Anthony Salazar III, a 34-year-old U.S. citizen then incarcerated in Ciudad Juárez, coordinated transactions with people in southern New Mexico. The allegations remain charges, not findings of guilt.
New World screwworm is a parasitic pest that infests wounds in animals and can require movement controls to limit spread. The New Mexico Livestock Board says two additional cases were confirmed in Grant County, affecting a horse and a calf, and state and federal officials are expanding surveillance and fly trapping. The announcement follows an earlier Grant County case confirmed Sept. 17, 2026, which officials determined was locally acquired.
Ysleta High School hosted Austin in a District 1-4A Division I football game in El Paso on Oct. 15, 2026. Ysleta won 34-28 after building a 20-point lead and withstanding Austin's late comeback attempt, ending Austin's winning streak.
The Bridge of the Americas is an El Paso–Ciudad Juárez land port of entry slated for modernization under a General Services Administration plan that would remove commercial truck processing when construction begins. The El Paso Chamber of Commerce has opposed that truck-traffic change, arguing it would harm regional trade and economic capacity. At an Oct. 14 Chamber news conference, business leader Paul Dipp proposed renaming the bridge for President Donald Trump; Rep. Veronica Escobar responded the following day by criticizing the Chamber's focus on renaming it.