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world’s okayest mom. award-winning journalist. assignment manager/investigative director @ktsmtv . 📚 @ire_nicar . always anxious.

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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
I just lost it. These amazing floral art pieces represent each of the 23 victims of the Aug 3 Walmart shooting. The one completely covered in flowers represents Javier Rodriguez. He was just 15. The artists said they gave him the most flowers b/c he never had the chance to bloom.
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@tornandra
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6 years
While dropping off these 44 bottles of pedialyte to a migrant shelter here in El Paso, they told me that the Stanford coach (in town for the Sun Bowl) had been by with his family earlier today to drop off pallets of supplies. Humans are beautiful.
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@tornandra
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3 years
El Paso officially hit 70% fully vaccinated (12+) today! We're at 82.1% partial vaccinations -- one of the best vaccination rates in Texas.
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@tornandra
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2 years
El Paso’s Perches funeral home, which provided free funeral service for the victims of the August 3 shooting in El Paso, will be sending caskets to Uvalde tomorrow.
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@tornandra
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4 years
Today is for you. 💛☀️
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@tornandra
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6 years
CBP spokesperson said he’s unable to give me an estimate of how many people are currently inside the fenced area or how long any of them have been here. #Immigration
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@tornandra
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4 months
🚨🚨 Flash Flood EMERGENCY unfolding in #Ruidoso . The water at the US70/Sudderth Y got higher and started to take the semi in the previous video down HWY 70 toward Ruidoso Downs.
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@tornandra
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4 years
Just In: El Paso patients to be airlifted to other hospitals in Texas. This is as hospitals say they’ve expanded within their brick & mortar as much as possible. WBAMC says they cannot accept non-COVID patients.
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@tornandra
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4 years
I just got off the phone with Rosa, the woman who survived the Walmart mass shooting & was deported today for a few traffic tickets. She grew up in El Paso her whole life.. a Jefferson HS grad. The way she was spoken to by ICE broke my heart. Story on @KTSMtv at 10p.
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@tornandra
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6 years
If avocados are seriously the biggest concern Americans have about closing the US-Mexico Border, they might be about to have a serious wake up call about the importance of our cross-border economy.
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@tornandra
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5 years
El Paso. You’re cute. 📍Glengarry & Turrentine in Cielo Vista. 📸 ish: @maeganramirez
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@tornandra
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4 years
Here's @KappKtsm 's full story on the sculptures and where you can see them this weekend.
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@tornandra
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8 years
#AmberAlert iss for abducted 7-yr old Zoey Rogers. May be in grave danger. Call Harker Heights PD (254)953-5400 #Tx
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@tornandra
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2 years
Hakeem Jefferies just pulled a straight up Alphabet Aerobics seminar.
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@tornandra
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6 years
Llévame a ciudad de sol. ☀️ Llévame, llévame Donde deje mi corazón. 💛 Now, that’s how you write a love letter to a city, @thegreatkhalid . 🙏🏼
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@tornandra
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2 years
If you know anyone in El Paso who consumes illicit drugs, even recreationally, urge them to hold off. DEA is warning of an increase in overdoses this week due to drugs mixed w/fentanyl. I’m hearing it constantly through scanner. If you do experience symptoms, call 911 immediately
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@tornandra
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4 months
Wildlife are fleeing the Ruidoso fires in droves. An Elk jumped in front of the unit today while we were attempting to make our way toward Ruidoso. Photog is okay. Elk is dead. Evacuating residents should be very alert! #NMwx #nmfire
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@tornandra
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4 years
In the most baffling press release sequence— @NewMexicoGOP sends statement condemning violence at Albuquerque protest, then retracts.
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@tornandra
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4 months
Confirmed reports of multiple homes and business destroyed in the South Fork Fire in Ruidoso. We’re seeing a lot of hotshots from NM, CO, Arizona heading up the mountain right now. (Not my video. Used with permissions from anonymous viewer)
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@tornandra
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6 years
The view from the stage during @BetoORourke speech tonight at #MarchForTruth . I’m so proud of the team or amazing organizers from @WomensMarchEP & @BNHR . Putting an event of this magnitude together in 5 days felt like a Herculean task. But we did it.
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@tornandra
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6 years
@MichaelGordonTV If I only had half of your patience...
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@tornandra
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2 years
BREAKING: Initial reports of multiple injuries following a shooting in the food court of Cielo Vista Mall. For us, this is an absolute Deja Vu of August 3, 2019.
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@tornandra
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4 years
Can y'all keep praying for Bonnie Soria Najera? Both her parents died of COVID last month. She was diagnosed last Saturday with the virus and was hospitalized today. She needs a lot of good vibes right now.
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@tornandra
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3 months
NEW: Sinaloa Cartel leader “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, who is El Chapo’s son, were taken into custody at the Santa Teresa (NM) airport around 4pm this afternoon. They are facing charges relating to their alleged fentanyl trafficking operation. @KTSMtv
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@tornandra
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4 years
I AM SCREAMING THROUGH THE ELECTION NOISE AGAIN. 👏🏼EL👏🏼PASO👏🏼 JUST👏🏼REPORTED👏🏼3,100👏🏼COVID👏🏼CASES👏🏼TODAY👏🏼 (In case you’re were wondering if covid was going away the day after the election.)
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@tornandra
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4 years
El Paso's hospital crisis continues. 892 hospitalized 206 in ICU 105 on ventilators 1,390 new cases 4 additional deaths
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@tornandra
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8 years
Elton John just dedicated "don't let the sun go down on me" to @thegreatkhalid . Said he's going to be "a big star!" ⭐️ !!!
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@tornandra
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6 years
@kklesliee hi @kklesliee --- are you an Eastlake grad? I was wondering if we could get permission to use this video on @KTSMtv online and on air?
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@tornandra
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4 months
BREAKING: @FBI is offering a $10k reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the South Fork and Salt Fires, which both originated on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. @KTSMtv #Ruidoso #nmfire #nmwx #SouthForkFire
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@tornandra
andra litton
6 years
Great job to @DrToddACurry for organizing the healthcare at the centers. This is literally a case of life or death for so many of these vulnerable children.
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@tornandra
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2 years
I’ll never forget the day a colleague told me they’d been sent to Uvalde first at their new outlet because they were the “experienced” reporter, bc of their work covering the Walmart shooting. I say this in general terms bc I know THREE El Paso reporters who had this distinction.
@GregTSargent
Greg Sargent
2 years
A terrible sign of the times: Many reporters have covered *numerous* mass shootings in their careers. They've become a bit like war correspondents. I talked to a number of them about what it's like to cover these horrific shootings. Truly harrowing stuff:
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@tornandra
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3 years
. @georgelopez loves El Paso. He visited the injured in the hospital just days after the August 3 shooting. He’s mentioned it often. I’ve confirmed he’s having a private event for victims families after tonight’s healing garden ceremony. #ElPasoStrong
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7 years
And y’all thought teenagers were eating Tide Pods this whole time. Turns out they were just plotting a revolution. #StudentsStandUp
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@tornandra
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4 months
Emergency evacuation orders now in place for Ruidoso Downs as Salt Fire moved NE toward the Walmart. Trainers and owners at Ruidoso Downs are scrambling to evacuate horses. @KTSMtv #nmfire #nmwx
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4 years
The #BLM protest happening now in Ruidoso, New Mexico. 🔴 county, population 7,800.
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@tornandra
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5 years
My incredibly talented uncle @DrewLitton released this today as a gift to El Paso on the eve of @UTEPFB first game of the season.💙🧡⛏🤙🏼🧡💙 #ElPasoStrong #MinerStrong
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@tornandra
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6 years
On that note, still seeing tons of very sick & dehydrated kiddos out there. In the 30min I was at this shelter they sent 1 child to the hospital & were considering sending a second. A child they sent earlier in the week spent 5 days in the hospital w/sepsis. He could have died.
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@tornandra
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4 years
In honor of @NBC10_Lindsay — here is a picture of me... someone who loves journalism but has been told I’m too “big” to be on air by multiple people. I want to see more female journalists who are prouder of their intelligence than their dress size.
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@tornandra
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4 years
@csantisteban3 @shannonrwatts I think of him so often. He had the sweetest smile and he’s always reminded me of my own grandpa. May his memory be a blessing. 💛
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4 years
Bless his heart. Even in baseball he doesn’t want anyone to catch anything.
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4 months
Huge caravan of first responders from @PHXFire / AZ heading up the mountain to Ruidoso this afternoon (With boats). FEMA responders also taking over operations today. #nmfire #nmwx #saltfire #southforkfire
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@tornandra
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4 years
I just got off the phone with the Jones family. I can now confirm, with their permission, that Alvin Jones Sr. died from complications from COVID-19. He had been hospitalized in the days prior to his death. His memorial service is scheduled for 5pm Thurs. evening.
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@tornandra
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4 years
In the movie, Bill Murray dies by suicide on multiple occasions before realizing he has to make smarter decisions to get out of the mess he’s in. 🦔
@wesrap
Wes Rapaport
4 years
"Have any of you all seen that movie, Groundhog Day? that's what my life is like," @GregAbbott_TX tells state's 77 newest @TxDPS Troopers at a graduation ceremony this morning. "Alarm goes off, get up, go deal with the pandemic, go to bed..." #txlege
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4 years
Pro Tip: If you are still looking for vaccine appointments, there are plenty available in Alamogordo. I called this morning and they’re getting me right in tomorrow. (& they pre-schedule the second dose). I told them I was coming from El Paso and it’s not a problem. ✌🏼
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4 years
First question: @realDonaldTrump acknowledges big COVID spike in Texas. Says it’s now “gone.” El Paso reported 1,161 cases just today. #Debates2020
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@tornandra
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5 years
Noah Nunez is a Pebble Hills HS student who was at the Walmart helping his little sister raise money for her soccer team on Saturday. He ran back out to grab a coach’s 6yr old son who didn’t know what to do and was frozen in fear. #ElPasoStrong
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6 years
The most dangerous part of El Paso is when you get into your car in the middle of summer and touch your steering wheel. 🔥 #SOTU2019
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5 years
This is the EPFusion girls soccer team. They were fundraising in the parking lot the day of the shooting. Last night they invited me to their pizza party- the first time they’d been together since the shooting. They’re playing a game tonight! #ElPasoStrong
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@tornandra
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4 months
Air support is very active at the Salt Fire— the South Fork fire is to the right of the frame. This is a heartbreaking situation in Ruidoso. So many are without homes, other families still searching for loved ones.
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4 years
Elsewhere in New Mexico -- There is a scheduled Black Lives Matter march tomorrow at 1 p.m. in ..... **checks notes** Cloudcroft. This is wild y'all.
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6 years
@PaulHoles Me, when I saw you joined Twitter:
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@tornandra
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4 years
When Las Cruces thinks El Paso is crazy, you know something is up. 😬
@MayorKenLC
Mayor Ken
4 years
Please refrain from going to El Paso tomorrow for 2 more weeks, Thanks!!
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@tornandra
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4 months
Happening Now: #Ruidoso flooding- this video is from HWY 70/ NM 48 (Sudderth) Y. Water levels up to the bottom of semis. Trash cans have been floating by. #nmwx
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@tornandra
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3 months
EXCLUSIVE: @KTSMtv obtained this video of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, being arrested in Santa Teresa on Thursday. The first arrest and second arrest are 4:30min apart. Not clear from this angle which was taken off first.
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4 months
As reference: Eastern NM University Ruidoso campus in this video next to Albertsons was the OEM operations HQ for the Blue 2 fire just a few weeks ago.
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@tornandra
andra litton
6 years
@itsyaboyvince @kklesliee @KTSMtv It’s not our policy to pay for any videos. We sincerely appreciate you allowing us to share this beautiful moment.
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@tornandra
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4 years
Important: UMC says 778 hospitalized as of this evening. There were 715 hospitalized this morning. The hospital situation is rapidly deteriorating.
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@tornandra
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5 years
Twenty of my neighbors were killed today at the Walmart I shop at every week. Twenty. We're not okay right now. I love you, El Paso.
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5 years
This @nytimes article makes repeated mention of two male physicians- one of whom wasn't even in town last weekend. It leaves out the FEMALE physician, Dr. Susan McLean from the narrative, despite Dr. Rios' insistence she have equal coverage.
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@tornandra
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UPDATE; Fire officials say 1,400 structures have been lost in the South Fork fire in Ruidoso. One confirmed fatality. An estimated 8,000 residents forced to evacuate. Windy conditions persist tomorrow w/thunderstorms expected late afternoon. #nmfire #nmwx
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@tornandra
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4 months
Just In: There were 51 swift water rescues in the Village of #Ruidoso on Sunday, according to the Village spokesperson. This is in addition to the 26 on Saturday. Utter devastation. #nmwx (Video: Jesus Figueroa)
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@tornandra
andra litton
6 years
This is the second bus to leave. Thanks to @AHouseElPaso @ElPasoOEM for securing two emergency shelter locations (which I will not disclose). In total from Annunciation intake and this Greyhound drop, 400+ migrants released tonight alone.
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@tornandra
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6 years
CBP told @KTSMtv the open tent was being used temporarily while migrants "await their turn to be processed." I spoke to one migrant yesterday who told me she'd been in the tent for FOUR DAYS before being sent to the shelter. #Immigration #ElPaso
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@tornandra
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3 years
Khalid loves El Paso. Aaron Jones loves El Paso. Beto loves El Paso. Don’t sleep on the 915, we’re a hit. 🤩
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@tornandra
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4 years
A bit of *~*professional*~* news.
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5 years
For the last two days, every time I responded “hey” to someone in text it automatically sent “Do you have any drugs?” Just found out my 10yr old reprogrammed a shortcut on my keyboard. Does anyone want him? Free to semi-okay home.
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
Texas HAS a National Guard ready to help citizens. We apparently just don’t want to use them unless we’re militarizing the border.
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andra litton
4 years
My favorite one yet...
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@tornandra
andra litton
5 years
Good morning from El Paso, Texas. ☀️
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
Cloudcroft had a really great #BLM protest turnout today along US 82. Even rural, conservative, New Mexico is turning out for the nationwide movement after the death of George Floyd. (Photos courtesy: Kelley Shaw/Tom Krajci)
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
It would all be very dramatic and entertaining to watch the fight unfold between City, County & State leaders if we weren’t talking about a time where confusion and misinformation will literally cost the lives of people in El Paso.
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 months
Spoke w local tattoo artist Logan Fle, who has a Starlink connection Ruidoso. He’s been streaming as he drives around. Despite rumors circulating yesterday, Albertsons, movie theater, dollar general, upper canyon, ponderosa heights appear to have been spared. @KTSMtv #nmfire
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@tornandra
andra litton
5 years
My son gets an allowance every week for chores. Today he asked my uncle to take him to the store. He could only afford 4 red roses, so he bought them all for me. 55¢ change. He put them in an empty pickle jar. I think it’s the sweetest Mother’s Day gift I’ve received to date. ❤️
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@tornandra
andra litton
3 years
BREAKING: @eplocomotivefc has moved their Saturday, Nov 6 playoff game to 7:30p on Friday, Nov. 5 as to not interfere with UTEP's televised football game against @UTSAFTBL
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@tornandra
andra litton
5 years
HUGE El Paso media news. Former EP Times Editor and current WaPo & TxMonthly contributor @BobMooreNews announces the establishment of a local nonprofit news organization. It will be called #ElPasoMatters - initially funded by a Comminity Foundation grant.
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4 months
Per Logan Fle’s IG, worst damage is between Farley’s up to the Southern part of Alto Lake where fire officials on the ground told him ~75 homes in Alto have been lost. #Ruidoso #nmfire
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andra litton
4 years
Spotted today: unmarked, private truck loaded to the top with bags of #USPS mail in El Paso.
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@tornandra
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4 months
UPDATE 4:04p: South Fork fire: 16,349 Salt fire: 7,652.3 @GregAbbott_TX announced deployment of TX resources to Ruidoso. @JoeBiden declared disaster for Otero & Lincoln Co. 📸: @JBU_LAW along Davis Dr. #nmfire #nmwx
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@tornandra
andra litton
5 years
Made it to the grocery store & cried when I got to the parking lot. My city has been through family separation & a humanitarian immigration crisis, a mass shooting, and now a pandemic that will close our border. It’s a lot, y’all. A lot.
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andra litton
4 months
Latest perimeter map from overnight infrared mapping. Bottom side of Kokopelli Country Club is included, as well as portions of Alto south of High Mesa Dr. Thunderstorms expected in late afternoon. Lightning will pose a potential risk. #Ruidoso #nmfire #nmwx
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@tornandra
andra litton
6 years
Four days ago, my ex-bf was calling me a mensch. Today, the man my mother made promise to take care of me before she died is fighting for his own life after being senselessly shot in the head in a random act of violence. Please pray for Alex.
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andra litton
3 months
Developing: The tail N number from the plane El Mayo Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez got off of yesterday does not match the N number from the AMLO press conference today. I spoke w owner of the plane w/tail number matching the plane on the runway— 🧵🧵
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@tornandra
andra litton
5 years
Today’s cartoon from my dear uncle @DrewLitton . #ElPasoStrong
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@tornandra
andra litton
3 years
BREAKING: Mexican truckers are now blocking the Santa Teresa POE (in NM) to protest increased wait times across the border. Santa Teresa was the only bridge previously flowing freely in El Paso/Juarez area because it's not subject to @GovAbbott 's increased DPS border inspections.
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@tornandra
andra litton
2 years
My son flatly told me today that he felt active shooter drills in school were pointless because all of the school shooters were fellow students and all we’re doing is teaching them where the hiding spots are and the workarounds. Kinda left me speechless. 1/
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3 years
I asked my 13y/o if they talked about Russia/Ukraine in school today. He told me they started chatting amongst themselves and his teacher shut down the conversation saying it was too political and wasn’t allowed. Why the hell am I sending him to school?!
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@tornandra
andra litton
5 years
For those of us here it’s been an emotional journey every day doing these stories the last year. We’ve just been wondering when the rest of the country would come back to being outraged again. Quite frankly, we’re also wondering when you’ll get exhausted and turn away again.
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@cmclymer Love this, Charlotte. I just graduated with my bachelors last month— & I’ll turn 40 in 3w. I took care of my mom until she died & I’m a single mom. But in the long run, I feel like I’m just getting started. My hope for all women is that we never pick just one fig..
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
BREAKING: Dramatic hospitalization increase as El Paso now has 313 hospitalizations -- coming within just 4 of the all-time record of 317 hospitalizations set back on July 24. We are coming dangerously close to overwhelming the hospitals already.
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
✔️ Wintermester 🔴 5 classes to graduation Don’t let anyone tell you that 40 is too late to finish college. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t be a single mom & work full time to do it. I told myself these lies for years. When I let the lies go, the goals were achieved.
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@tornandra
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4 years
In March, I did a story about a local teacher & her best friend who orchestrated a drive-by to each of her students’ homes to say she missed them. Yesterday I learned both of her parents are in ICU w/COVID. Her message to us (shared w/permission):
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@tornandra
andra litton
3 years
BREAKING; Former UTEP President Diana Natalicio passed away this morning at the age of 82, her family tells KTSM.
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
To my fellow El Paso journalists: I know this is a tough week. You were a first responder too. It’s okay to cry. It’s okay to be upset. I see you, I am you. I’m here if anyone needs to talk. 💛
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@tornandra
andra litton
5 years
. @AOC just completed a tour of the Border Patrol Facility in Northeast El Paso. Overheard telling @vgescobar that she “could not eat after that” when the Congresswoman told her it was the last chance to eat for the day.
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@tornandra
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4 months
Okay. Now this is the one that made me a little emotional. The @EastwoodTrooper band & StuCo gathered supplies this morning. They’re heading up to Ruidoso w supplies. 👏🏼💙💛
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
Crisis Continues: El Paso's hospitalizations soar to record highs as deaths top 700. 📌 1,148 hospitalized 📌 287 in ICU 📌 204 on Ventilators 📌 29 new deaths -- total now 725 📌976 new cases & 344 state-delayed cases 📌 29,743 active* COVID cases
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@tornandra
andra litton
4 years
It's not "exclusive" to just clear up your poor reporting. Especially when someone else had to do it *four* days ago for you.
@KFOX14
KFOX14 News
4 years
EXCLUSIVE: Customs officials say most travel from #Juarez to #ElPaso for medical care is legal following whistleblower reports of ambulances picking up #COVID19 patients from Juarez
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