Month: March 2010

Las Cruces Police have contacted a relative of a man who was seriously injured in a crash last week. Anthony Santiago, 46, is being cared for at University Medical Center in El Paso where his health continues to improve. He now is listed in stable condition. With the help from several leads that came to

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson vetoed the food tax on Wednesday in the final legislative action of his two terms as governor. “I am not willing to put this burden on working families in the form of an unfair tax on food. I agree with those who call this a cruel tax,” Richardson said in

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Sign up for your chance to win a family four pack of tickets to 123 Imagine! at the Abraham Chavez theatre April 1st thru April 4th! Imagine singing and dancing with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all your favorite Sesame Street Live friends! It’s as easy as counting “1-2-3 ? Imagine!” This high-energy musical

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EL PASO, Texas – President Obama’s new health care reform law has Republicans on Capitol Hill pretty worked up. Alongside them? El Paso Pharmacist Leo Artalejo. “It has been a big disappointment,” he told ABC-7. Artalejo is the director the West Texas Regional Poison Center. a 24-hour hotline he says saves $4-5 million a year

Born and raised in El Paso by parents who promoted her artistic talent since she was from five years old, and pursuing her dream to major in art, Susan Eisen enrolled in art metals as a Bachelor of Fine Arts Student. Her love for design, soldering and cutting metal, forming sheets and wires into jewelry,

EL PASO, Texas – Any military family will tell you that sending a soldier to war is not easy. And as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on, military divorces are steadily rising. “All of our friends got divorced, probably 80 percent of them,” Master Sgt. William Mayfield said. Mayfield and his wife Holly

State lawmakers are studying whether taxpayers are getting their money’s worth when it comes to a controversial state program that has been using tax dollars during the last seven years to lure big corporations to Texas. Governor Rick Perry asked the state legislature to create the Texas Enterprise Fund back in 2003. According to his

EL PASO, TEXAS – UTEP Coach Mike Price announced on Monday that quarterback Trevor Vittatoe, wide receiver Pierce Hunter and offensive lineman Alex Solot are all suspended for the start of spring football for violating team rules, according to a UTEP news release. Price did not specify what rules were violated. “They won’t be a

Texas Gas Service is proposing a rate increase and pretty soon it could cost you more money to heat up your home. Officials with the gas company said they want to implement a $5.1 million increase in their base rate. They say they need the money to develop a program that would provide rebates to

A mother is facing child abuse charges after her son allegedly shoots her younger daughter with a BB gun several times. Police detectives charged Amanda Tarin, 31, with negligent child abuse and booked her into the county jail on a $10,000 bond. Police said Tarin’s 4-year-old daughter was shot multiple times by her 14-year-old stepbrother.

Police officers arrested a man in connection to a deadly November 2009 shooting. Jamelle Allen Lowe, 20, of the 1700 block of Pomona Drive, was arrested Monday at a residence on Organ Avenue. Police investigators charged him with involuntary manslaughter and booked him into the county jail on a $10,000 bond. According to police detectives,

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EL PASO, Texas — Construction on a roundabout at the intersection of Sun Bowl Drive and University Avenue is well underway and it’s not expected to be finished until August 15th. Students are urged to seek an alternate route to campus because heavy congestion is expected on I-10 and Schuster. University Avenue will be closed

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Now that Congress has passed a health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is expected to sign it quickly, then get back on the road to talk about it some more. A senior administration official says it’s likely Obama will sign the bill tomorrow, then travel to Iowa on Thursday to sell it

By The Associated Press Congress approved a major overhaul of the nation’s health care system for President Barack Obama’s signature. Here are some of the features of the legislation. HOW MANY COVERED: 32 million uninsured. Major coverage expansion begins in 2014. When fully phased in, 95 percent of eligible Americans would have coverage, compared with

This weekend, loved ones remembered the El Paso couple killed in Juarez. Friends and family of Lesley Enriquez Redelfsand Arthur Redelfs gathered Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in West El Paso. Inside, they heard stories of the couple’s childhood and their life. Art’s brother Reuben talked about how as

By ABC-7 Reporter Abe Lubetkin EL PASO, Texas – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit Mexico with other Obama cabinet members to discuss the escalating drug war. State Senator Eliot Shapleigh (D-El Paso) said they’ll go next week. In a Friday morning news conference, Sen. Shapleigh described a new

WASHINGTON (AP) – Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage. Widely viewed as dead two months ago, the Senate-passed

By GREG BEACHAM / AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Shelvin Mack’s second-half surge helped Butler to keep the nation’s longest winning streak intact. Mack hit a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 18 of his 25 points after halftime Thursday, leading fifth-seeded Butler to a 77-59 victory over UTEP in the first round

RADIUM SPRINGS, NM — A motorcyclist is dead and another has been airlifted to University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas after a motorcycle wreck. According to New Mexico State Police, two motorcyclists crashed at about 2:40 p.m. Sunday on North Valley Dr. Terrance Benton Peterson, 28, of Santa Ana, California died at the scene

EL PASO, Texas — Police say a man driving on the wrong side of a street was not only drunk, but carrying child pornography images ina cell phone. A police officer arrested Ashley Eugene Sullivan, 30, of the 11200 block of Pocahontas, just after midnight Saturday. The police officer said he noticed Sullivan driving the