Month: May 2010

Here’s a list of events and activities going on throughout the Borderland and Mesilla Valley on this Memorial Day: KLAQ’s 25th Annual Balloonfest at Wet-n-Wild Waterworld Time: 7:00 A.M. – 10:00 P.M. Southern New Mexico Wine Festival at the Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds Time: 12:00 P.M. Noon – 6:00 P.M.

Kelsey Moore, the reigning Miss Texas USA, is saying goodbye to El Paso. Moore, a UTEP volleyball player, was one of two Miner students who competed in the Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas. Kelsey still has two years of eligibility left in college athletics, and will be transferring to another school, where she also

A man is in the hospital after a freak accident in Sparks. Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday, a car fell onto the 61-year-old man in the 13000 block of Jeremiah. Emergency crews transported the victim to University Medical Center. As of Monday evening there was no word on his name or condition, though ABC-7 learned

For more info on the ‘Aid and Assistance Program’, click on the link below: Link:Veteran Aid Program or call Les Thompson at 915-856-6655.

By ABC-7’s Jill Galus As we honor soldiers on this Memorial Day, a day of remembrance, there are forgotten veterans who are in dire need. Neil Stark Thomas has lived in Northeast El Paso for decades. No one knew how he was living, until 4 days ago, a family of complete strangers started talking with

People across the country held services Monday for Memorial Day, and here in the Borderland, our country’s veterans were honored at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Dozens attended a solemn ceremony Monday morning, complete with the traditional 21-gun salute and the playing of taps. With Old Glory waving against the blue sky, families bowed their heads

By ABC-7’s Angela Kocherga Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer vacation season, and Mexico has long been a favorite destination, but the drug violence has scared many tourists away. Now, beach vacation spots in Mexico could entice others to book a trip this summer. For many Americans, these stunning beaches are just a fond

ESPN is reporting the NCAA’s verdict on new UTEP men’s basketball coach Tim Floyd will be released on Friday. Floyd is accused of paying a handler to help steer a recruit to the University of Southern California when he was the coach there. UTEP hired Floyd two months ago to replace Tony Barbee, who left

The investigation continues into several cases of arson in which three homes were destroyed in far east El Paso. The blazes broke out just before 6:30 a.m. Sunday on the 12000 block of Hidden Grove. According to fire officials, fourteen units arrived at the homes, which were still under construction. A Border Patrol agent alerted

If you have a young child and you don’t have a safety seat, you had better go buy one. That’s because starting Tuesday, June 1st in El Paso and across the state, police will be enforcing the law that requires children younger than 8 and shorter than 4 feet, 9 inches to be in a

EL PASO COUNTY ATTORNEY JO ANNE BERNAL AND EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF RICHARD WILES TO CONDUCT HOT CHECK WARRANT ARREST OPERATIONS In the upcoming weeks El Paso County Sheriff officers, County Constables, Texas DPS Troopers, officers with the Fort Bliss Military Police, and Investigators with the County Attorney’s Office will conduct hot check warrant arrest

Two men are under arrest Sunday after Mexican authorities found nearly 2,000 pounds of drugs in their truck in Juarez. Mexican federal authorities say the truck was carrying about 1,200 boxes of detergent, soap and bleach – with bundles of drugs inside. Police seized cocaine, crystal meth, and heroin. According to authorities, officers pulled over

The following is a list of closures due to the Memorial Day holiday. -El Paso City Hall will be closed on Monday. All El Paso County offices will be closed as well. -In New Mexico, state offices will also be closed on Monday. -Las Cruces City Hall and Dona Ana County offices are closed Memorial

It was a scary moment for more than a hundred airplane passengers over El Paso this weekend. El Paso International Airport officials told ABC-7 a US Airways Airbus jetliner carrying about 120 passengers had to make an emergency landing Saturday afternoon. Officials said the plane might have had problems with its deceleration equipment. The flight,

On this Memorial Day weekend, we remember our servicemen and women who have sacrificed for our country, many of them still overseas – away from their families. One of them is Guardsman Rogelio Vasquez, who is right now in Afghanistan, but he hasn’t been alone. In the desert, he found a sick, helpless dog, and

A birthday celebration became a scary situation after a plane crash at the Las Cruces International Airport Sunday afternoon. Airport officials said the pilot and two relatives were in the air when the aircraft was unable to maintain the speed necessary to sustain altitude shortly after leaving the runway. The pilot and general manager of

A west El Paso family has no place to call home after fire engulfed their house. The fire broke out at about 6:00 p.m. Sunday night in the 7300 block of Black Mesa. The property owner said she was at home with her son, sister, mother and her five dogs when the fire sparked. Her

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s federal police commissioner says between 20 and 25 corpses have been recovered from an abandoned silver mine, apparently victims of drug gang violence. Facundo Rosas says the bodies were pulled from the mine late Saturday and throughout the day Sunday after a suspect told authorities about the abandoned mine, one

A three-month-old baby is back with her mother after the infant was kidnapped Friday afternoon. According to authorities, 21-year-old Esai Anthony Sandoval, the father of three-month-old Mia Laylene Ulloa, showed up at the mother’s home on the 600 block of Wake Forest in Sparks around 5:30 p.m. Officials say he did not have visitation rights,

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has some important tips to help make your summer travel as smooth as possible. Link:Click here.

VENICE, La. (AP) – As hurricane season approaches, the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is taking weather forecasters into nearly uncharted waters. The Gulf is a superhighway for hurricanes that form or explode over pools of hot water, then usually move north or west toward the coast. It’s now the site of

Deadly violence in Juarez broke out just yards away from an international bridge Friday. Five men were killed shortly after noon at the foot of the Zaragoza bridge on the Mexican side of the Ysleta port of entry, according to ABC-7’s news partner XHIJ Channel 44. The men were eating at a food stand when

Graduations are always bittersweet occasions, but in Central El Paso, it was even more so for one school. One by one, the ten graduates of Bethel Christian Academy received their diplomas Friday night – the last diplomas the school will ever hand out. Principal Marsha Cardenas, whose mother started the school in 1977, says the

Two people are recovering from an overnight crash on U.S. 54 in Northeast El Paso. The crash happened shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday in the northbound lane near the Pershing exit. Paramedics transported two people to the hospital, and when ABC-7’s camera crew arrived at the scene, investigators were examining a Chevy sedan, which appeared

A 33-year-old woman shot and killed herself Thursday morning while driving with her daughter from California to Oklahoma, according to New Mexico State Police. The woman and her daughter were traveling to Oklahoma to visit a family member. New Mexico State Police Lt. Roman Jimenez said the woman, identified as Corrina Robinson-Dominguez, of California, was

A woman and her two brothers were arrested Thursday morning after a domestic incident that resulted in a man being beaten and kicked, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s officials said. At about 2 a.m. Thursday, Don Ana County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a home in the 9500 block of Polaris in Las Cruces in reference

College students today are less likely to “get” the emotions of others than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study suggests. Specifically, today’s students scored 40 percent lower on a measure of empathy than their elders did. The review was reported in Live Science. The findings are based on a review

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The Clint Independent School District and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office are having a lockdown-active shooter exercise at Horizon Middle School at this time and are reminding the public not to be alarmed by the controlled exercise. This exercise will allow school officials and area public safety agencies to focus on response plans and

In the weeks after storm 2006, an accident at a job site changed everything for an El Paso construction worker. Now, he’s won a 4.3 million dollar lawsuit. But getting the money, and rebuilding his life, will be another challenge. Oscar Avalos, 54, recalls the day he thought he was going to die. It was