Month: December 2010

The fire burned down their buildings, but it didn’t break their spirit. Residents of Cloudcroft, New Mexico– a small mountain village about 100 miles northeast of El Paso– came together Sunday afternoon to help those who lost their jobs because of a devastating fire earlier this week. Officials say flames broke out in the village’s

A missing 2-year-old Houston boy was found in Las Cruces Saturday morning, according to Houston police. Police said the boy was found with a friend of his mother’s and the friend’s boyfriend, who is a registered sex offender. Police added the boy had no obvious signs of injury. His name has not been released. Houston

An East El Paso man is killed after the vehicle he was working on crushed him Saturday Night. According to fire department officials, crews were sent to the 10600 block of Vista Alegre around 7:30 Saturday night, in response to an injury call. When crews arrived they found a man in his 60’s pinned under

Testimony has wrapped up in a case over whether two El Paso nude clubs are operating legally under an agreement with El Paso after a shareholder in one of the club’s changed. The bench trial in the case which pits the the city of El Paso versus the owners of Foxy’s and Lamplighter nude clubs

UTEP Miners fans said the football team’s loss against the BYU Cougars at Saturday’s New Mexico was tough to sit through. Some local bars emptied out before the game was even over. Bowl games are few and far between for UTEP.This was their first shot at a bowl trophy in five years and the university

A man is dead after a late-night crash in far-east El Paso Friday night. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office tells ABC-7 the wreck happened near the intersection of Montana and Zaragosa. Deputies say that 21-year-old Marco Jimenez was speeding westbound on his 2007 Triumph motorcycle on Montana. Jimenez somehow lost control of his bike,

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Only about two days left until the UTEP Miners take on the BYU Cougars. It’s bound to be an exciting weekend for Miner fans headed to the New Mexico Bowl. University officials said there’s still time for people to head to Albuquerque to support the team. As of Thursday, about 4,200 tickets of the 5,000

For seven years, El Pasoan Linda Lawson has gladly served as a host for one of the visiting Sun Bowl marching bands. As much as she has enjoyed working with each team she just couldn’t stay assigned to Miami. She doesn’t have anything against Miami, she just has a deeper connection to the Fighting Irish.

A miracle kept her alive, and now a Christmas wish has brought her home. 17-year-old Shawntae Caldwell of Las Cruces has been in and out of surgeries for the past two months. Everyday, Shawntae said she prayed she would be home for Christmas. And this week, that wish came true. “I just thought I was

A spokesman for Mexico’s embassy in the United States has confirmed to CNN that the small drone that crashed Tuesday in El Paso’s lower valley was from Mexico. There had been confusion Friday afternoon after a spokeswoman for the Mexican Attorney General’s Office disputed assertions the aircraft was Mexican. Border Patrol officials in El Paso

Thursday, there were three. Friday, the number of people suing the city to keep their health benefits grew to nine. The attorney for the El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association – which is representing the plaintiffs – said the addition of five municipal judges and a retired deputy police chief makes their case stronger. Their

They share the same mascot, the same fight song – give or take a few words – and even some of the same alum. But the shared traditions at Cathedral High School and the University of Notre Dame run much deeper. Just ask Rudy Forti – yes, Rudy. “Just to see it and be a

UTEP (6-6, 3-5 C-USA) makes its first postseason appearance since 2005, taking on BYU (6-6, 5-3 CUSA) in the fifth annual New Mexico Bowl. The Miners and the Cougars met 36 times from 1946-1998, including on 30 occasions as members of the Western Athletic Conference (1968-98). Tip-off is set for noon MT on Dec. 18

It was a fun-filled night out at Santa Ana Star Casino as it played host to the New Mexico Bowl, BYU Cougars and UTEP Miners. The teams each won an event as BYU kicked off the night as Surcey Says champions and UTEP avoided the bowl week sweep with a bowling title. Survey Says host

United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in El Paso, 48-year-old Customs and Border Protection officer Ricardo Manuel Cordero faces federal alien smuggling and bribery charges. A seven-count federal grand jury indictment-returned on Wednesday-charges Cordero and 40year-old Jaime Sergio Quintana with one count of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and two substantive counts of

The El Paso Police Department responded to 39,399 dispatched calls for service during the month of November, the department announced on Friday. With the month of November only having 30 days that averages to about 1,313 calls per day. November’s numbers are the lowest recorded number of calls for service in the last 6 months.

Former West Virginia quarterback Major Harris has been named the 2010 Legend of the Sun Bowl announced Sun Bowl Association President Amen F. Ayoub. “We are truly honored to be able to add such a dynamic player as Major Harris to the Legends of the Sun Bowl,” said Ayoub. “He electrified fans with his play.

Days of heart-wrenching testimony, followed by an hour-and-a-half of deliberation. Las Cruces jurors found 51-year-old Kenneth Rauch guilty of first-degree murder for killing 27-year-old Euzebio Escobedo. Rauch was sentenced to life plus 23-years in prison. ABC-7?s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom was the only media inside the courtroom as the verdict was read Thursday evening. ?We

Las Cruces Police arrested a noticeably intoxicated woman who allegedly bit an emergency medical technician as he attempted to render aid at a local hospital, according to Las Cruces Police officials Lisa Jones, 28, of the 1000 block of Wooten Drive on the New Mexico State University campus, was charged Thursday evening with one count

Miner fans traveling to Albuquerque for the New Mexico Bowl could run into some bad weather. Snow is expected to continue to spread across much of northern and central New Mexico today as a potent upper level trough approaches from the west and cold air funnels into northern and eastern parts of the state behind

The UTEP football team arrived in Albuquerque on Wednesday afternoon in preparation for Saturday’s bowl game against BYU. Find out more about the New Mexico Bowl and plan your trip with helpful links at kvia.com/utep Watch video of UTEP’s arrival in Albuquerque and check out a photo gallery here.

A grim milestone and an unnerving sign of the scope of the violence just across the border from El Paso was passed at 12:15 p.m. Tueseday. The number of people murdered in Juarez reached 3,000 – nearly 400 more than last year and there are still two weeks to go. A spokesman for the Chihuahua

On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin Patient,” received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukemia.

Head Coach Mike Price announced on Wednesday that four junior college transfers will be joining the UTEP football team for the second semester. They are linebacker Josh Fely (San Diego Mesa College), offensive lineman James Robinson (City College of San Francisco), linebacker A.J. Ropati (Los Angeles Harbor College) and cornerback Darren Woodard (Kilgore College). All

Officials say a 44-year-old woman who allegedly ripped her daughter-in-law’s nipple off during a drunken argument could be facing criminal charges, according to a report in the Las Cruces Sun-News. Las Cruces police officers responded to Memorial Medical Center on Sunday morning, when doctors were already in the process of reattaching the nipple to the

El Paso City Council has terminated a contract with a local company, a move expected to save tax-payers about $2 million in the next couple of years, and may cost 20 borderland workers their jobs. Since 2003, the city has had a contract with local billing company Currey Adkins, which collected money owed to the

The UTEP basketball team had five starters in double figure scoring for the first time in nearly a year, the recipe for success in a 79-49 dismantling of Louisiana-Monroe on Wednesday night at the Don Haskins Center. Randy Culpepper netted 18 points, Claude Britten & Jeremy Williams 14 apiece, Christian Polk 12 and Julyan Stone

ABCNews “He didn’t want anyone to get hurt but himself,” Clay Duke’s wife, Rebecca Duke, told reporters Wednesday. Rebecca Duke, who called 56-year-old Clay Duke a “gentle giant,” said he was trying to stand up for her after she lost her job as a special education teacher in 2008. “Basically …he loved me, he loved