Month: February 2011

When was the last time you went without a shower? Not because you chose to stay in your PJ?s but because you didn?t have running water? That?s what is happening to a lot of El Pasoans during this record breaking cold! It?s okay, don?t stress about not being able to shower! A local dermatologist once

El Paso Police are investigating the shooting death of a man in his 20s. He was found at about 10 p.m. Wednesday night at the Mesa Inn in the 4100 block of N. Mesa. When police arrived, they found a man in his 20s with a gunshot wound to the upper torso. Further investigation revealed

El Paso, Texas — Officials at El Paso Community College have reversed a decision to reopen Friday. It will now remain closed. Schools have been closed since Wednesday, after freezing temps and snow from a winter storm. Though the weather is clearing up, most districts and schools have announced plans to remain closed due to

EL PASO, Texas — Thursday night’s women’s basketball game between Fresno State and New Mexico State has been canceled due to power use restrictions in Las Cruces. NMSU Atletic Director Dr. McKinley Boston said he understands the need to cut back. “Over the past several days, we have all had to make sacrifices,” NM State

After work declared a snow day, Shannon Osborne thought she’d spend the day relaxing at home. Her nice, soothing day at home soon turned into a challenge just to stay warm. One of the El Paso Electric Company’s rolling blackouts hit her home and she tried to tough it out, suffering through 20 degree temperatures

Several 911 calls are being received in reference to water line breaks in several homes everywhere in Horizon City, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Horizon Fire Dept. and Socorro Fire Dept. are responding to the breaks.

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Electric initiated rolling outages again at 6:30 pm. The outages will continue through at least 10:00 pm, for periods up to an hour at a time. El Paso Electric has limited power right now. All eight of its local power generators have been down since around 11:00 Wednesday morning

Message from Henry Quintana, El Paso Electric Due to the inclement weather, El Paso Electric is in an emergency situation and we are asking all customers to immediately curtail as much electrical usage as they can. EPE has lost some generation at: Rio Grande and Newman power plants The Electric Company has instituted rolling blackouts

The City of El Paso Environmental Services Department due to the winter storm will not collect recyclables today and on Thursday. Garbage collections are ongoing today and will continue on Thursday. However, the hazardous roads conditions may prevent drivers from safely maneuvering through some neighborhoods. If Environmental Services is unable to collect your garbage today

The Horizon Wastewater Treatment plant is expanding. A $2.2 million pipe project is almost complete and causing trouble. Excess irrigation water from the plant would flow through the city of Socorro. Socorro officials cited Horizon halt the project. But Horizon utility officials say they’ve followed all the rules. Now Horizon is suing. “It has the

ABC-7 StormTrack Weather Chief Meteorologist “Dopper” Dave Speelman says he doesn?t anticipate much snow overnight from Wednesday into Thursday. “Doppler” Dave says El Paso and the borderland may only see flurries or a light dusting of snow. Wind gusts will keep the air feeling below freezing, though. Peak gusts of around 35 mph are expected

The City of El Paso Department of Transportation (EPDoT) workers are continuing to work to keep main roadways open. EPDoT officials caution motorists to be aware that the roads across the community could remain hazardous over the next hours and throughout the night due to ice on roads thawing and refreezing. Crews are following the

( 3 PIX = DESK / GFX) Highway Maintainers Rescue Stranded Motorists Just South of Corona NEAR CORONA-While patrolling for problem areas to plow along U.S. 54, New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) highway maintainers came across a vehicle that had driven off a 30-foot deep ravine. The maintainers noticed skid marks leading off the

An estimated 1,200 El Paso homes are experiencing drastic changes in their natural gas pressure or complete outages, according to Texas Gas Service spokesman Pete Parraz. Freezing pipes and increased usage are putting a strain on resources, which is why they’re asking customers to keep their thermostats at 66 degrees. “Our crews are working around

El Paso Police found a man dead on the 3600 block of Alameda Wednesday. This is the first death attributed to the severe weather in our area. Preliminary investigations indicate no signs of foul play. An autopsy will determine the actual cause of death. Police would like to ask the public to call police should

El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU) has been experiencing some outages in different areas of the city, primarily on the west side, due to frozen equipment. EPWU field crews have worked to restore service to most areas and continue to work on others at this time. We will continue to work around the clock monitoring the

The City of El Paso’s voluntary 10 p.m. curfew remains in effect for Wednesday night. City Manager Joyce Wilson made the announcement during an afternoon news conference at the Office of Emergency Management in downtown El Paso. El Paso Electric has asked all customers in El Paso to immediately curtail as much electrical usage as

Officials at El Paso Electric say they’re dealing with a serious power problem. All eight local generators they use to produce power are not working. El Paso Electric is now operating on and solely providing electricity to El Paso County and Dona Ana County through electricity it purchases from the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Electric has stopped implementing rolling outages as of 12:30 Wednesday afternoon. However, officials expect to bring them back again between 5:00 and 10:00 pm. Each outage is expected to last between 30 and 45 minutes. The company has eight local power generators, but all of them are down, due

EL PASO, TEXAS — UTEP?s 2011 football recruiting class increased by 16 on Wednesday with the announcement of the signing of 13 high school standouts and three junior college transfers. The Miners have signed 21 players total since December, including five junior college imports who will be on the field for the start of spring

LAS CRUCES, N.M. ? New Mexico State head football coach DeWayne Walker announced the Aggies? 2011 signing class Wednesday afternoon. Nineteen student-athletes signed a National Letter of Intent with the Aggies to attend New Mexico State University and play football beginning in 2011. The Aggies? 2011 signing class is full of junior college transfers and

EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP men’s basketball game against Central Florida has been cancelled. Athletic Director Bob Stull says there is no guarantee there would have been electricity throughout the game. El Paso Electric is running on limited power, and has asked businesses, offices and residents to limit their electricity use. Rolling blackouts are

Working today? You ROCK! First of all, I have to give a high five to all my co-workers who?ve been at the station since last night on-the-air and keeping our viewers informed! As the night crew left last night, another crew was coming in to update the web, and prepare to go on live with

El Paso Electric wants to skip the process of justifying their rate hike to the state and city, in order to ensure getting back a more than $200 million investment in solar energy. The El Paso City Council has been asking the electric company, a monopoly utility, to add solar energy to the their portfolio.

Representatives from the cities of Horizon and Socorro were in the El Paso County Courthouse Monday, pleading their cases surrounding a wastewater treatment plant in Horizon. Horizon is suing Socorro, claiming that city is holding up its legal procedure to build an extension of its wastewater treatment plant that would send three million gallons of

The snowstorms around the country are affecting flights in and out of El Paso International Airport. An airport spokeswoman said American Airlines and Continental have not canceled any flights. Southwest flights to Dallas from El Paso have been canceled until the afternoon. United Airlines did have to cancel a flight this morning. The airport is

The El Paso Diablos will be holding local tryouts on Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20, 2011 at the EPCC baseball field. Players wanting to tryout must be over 18 years of age and be a high school graduate. Those wanting to participate are encouraged to pre-register for $65 at Cohen Stadium or by

The City of El Paso is in the process of renting a retail space to adopt animals out, citing low traffic in the current Animal Services facility in the Northeast. The Director of the City’s Public Health Department, Michael Hill, said long term construction and an obscure location means fewer people stopping by, and more

The arctic air is coming in from the east and northeast as temperatures will continue to fall and winds will continue to gust around 40 or so, especially for the west side of town. We should bottom out around 18 or so tomorrow morning with wind chills in the negative numbers for some west side

In a unanimous decision, a 12 member jury Tuesday afternoon found the City of Las Cruces and the Las Cruces Police Department not liable in the death of 68-year-old Alvin Moore. Moore was in a crosswalk at the corner of El Paseo Road and Main Street the morning of July 25, 2005 when he was