Man Found Dead In Burning Shed; Fire Started By Cigarette
El Paso fire investigators are now telling ABC-7 the fire that engulfed a shed early this morning was due to “smoker carelessness.”…
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Las Cruces Man Charged With Raping 3-Year-Old Girl
A 24-year-old Las Cruces man who allegedly tried to conceal his name from police has been arrested and charged with the rape of a 3-year-old girl.…
Continue Reading Las Crucens Left In The Dark Over Lack Of Communication With El Paso Electric
The lights may be back on, but Las Cruces residents are still in the dark over exactly what happened during last week’s rolling outages. El…
Continue Reading Water Restrictions: Car Wash Woes
Amidst all the problems the city has been facing following record low temperatures and services outages, one local car wash wanted to comply with the…
Continue Reading Damage From Winter Storm Keeping Plumbers Busy
Plumbers around the city have been as swamped as the homes they are fixing. You will find many of them with a wrench in one hand and a phone in the…
Continue Reading UTEP Basketball Team Receives Votes In National Polls
The Miners remain in first place in Conference USA with a 6-2 record in conference play. They now also have four votes in this week’s coaches…
Continue Reading Where Was Mayor John Cook During El Paso’s Water Problems?
ABC-7 has received several e-mails asking where El Paso Mayor John Cook was during water problems in the Sun City. Cook told ABC-7 on Monday that he…
Continue Reading Water Returns To The Borderland, But Is It Safe? Restrictions Lifted Monday Night
Now that most of the city has or will have water again, a lot of people are asking if it’s safe. ABC-7 visited the International Water Quality…
Continue Reading El Paso Water Restrictions To Be Lifted At 10 p.m.
El Paso’s mandatory water restrictions will be lifted at 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2001, according to an email sent Monday morning by an El Paso…
Continue Reading Classes Resume Tuesday For Schools; Other Institutions Opening
School will resume Tuesday for the following local school districts at regular start times unless otherwise noted. UTEP. El Paso Community College.…
Continue Reading What Was Your Favorite Super Bowl Ad?
Darth Vader stalks his home, searching for a nemesis worthy of his Dark Side hatred. He uses the force to keep his pet, a baby doll, and the…
Continue Reading Monday Closures And Delays
Closed or Delayed: El Paso ISD – Closed. Campus principals and assistant principals and key central office personnel, to include all…
Continue Reading 2 El Paso Students Killed In Juarez
A car lot in Juarez. That’s where 15-year-olds Carlos Mario Gonzalez Bermudez and Juan Echeveeri Luna, both students in El Paso, were killed by…
Continue Reading County Commissioners Assessing Damage From Storm, Utilities Problems
Monday’s El Paso County Commissioners Court meeting started with an announcement from the County Judge that every county building has damage…
Continue Reading Gene Calabro, El Paso’s Bowling Ambassador Dies
Eugene “Gene” Calabro, who helped bring the United States Bowling Congress 2010 Women?s Championship to El Paso, died Feb. 7, 2011. He…
Continue Reading State Could Transfer El Paso Tramway To Local Ownership
Funding cuts could lead to the transfer of seven state parks to local ownership, including the El Paso Tramway. Carter Smith, Texas Parks and…
Continue Reading Mother Sues After Son Allegedly Shot, Killed By Dona Ana Sheriff’s Deputy
A lawsuit has been filed after a teenager was shot and killed by a Dona Ana County sheriff’s deputy last March. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports…
Continue Reading Police ID Man Shot, Killed Outside El Paso Club; Man Charged With Murder
El Paso Police have identified the man who was shot and killed in the parking lot outside of an East Side bar early Monday morning. Alex Gabriel…
Continue Reading David Rodriguez to take on new opponent Friday
At the last minute, Ty Cobb (12-2, 8 KOs) has pulled out of Friday?s fight in El Paso, Texas, against David Rodriguez, claiming a shoulder injury.…
Continue Reading El Pasoans Struggle To Follow City-Mandated Water Restriction Rules
The Goeldner family has been abiding by El Paso Water Utilities’ mandatory restrictions to not shower, wash clothes, and not wash their car.…
Continue Reading Mandatory Water Restrictions For El Paso Extended Until Further Notice
Mayor John Cook has declared a water emergency in the city of El Paso pursuant to the city’s drought and water emergency code, title 15.13.120…
Continue Reading El Paso Water Utilities Describes Areas Of Town Where Reservoirs Are Below Adequate Levels
El Paso continues its mandatory water restrictions on Monday to raise water levels at El Paso Water Utilities reservoirs. Nick Costanzo, EPWU’s…
Continue Reading El Paso Dept. Of Health Says To Continue Boiling Your Water
The City of El Paso Department of Public Health continues to remind local restaurants and food vendors of the importance in boiling water as a…
Continue Reading Lower Valley Water District Institutes Water Restrictions
Lower Valley Water District News Release Which Was Sent Saturday The Lower Valley Water District is instating mandatory water restrictions through…
Continue Reading What Is El Paso Water Utilities And Who Runs It?
What Is El Paso Water Utilities And Who Oversees It? The Public Service Board was established May 22, 1952, by City Ordinance No. 752 to completely…
Continue Reading El Paso Electric Answers When Power Problem Might Be Fixed, How Blackout Areas Chosen And More
El Paso Electric spokesman spoke with ABC-7 Friday morning about the winter storm that knocked all local power generators out at the EPE’s two…
Continue Reading Water Outages Reported In Sunland Park, NM; Where To Go For Water
An advisory mmessage has been issued by the Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority Sunday morning. Water outages have been reported in some areas…
Continue Reading Update: Teenager Killed In Northeast El Paso
The El Paso Police Department said Angel Cuevas, 15, is dead after an altercation on El Paso’s northeast side Friday night. Authorities said…
Continue Reading Las Cruces Water Safe To Drink, No Restrictions Being Made
Las Cruces Utilities is notifying Las Cruces residents that their water is 100 percent safe to drink, according to a news release Even during the…
Continue Reading Arrest Made In East El Paso Stabbing Deaths Of Mother, Daughter
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in the double homicide, stabbing deaths of a mother and daughter. Christian Alberto Martinez, of the 2000 block…
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