Month: September 2011

Petitioners filed the necessary paperwork for the recall process against District 7 representative Steve Ortega on Wednesday afternoon. ABC-7 caught up with Ortega, who said he was not surprised by the filing. He and District 2 representative Susie Byrd, as well as Mayor John Cook, have been at the center of a recall effort since

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State volleyball team improved to 9-2 after sweeping UTEP 26-24, 25-23, 25-18 in the Pan American Center, Tuesday, Sept. 13. NM State has not dropped a match to the Miners since Nov. 21, 2004 when UTEP won 3-1 in El Paso. The Aggies are now on a 14-match

City leaders are moving forward with a rate case against El Paso Electric Co., the first in 20 years. They say the regulated utility is making too much of a profit off its current rate structure. Thus, City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to start the legal process of a rate case against El Paso Electric,

Surrounded by his children and his political allies, former El Paso City Councilman Beto O’Rourke officially announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress on Wednesday evening. O’Rourke will challenge longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes in the March 2012 Democratic primary. The former city representative kicked off his campaign at Tablas, a restaurant in the trendy

The judge who just two days ago halted the recall effort against Mayor John Cook and two city representatives on Wednesday gave it the green light to move forward again. It’s still unclear why County Court at Law Judge Javier Alvarez signed the temporary restraining order in the first place. At the very beginning of

El Paso Independent School District trustees heard from concerned employees and parents at a Tuesday evening board meeting regarding the hacking situation that put more than 70,000 students and employees at risk for identity theft. “You have hurt us enough already,” said one Franklin High School teacher during the public forum part of the meeting.

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for south central Doa Ana county and northwestern El Paso county until 7:15 p.m. At 6:18 p.m., National Weather service meteorologists detected a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. This storm was located 5

Weather Update from ABC-7 Chief Meteorologist “Doppler” Dave Speelman: I’ve issued a First Alert for tonight and tomorrow due to storms that will develop as early as tonight and again tomorrow. Some of these storms will likely become severe with some locally heavy rain and some hail. A cold front tomorrow will also initiate more

Ruidoso Mayor Ray Alborn banned firearms from all village buildings. Protesters claim, this violates their rights. In Las Cruces, there are no such limitations on firearms. At Las Cruces City Hall, for instance, anyone with a valid concealed handgun license can walk through the front doors without being questioned. When it comes to security, Miyagishima

A judge has modified the temporary restraining order he awarded Mayor John Cook on Monday and has allowed the recall process to continue, letting El Paso For Traditional Family Values submit petitions to the city clerk for verification. Judge Javier Alvarez also eliminated the cease and desist order that prevented the group from advertising the

A judge has modified the temporary restraining order he awarded Mayor John Cook on Monday and has allowed the recall process to continue, letting El Paso For Traditional Family Values submit petitions to the city clerk for verification. Judge Javier Alvarez also eliminated the cease and desist order that prevented the group from advertising the

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A judge has ordered that petitioners seeking to oust the mayor and two city representatives from office have to immediately cease their efforts after Mayor John Cook filed for and obtained a temporary restraining order against the group. The legal document immediately orders “El Pasoans for Traditional Family Values” (EPFTFV) to stop gathering signatures, circulating

DENVER (AP) – Colorado health officials are warning people at high risk not to eat cantaloupe from Rocky Ford because of a listeriosis outbreak blamed for four deaths in Colorado and New Mexico. These cantaloupes were harvested in August and September, distributed widely in the United States, and are currently available in grocery stores. However,

Mike Price Media Luncheon Quotes September 12, 2011 ?Reflecting on Saturday night?s game, I thought our team played with really good effort. We played very hard, we hit well and we hustled. We played pretty smart. And we also played a real good football team. ?The first half was kind of like a tennis match.

Last week a local Animal Services Officer suffered serious facial wounds after a dog attacked him on the job, but it’s not uncommon to encounter unfriendly pets. According to the El Paso Environmental Department nearly 1,000 dog bites have been reported so far this year. Runners and walkers are especially vulnerable to attacks. “Always be

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico State Athletics Director Dr. McKinley Boston announced today that Mike Dirks has been hired as the new men?s golf coach for the Aggies. ?Mike Dirks has certainly had a history of coaching success at several schools including one of the premier programs in the country at the University of

The Ysleta Teachers Association said it can no longer go to school campuses and talk to teachers like it used to after being designated as a “vendor.” Ysleta Independent School District officials said they just want as few distractions as possible to help teachers best serve the students. Ysleta Teachers Association members are now required

Economic experts fear a 50 percent chance of a new recession, but some parts of the country still have it going on. From business development to sustainability, livability to transportation and infrastructure, Newsweek offers a glimpse not just of how our nation?s 200 largest cities are performing across these categories, but how they?re progressing. And

Some youth soccer parents said they felt embarrassed and upset after city officials kicked them out of public soccer fields because a national scout was in town — and no one used the field afterward. A new ordinance that went into effect this month requires parents to get an additional $75 per day “events permit”

EPISD officials are offering at-risk students and employees a cheaper alternative to protect themselves against identity theft. Hackers broke into the district’s internal network two weeks ago, gaining access to the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of more than 70,000 people in the El Paso Independent School District. Late Friday evening, district officials posted

The Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority is pushing for a new, central dispatch center, which operates together with fire and police on one main campus. Monday, Las Cruces City Council took a closer look at what a new facility would bring to the community. “We’re really at capacity for that building,? Hugo Costa, director of

CHICAGO (AP) – The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds. The problems were seen in a study of 60 children randomly assigned to either watch “SpongeBob,” or the slower-paced PBS cartoon “Caillou”

El Paso, Texas — Police are investigating a possible kidnapping at a Wal-Mart in West El Paso. An ABC-7 viewer witnessed the incident. She told us she saw a man drive up to a woman at the Wal-Mart on North Mesa & Remcon. He allegedly grabbed the woman, who was screaming for help, and forced

Police said a man shot into an apartment about 6:20 a.m. Sunday on the 7200 block of JC Cramer in the Lower Valley. Investigators said 26-year-old Andre Hill shot into the door of the apartment. Police say there were people inside but no serious injuries were reported. Hill was arrested on suspicion of deadly conduct,

Members of El Paso’s Muslim community gathered to grieve and remember the Sept. 11 attacks. They held a forum at the Raindrop Turkish House on Saturday. The message of the talk, held in East El Paso, was tolerance, acceptance and peace. Mohammed Nurudeen Alhassan, an Imam (leader of religious activities), admited the 9/11 attacks were

A pair of rappers in town for a concert found themselves locked up in the El Paso County Jail early Sunday morning. Hip-Hop artist Paul Wall posted a picture on his twitter account of he and fellow rapper Baby Bash in the back of a patrol car, both in handcuffs. According to El Paso county

A 19-year-old man is dead after a head-on crash in Horizon City. El Paso County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Angelica Becerra said a 2006 Hyundai traveling north on the 13300 block of Horizon Boulevard veered left and collided with a 1996 Ford Mustang traveling in the opposite direction about 1 p.m. Sunday. The 19-year-old passenger of the

For the second time in just over a year, rates are going up at the county courthouse parking garage. It was just 14 months ago when the rates went up slightly, and county commissioners decided to charge anyone parked in the garage more than half an hour the full daily rate. On Monday, commissioners voted