Month: October 2011

If the City Council does not keep its word and begin a public input process on preserving nearly 800 acres of city-owned land next to the proposed Transmountain freeway, organizer Jim Tolbert said petitioners will take the issue to the voters in an election. Last month, the City Council decided to try to work out

Crews were dispatched to the scene of a Condition 4 fire Tuesday afternoon at an apartment complex at 5401 Alabama near the intersection of Fred Wilson. Upon arrival, firefighters reported seeing heavy smoke and flames from one of the units at the High Vista Apartments. Fifteen fire units responded to the scene. Fire crews began

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office’s third annual haunted house opens to the public Wednesday at Bassett Place mall, 6101 Gateway West Blvd. The haunted house, which is presented by 104.3 Hit FM is bigger, and will feature the Basement of Torture. Cost is $7 for 17 and older; $5 for 16 and younger; Additional

A man who stole items from a Kmart threatened a loss-prevention officer with a knife after a short chase Monday morning in West El Paso, police said. Police officers who were hosting an event on the Amber Alert card nearby observed the commotion in the parking lot and immediately detained Luis Guzman, 39. Investigators said

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Long Beach State leads the 16-team field of the Price’s “Give Em Five” Intercollegiate that began Monday, Oct. 10, at the New Mexico State University Golf Course. Long Beach State is in first after the first round with a 287 score. The 49ers are the only team in the field to

There has been an increase in congestion on Mesa Street over the past two weeks thanks to a communication line break from a traffic light, according to city officials. The line was broken by construction crews working near Mesa Street and Cloudview Drive on Sept. 29th. “When you have that happen, the signals that go

The president of El Caldito, Gabe Chavez, said this year has been the most difficult for the soup kitchen in his entire 24-year career. Stock is down and clients are up at soup kitchens and homeless shelters across New Mexico. The El Caldito Soup Kitchen on the 900 block in Las Cruces is no exception.

October 12 marks the first Juarez Competitiva, which is slated to be a star-studded beginning with rock band Mana. It’s an event organized by the Juarez business community to highlight the strengths of El Paso’s sister city and change people’s perception of a city that’s normally associated with drugs and violence. “It’s not that they

This week?s MANHUNT MONDAY Most Wanted Fugitive is an individual sought for a Homicide nearly 8 years ago. The target is identified as CARLOS URQUIDI (28) of El Paso, TX. JANUARY 2004: On Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at 11:04 a.m., 46- year-old Armando Ignacio Hernandez was found stabbed to death in his home at 8601

After El Paso Electric responded to his initial letter, local business owner Stanley Jobe lashed back at the utility again. City Rep. Cortney Niland used information from Stanley Jobe’s company, Jobe Materials to make her case that the electric company’s rates are too high. El Paso Electric, in a letter to the city, responded by

Eight detainees at the Dona Ana County Detention Center reportedly have been diagnosed with a highly contagious, drug-resistant bacterial infection. Dona Ana County spokesman Jess Williams said that eight inmates at its corrections facility have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. Williams said that there are 800 inmates at the jail. MRSA is a potentially dangerous

After months of waiting, the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau unveiled it own cellphone application, which directs people to restaurants, hotels and local attractions of interest. Piata Publishing, publisher of the official visitors guide for the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau, announced that the application — “Visit El Paso” — was a response

Just a mile from El Paso, Texas in West Ciudad Juarez, Roberto Ayala is just trying to survive. The teenager lives in one of the most dangerous sections of Juarez. It’s such a dangerous area that children have seen assaults, shootings, and even dead bodies on the streets of their neighborhood. Then there are the

With more than 6,500 murders since the drug war began in 2008, Juarez has earned the dubious distinction of being the murder capital of North America, if not the world. More than two decades ago, Medellin, Colombia was one of the most violent and murderous cities in the world. But now, it’s a much safer

Medellin went from one of the deadliest cities in the world to one of the most progressive cities in Latin America. The “Medellin miracle” as it’s been called began with a re-vamping of law enforcement and of military. The city’s transition from disarray to distinction offers hope for a brighter future in El Paso’s sister

KVIA reporters Paul Cicala, Angela Kocherga and cameraman Hugo Perez were nominated for an Emmy from the Lone Star chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their excellence in reporting the border and border issues. KVIA’s Cicala was nominated for Feature News Report-Serious Series, for his three part series “Drug War

Family and supporters of Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Diaz, who was recently killed in Afghanistan, gathered Monday outside his funeral, where members of the Westboro Baptist Church said they were going to protest. But the controversial church, which protests the funerals of service members nationwide to spread its message of hate for homosexuals, never showed

A 4-week-old kitten was rescued from underneath an 8,000 pound storage unit in a Walgreen’s parking lot in Las Cruces. It was discovered by chance by a Walgreen’s customer who was picking up her meds medications at a drive-through on Walnut St. and Lohman Ave, when she heard whimpering from the Mobile-Mini container nearly 50

A 9-year-old child died in a rollover crash on Interstate 10 just after 5 a.m. Sunday, according to New Mexico State Police. The crash occurred 15 miles west of Deming on the eastbound lanes of the interstate. According to police, the driver, 39-year-old Addy Huver, was traveling from Tempe, Ariz., with her three children. An

A man was stabbed early Saturday morning in both cheeks with a screwdriver in central El Paso, according to the El Paso Police Department. Officers said they responded to the Stevens Street and Mobile Avenue area around 2:45 a.m. Saturday. An investigation by police revealed that the victim, who is only described as a 35-year-old

ABC-7 has confirmed that a well-known Del Valle High School employee is being investigated by police and has been put on administrative leave by the Ysleta Independent School District. Several Del Valle High students told ABC-7 their campus is alive with what they called “rumors” of who the employee is and what the employee allegedly

Investigators of the West Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Stash House Unit said they found 12 bundles of wrapped marijuana inside a home in El Paso’s lower valley on Wednesday. According to investigators, the pot was recovered at a home on the 200 Block of Clarisa Lane during an ongoing investigation. The pot weighed

Columbus Day is Monday Oct. 10. ?Emergency services such as police and fire in the region will not be affected by the holiday. ?Most banks and financial institutions will be closed. Check with your bank for hours of operations. ?No postal service. ?Most city of Las Cruces offices will be closed in observance of the

Week 7 Thursday high school football scores Montwood 17 Franklin 38 Final Eastwood 15 El Dorado 47 Final

During a news conference Thursday afternoon, Doa Ana County sheriff’s investigators revealed what led them to the suspect charged in the death of a 62-year-old Las Cruces real estate agent and what kind of evidence connects the man to the crime scene. Mario A. Mendez, 25, is accused of killing Jack L. Hadley nearly two

Doa Ana County celebrated the opening of a new solar generating facility in Santa Teresa, N.M. The new solar facility boasts 190,000 solar panels that should provide around 16,000 homes with electricity on peak sunny days. “We have sun 363 days out of the year and the location –i t’s big and it’s beautiful and

Schoolyard fights are increasingly being recorded and posted on the internet for everyone to see. This time, the fight broke out between two girls on campus at Franklin High School. A concerned parent sent the video to ABC-7 after she saw the footage on a social networking site. She said the incident happened Sept. 27.

If a person decides to get behind the wheel after having a few drinks, or when situations become tense with family members and arguments quickly become physical, police will get involved. It can happen any time. El Paso Police will administer tests and determine whether people were driving while intoxicated, and police will determine whether

Mexican authorities said that two U.S. citizens fatally shot in Juarez last week had just picked up a released inmate at a prison when assailants opened fire on their SUV. The Chihuahua state attorney general’s office said Friday that 19-year-old Paulo Noe Williams and his mother, 35-year-old Rosa Williams, were among four who died in

A 45-year-old registered sex offender accused of child abuse after two young children were removed from a filthy home with cockroaches now faces charges of sexual exploitation of children. Investigators said Rex Earl Hampton, of the 500 block of North Fifth Street, was in possession of numerous still images and videos depicting children engaging in