Month: January 2012

Two men were stabbed Tuesday afternoon as a result of a fight between neighbors at an east El Paso home, according to the El Paso Police Department. Police said 25-year-old Jesus Vasquez stabbed 27-year-old David Acevedo and 22-year-old Eric Acevedo just before 4 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 1000 block of Burges Drive.

UTEP (9-9, 2-2 C-USA) hosts East Carolina (9-7, 0-3 C-USA) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. MT in the Don Haskins Center. The Miners will wear vintage 1966 uniforms on ?Texas Western Throwback Night.? UTEP, then known as Texas Western College, won the historic 1966 national championship. UTEP has won six of its last seven games

Officers from the El Paso Police Department arrested two men suspected of robbing a northeast El Paso gas station early Wednesday morning. An investigation by police revealed two suspects, Sergio Cisneros and Joe Castillo, went into the Valero gas station store at 9050 Gateway North Blvd. just before 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police said the two

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If you’re like thousands of American unsatisfied with your job or straight up unemployed, this story is for you. Job seekers with careers in Information Technology, or IT, are in demand right now in the borderland. IT is the management of data through technology and hiring experts say the field encompasses a bankable set of

El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputies said they had to use a Taser on a man after he punched one of the deputies in the face at a west El Paso bar Wednesday. Deputies said 21-year-old David Najera was throwing punches at patrons at the Spice Club bar at 2720 North Mesa Street at around 1:30

New details have emerged on Sunday morning’s soldier shooting on Dyer street, which left one military man dead, two others injured and another behind bars. Police say shots were fired in the air before the fatal shots being fired. ABC-7 also learned that the alleged shooter, 29-year-old Craig Graham, is a homeless veteran of the

As the clock ticks towards the April 2 trial of the eleven defendants in the massive public corruption case dubbed “Operation Poisoned Pawns,” defendants are asking prosecutors to disclose exactly what they’re accused of and the names of everyone implicated. The indictment unsealed September 2010 describes a conspiracy that involves elected officials from different school

The storm system that brought the winds and light showers yesterday has weakened and moved eastward. This will allow for dry northwesterly winds to take over, which means a cooler but drier day ahead. Temperatures today will only warm up to 62, but the winds should stay light out of the northwest around 5-15 mph.

Gov. Susana Martinez gave the State of the State address from the New Mexico House of Representatives on Tuesday. Martinez discussed the challenge the state faced over the past year with handling the largest structural budget deficit in New Mexico’s history, which turned into a projected $250 million surplus. “I?m proud of the fact that

El Paso City Council is considering tinkering with a board it, itself, created. The Open Space Advisory board is comprised of nine members appointed by the mayor and city reps. According to the city’s website, the committee provides recommendations to the city council in efforts to preserve and acquire open space. “I think the Open

Dona Ana County Sheriff’s officials are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect pedophile. Deputies are on the lookout for 26-year-old Ernesto “Jose” Gonzalez, described as having black hair and brown eyes. He is believed to be driving a blue 2001 Chevrolet pickup with Oklahoma license plate 901 JEB. Investigators said back in

Story & Photo by Staff Sgt. Casey McGeorge, 15th Sustainment Brigade at Fort Bliss Walk down the baby aisle of your local grocery store and you will see shelves stacked from top to bottom with disposable diapers. Huggies, Pampers and store brand names, ranging from newborn up to size six or more. Disposable diapers are

A 65-year-old woman is the first traffic-related fatality in El Paso of 2012, according to police. Police said Maria Contreras-Dequirogawas crossing the street in the crosswalk just before 3:30 p.m. on Friday when she was struck by a Nissan X-terra driven by Mary Seagrove making a left turn from Glory Road onto Mesa Street. Special

Statistics show last year’s crime numbers are down in the city of El Paso, according to the El Paso Police Department. Since 2008, crime statistic numbers have been steadily decreasing, according to the Uniformed Crime Reporting reports. In 2008, 31,398 crimes were reported; 30,091 in 2009; and it fell even further, to 29,696, in 2010.

Police said a woman who was critically injured in a motorcycle crash earlier this month in Las Cruces has died. The crash that involved two motorcycles on Saturday, Jan. 7, critically injured 35-year-old Bernadine “Nina” Aguilar. Officials released the news Tuesday that Aguilar had died at the University Medical Center of El Paso on Jan.

Officers from the El Paso Police Department said the caught an armed robber who was also in possession of marijuana Monday in northeast El Paso. Police said around 6:30 p.m. 22-year-old Adan Myers walked into a 7-11 store at 4950 Dyer Street and threatened the clerk with a knife and demanded money. Myers left the

A company is looking to fill 300 jobs here in El Paso, 60 of the positions are available to start as early as next week. Alorica is hiring customer service representatives for DIRECTV. Applicants can apply at the Alorica offices at 1440 Goodyear Drive, or online at www.aloricajobs.com.

A shooting in Central El Paso left one man dead, and sent two people to the hospital Sunday morning. Police were called out to the area surrounding the Fred Wilson and Dyer intersection just after 2 a.m. That is where a 911 call led investigators following a shooting. According to police, they believe the incident

An unidentified woman died in a mobile-home fire early Sunday in Berino, N.M., officials said. When firefighters from Chamberino, La Mesa, La Union and Anthony, N.M., as well as the West Valley Fire Department in El Paso arrived on the scene, they reported seeing flames shooting from the double-wide mobile home’s roof, which was collapsing.

Researchers say the Earth’s crust in New Mexico is stretching at a rate of an inch of east-west growth every 40 years. The Albuquerque Journal reported that scientists have long suspected this was happening because of the way the Rio Grande Rift splits the state down the middle. The rift, a tear in the Earth’s

El Paso’s departing bishop Armando Ochoa will temporarily keep heading the borderland’s Catholic Diocese even after his reassignment becomes Fresno, California’s new bishop. The news was announced during a ‘Mass of Thanksgiving’ for Ochoa at St. Patrick Cathedral in West El Paso Monday night. Ochoa has spent 15 years as El Paso’s bishop. Late last

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration of “over-the-top rhetoric” and “disdain for the military” in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan. “These are 18-, 19-, 20-year-old kids. They make mistakes,” Perry said on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday. “But …

Evangelina Rosales says her son Oscar’s Italian cruise ship celebration turned into anything but. She told ABC-7 that Oscar, an El Pasoan, booked passage on the Costa Concordia to commemorate the 50th birthday of his wife Anita and the 25th birthday of his daughter Vanessa. Friday night, the luxury liner hit a coral reef along

The winds will pick up today as a pacific storm system approaches from the west. That is why the National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for the entire viewing area beginning at 11 AM. This storm will produce wind gusts up to 50 mph today along with providing the borderland with some light

I don?t know what’s worse: getting a traffic ticket or trying to dispose of one. I?ve been driving the same route to work for 18 years. It?s a steep descent down Pino Real, and the three- and four-way stop signs placed at lightly traveled side streets slows everyone down. Still, for the first time in

A 20-year-old man was walking down Myrtle Avenue when he stopped to greet a 61-year-old acquaintance, who in turn stabbed him in the hand, police said. Jesus Andres Martinez, 20, was meeting with 61-year-old Wilfredo Villanueva Baez when police said Baez brandished a undisclosed sharp object and cut Martinez’s hand about 5:30 p.m. Sunday in

An autistic teenager who wandered away from his family during an outing at White Sands National Monument and spent the night among the sand dunes has been found. Monument officials say the 15-year-old was spotted Monday morning by a U.S. Air Force Blackhawk helicopter. He was walking in the dunes about six miles from where

A group of students at Coronado High School plan to put El Paso’s congressional candidates on the hot seat. The organizers, some of them not ever old enough to vote, hope to fill the Coronado Fine Arts Auditorium.They said America’s youth is usually overlooked in politics, and it’s about time that changed. “Its really great

U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi continued her trip through the Borderland with a tour of the Paul Foster School Of Medicine on Saturday. Pelosi was escorted by El Paso Congressman Silvestre Reyes, who is pushing for more funding for our health and sciences education in the region. Reyes said he wants Pelosi to get