Month: March 2012

El Paso Police arrested a Chaparral, N.M. woman for trespassing and possessing crack cocaine after an undercover officer found the drug on the woman’s buttock area, according to police officials. The arrest occurred just hours after the woman had been issued a criminal trespassing warning at the location she was arrested. An undercover officer observed

El Paso Firefighters battled a condition four fire Sunday in the Lower Valley. The fire started in a work shed behind a church-residence located in the 7100 block of North Loop. Fire officials said some construction material caught fire and with the strong winds, it quickly grew, catching some rubbish and an old truck on

By Lisa Stark / ABCNews I still remember the fight over makeup when I was in seventh grade. I wanted to go to school with mascara on and my mother would have none of it. And what young girl doesn?t recall staring in wonderment at their mom or older sister as they were getting all

ABCNews From pay-to-play politics to dismal campaign disclosure requirements, America?s fifty state governments have been weighed, measured and found wanting when it comes to ethical lawmaking. Not a single state earned an A grade for ethics in the State Integrity Investigation, an analysis of states? transparency, accountability and anti-corruption mechanisms released Monday by the Center

A former caregiver Las Cruces Police suspected of falsifying checks belonging to a man he cared for ? and who died in 2008 ? has been arrested and charged with several fourth-degree felonies, according to police officials. Michael Gay, 42, of the 2200 block of Shady Place just north of Las Cruces, is charged with

The Village Inn located in Northeast El Paso caught fire Saturday night and burned into the early Sunday morning hours. According to restaurant employees, they noticed smoke around 9 p.m. on Saturday evening. By the time they evacuated a handful of customers and employees outside, a fire had begun and flames could be seen coming

We are under a StormTRACK First Alert through tomorrow, as the storm system we had been tracking all week is currently pushing through the region. The high wind will stay in place throughout the night and the chances for showers will push in from west to east. Expect gusts to about 60mph tonight and a

A stabbing occurred in the early Sunday morning hours in Central El Paso, according to police dispatchers. According to police, a call came in to 9-1-1 around 1 a.m. Investigators are currently on the scene in Central El Paso near the 300 block of Rosa in a residential neighborhood. Dispatchers tell ABC-7, however, that the

The ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather Team has issued a First Alert for high wind and blowing dust and sand on Sunday. Sunday will be cooler and windier. Highs will reach 75 degrees and gusts will reach 55mph. Expect blowing dust and sand. There will also be a 20% chance for showers starting in the late afternoon

The meteorologists at ABC-7 have issued a StormTRACK First Alert for Sunday due to rapidly changing weather conditions approaching the borderland. The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Watch on Sunday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. for the entire borderland area, with further warnings expected. Winds across El Paso on Sunday could

Neighbors along the 7400 block of Wilcox in East El Paso described, hearing a motorcycle, a loud noise, and then silence. Fernando Mendez, who has lived in the area for many years, said he ran from his house. He recognized the sound of a throttle wide-open on a motorcycle. As a rider himself, he says

On a secluded stretch of Red Sands west of Hueco Tanks, lies a swath of desert so remote and quiet, the buzzing of the flies is magnified to the audio level of fighter jets. There are a lot of flies. More and more these days they are finding refuge amongst the remains of the many

Frank Apodaca, the former president of Access Healthsource who faces public corruption charges, was arrested earlier this week for allegedly failing to comply with a court-ordered doctor’s appointment, according to an FBI spokesperson. In a recent interview with Apodaca and his wife Anita, Apodaca told ABC-7 he was not fit to stand trial right now

Gunfire is a sound many Army service members are familiar with. Now, it’s the sounds of recovery and triumph over debilitating disabilities. It’s all part of a Warrior Games shooting clinic that took place all week at the University of Texas El Paso. Twenty-five service men and woman from all over the country came to

ABCNews What was killing all those honeybees in recent years? New research shows a link between an increase in the death of bees and insecticides, specifically the chemicals used to coat corn seeds. The study, titled “Assessment of the Environmental Exposure of Honeybees to Particulate Matter Containing Neonicotinoid Insecticides Coming from Corn Coated Seeds,” was

ABC-7’s Paul Cicala traveled to Portland, Ore. for New Mexico State’s first round game in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament against Indiana. Click on the links below for videos of the Aggies’ run.

By NPR A highly popular episode of This American Life in which monologuist Mike Daisey tells of the abuses at factories that make Apple products in China contained “significant fabrications,” the show said today. “We’re horrified to have let something like this onto public radio,” Ira Glass, the show’s executive producer and host said in

Residents in Canutillo, Texas, could soon see more traffic in their neighborhood. On Wednesday, The El Paso Public Service Board agreed to sell 26 acres of land to the Texas Department of Transportation. With that land, TxDoT plans to create a four-lane roadway connecting Interstate 10 to Doniphan Drive. The new Spur 276 will bypass

These nice spring-like conditions will hang around again today and last through Saturday. Southwesterly winds along with high clouds continue to control our weather headlines. Temperatures will warm up to 82 this afternoon with overnight lows down to 50. Beginning Sunday, winds will return, but do not appear to be as strong as previously anticipated.

Matt Dougherty joined the ABC-7 news team in February, 2012, and co-anchors the weekend primetime newscasts with Whitney Burbank. You may remember some of Matt’s most memorable stories at ABC7 including: -Soldiers with PTSD Denied Post Access with Service Dogs -The Case of Imprisoned Dallas Truck Driver Jabin Bogan -The Horse Graveyard -Sherman Hemsley Frozen

Famous Chicago keyboardist Robert Lamm decided to take a ride on a Sun Metro bus on Tuesday afternoon while he was in town for a concert at the Plaza Theater later that night. Sun Metro officials said bus driver and longtime Chicago fan Ricardo Novoa greeted Lamm by name as he boarded the Route 10

El Paso played host Wednesday evening to a group of so-called “book traffickers” hoping to raise awareness about a controversial Arizona education law that led to the dismantling of a Mexican-American studies program and the removal of several related books from classrooms. The event was held at the Mercado Mayapan in South-Central El Paso and

Comedian Gallagher, known for smashing watermelons during his performances, will not perform tonight at Speaking Rock due to a heart attack. Gallagher was scheduled to perform in Lewisville, Texas on Wednesday when he suffered a heart attack. Gallagher’s manager told TMZ that the comedian suffered a mild to serious heart attack and would remain in

Last month the Texas Health and Human Services Commission finalized a rule banning affiliates of abortion providers from getting funds from women’s health programs now that rule has gone into effect. While hundreds of protesters rally to express their anger in the state capitol, according to a Women’s Health Program memo, more than 3,000 women

Seven emergency units and 22 rescuers spent an hour trying to rescue a man after an accident at an Upper Valley construction site Wednesday. An El Paso Water Utilities worker was at the bottom of a 20-foot trench helping to position a large and heavy piece of equipment called a safety box that was being

Two years ago, El Paso County Detention Officer Arthur Redelfs and his wife, U.S. Consulate employee, Leslie Enriquez Redelfs, were brutally killed in Ciudad Juarez. Tuesday, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office held a dedication in honor of the slain officer. The months following the murders of Arthur and Leslie seemed to represent a troubling

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Three deployments in five years, and not one was easier than the previous. “Your mindset is never the same,” said Sgt. Orlando Candelaria, an El Paso native based out of Fort Hood, Texas. In November of 2011, Candelaria returned to Ft. Hood from his third tour in Iraq — a total of 28 months overseas.

We’re back in the 80s for today and the rest of the week. Southwesterly winds are allowing warm, dry conditions to infiltrate the Borderland. This will keep temperatures above average, even with high thin cloud cover that will hang around the rest of the week. The weather pattern is still looking unsettled this weekend when

The El Paso Police Department’s Gang unit responded to assist Northeast Patrol with an early morning stabbing Wednesday. According to police officials, the investigation revealed that at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday, a fight broke out between two groups during a house party in the 3300 block of Lincoln Ave. The fight escalated to a stabbing which