Month: April 2012

The city of Sunland Park has a new mayor. 24-year-old Javier Perea was appointed to the seat during a city council meeting Wednesday evening. Perea is a graduate of New Mexico State University who sold diamonds at a Sunland Park jewlery store up until January. Council was split on Perea’s appointment with a 3-2 vote

Willie Nelson’s timeless music has already ensured his lasting legacy. On Friday, perhaps with a wink to the date, he will be immortalized with a bronze statue in his likeness in Austin. The date 4/20 is recognized in cannabis culture as a special date to consume cannabis. Nelson has never made his use of cannabis

El Paso Police confirm a man was stabbed in the Cincinnati Entertainment District after a fight broke out around 2:30 Wednesday morning. Officials say the man was stabbed numerous times, and was taken to University Medical Center where he is expected to survive. They have not said where the fight started, but witnesses tell us

Find out more about the 2012 City of El Paso Quality of Life Bond’s potential projects by clicking on the links below. 2012 Quality of Life Bond Survey Executive Summary 2012 Quality of Life Bond Final Analysis Of Citizen Comments 2012 Quality of Life Bond Documents

Detectives from the El Paso Police Department’s Central Regional Command Center are asking for the community’s assistance in identifying a man involved in a debit card abuse case. The suspect is believed to obtain victims’ credit card or debit card information and then attempt to make purchases using that information at various locations. Anyone with

Jabin Akeem Bogan, of Dallas trucking company Demco Transportation, was going the wrong way and unable to turn around when he ended up in Juarez on Tuesday, Bogan’s boss told ABC-7 exclusively on Wednesday. His truck was transporting a load of nine palates carrying 2,500 pounds of ammunition from Widener’s Shooting Supply in Johnson City,

ABCNews Dick Clark, the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with American Bandstand, and whose trademark Rockin’ Eve became a fixture of New Year’s celebrations, died today at the age of 82, ABC News has learned. Clark, who suffered a serious stroke in

A group of nonprofit organizations in New Mexico has banded together to protest Gov. Susana Martinez and her economic policies. The Center For Civic Policy is sponsoring a billboard campaign across the state and has launched a website, DontVetoNMJobs.com. The organization claims that New Mexico’s unemployment numbers are on the rise and that the governor

The recent back-and-forth between two candidates in the May 29th Democratic primary for El Paso?s representative seat in the U.S. House prompted ABC-7 to look into the dynamic between incumbent Silvestre Reyes and former city representative Beto O’Rourke. “It has taken a personal tone,” said University of Texas at El Paso professor Dr. Richard Pineda.

The latest report from the New Mexico Department of Health reveals some staggering statistics on sexual assault in the state. According to a survey done by the Interpersonal Violence Data Repository, researchers claim one in four women in the state are likely to be raped. Analysts said the results come from a statewide survey that

Shots were fired and several vehicles were vandalized in a South Las Cruces neighborhood late Monday night. Police say it happened along South Espina about a block away from an apartment complex near Montana and Alamo. Residents of the apartment complex tell ABC-7 a man walked out of an apartment and started bashing out car

Business was slow at the El Paso?s main United States Post Office along Boeing Drive on the final day for tax returns to be postmarked. This year?s final day to file taxes, or an extension, fell on Tuesday because April 15 fell on a Sunday. Monday was recognized as a federal Holiday marking Emancipation Day.

Fire Crews responded to a lower valley house fire just before noon on Tuesday. Seven units and 21 firefighters responded to the fire that started in a bedroom from an unattended candle at 144 Papaya St. Six people were inside the home at the time. While fighting the fire, a 76-year-old male was transported to

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office officials responded to a single vehicle wreck in west El Paso Tuesday afternoon that killed one woman. The single-vehicle wreck occurred at mile marker 4 on Interstate 10 just after 1 p.m. Officials said deputies who arrived on the scene found a 1998 Ford Expedition. An investigation revealed that the

By Robert Burns Many livestock producers continue to make hay while the sun shines, according Texas AgriLife Extension Service reports. In Cooke County, as in many parts of Texas, farmers took advantage of warm weather and plentiful cool-season grass growth to replenish depleted hay supplies. With rains and warmer-than-average weather, cool-season grasses and small grains

An international technology firm has its sights on Las Cruces for a $1 billion project that could create thousands of jobs for the area. Las Cruces is up against Hobbs, N.M. as a finalist for a proposed first-of-its-kind testing center that would resemble a fully functional American city. The Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation

City Council voted unanimously to approve a $15 million settlement with the El Paso Electric Company on Tuesday. The settlement will result in a $15 million rate decrease for borderland customers, according to city officials. In a press release from the city breaking down the settlement, residential customers will share in the $1.5 million annual

This week?s MANHUNT MONDAY Most Wanted Fugitive is a local con-artist scheming people out of money. The target has been identified as JORGE G. RIOS (44) of El Paso, TX. 2011 / 2012 In recent months the name JORGE G. RIOS has surfaced on various occasions pertaining to Theft cases. RIOS was recently employed by

A judge ruled not to grant relief for attorney’s fees Monday on a lawsuit stemming from a long-standing feud between a neighborhood association and a bar owner. Members of the Cielo Vista Neighborhood Association had been sued by Mike Armstrong, the owner of east El Paso’s Three-Legged Monkey bar. He alleged the neighbors defamed his

Children?s smiles look like million watt light bulbs when they hear, and see, the Reindeer Revue program put on by the Ysleta Independent school districts. Similarly, teachers fire up when they hear about the price tag. According to the Ysleta Teacher Association, more than $180,000 was spent over the past three school years for Superintendent

No, murdered rapper Tupac Shakur has not risen from the dead. Instead, hip hop star Snoop Dogg performed with a remarkably lifelike hologram of Tupac at the close of California?s massive Coachella music festival. Tupac, who died more than 15 years ago, greeted the crowd with a ?what up, Coachella!? Bare-chested, in a pair of

President Barack Obama endorsed Rep. Silvestre Reyes of the 16th District of Texas in his re-election bid to represent El Paso in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. ?Congressman Reyes is a tireless champion for all El Pasoans, and he works hard to create jobs, strengthen health care, and expand educational opportunities for his

Wal-Mart is hiring for approximately 90 positions to work at the new Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market expected to open this spring at 4716 Hondo Pass Drive in northeast El Paso. The hiring center, which is located at 300 E. Main Street, is accepting applications from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week as well

A man suspected of forging his ex-wife’s signature to sell her home without her permission or knowledge has been arrested, according to officials with the Las Cruces Police Department. Reuben James Armijo, 37, was arrested on Friday and has been charged with four felonies, including two counts of forgery and one count each of perjury

The IRS wants to remind taxpayers that they can find a wide variety of useful products and information from the comfort of their home through the IRS website as the April 17 tax filing deadline approaches. Taxpayers seeking last-minute help can access several self-help tools on the IRS website to make filing taxes easier. IRS.gov

The El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau announced that El Paso beat out 16 other U.S. cities and has been named the lead destination of the 2012 Social Media Tourism Symposium. El Paso received a total of 19,545 votes in three rounds on the SoMeT12 Facebook page. “We are elated that the Social Media Tourism

The 1st Armored Division is planning their biggest exercise since arriving at Fort Bliss for their Operation Iron Focus and Network Integration Exercise. According to Fort Bliss officials, this means that increased traffic of military vehicles will be traveling in and out of the training ranges at McGregor and Dona Ana Ranges, as well as

The ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather Team is coming to a school near you! Our meteorologists will be teaching a small weather workshop to kids around the borderland with experiments and games for any grade level. The ABC-7 Weather Academy will focus on teaching children and teens the science and fun behind the atmosphere and all its

Las Cruces was named the 7th in Parade Magazine’s ?Top 25 Hardest Working Towns in America.? Total cereal partnered with Parade on the list, ranking cities by analyzing the total number of hours worked, unemployment rates, commute times, dual-income families and the likelihood of people to give up personal time for work. The list was

Officials from the El Paso Police Department are on the lookout for someone who allegedly used a gun during an armed robbery early Sunday morning. A police dispatcher said not one, but two robberies on the west side could be related. One of the robberies occurred at a Circle K gas station at the intersection