Month: January 2014

El Paso City Manager Joyce Wilson is one of five finalists for the County Manager job for Lee County in Florida. Lee County commissioners will interview the five finalists on Wednesday, June 5, according to the Lee County website. Seventy people had applied for the position which was posted in late March. “I am being

Desert Downs BMX park in Northeast El Paso was vandalized overnight and the damage was extensive. Everything from lights to mirrors and even kitchen utensils were vandalized. Other damages include “snowed in” extinguishers, spray painted items, and broken windows. Check kvia.com for more details as they become available. In 1977, some members of the Transmountain

A 24-year-old woman who walked into a local hospital Thursday morning and relinquished custody of her newborn daughter appears to have followed health and safety laws established in New Mexico, according to Las Cruces Police. At around 2 a.m. Thursday, May 30, the woman took a five-hour-old infant to Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces

A police chase involving a K-9 unit came to an end on a West El Paso rooftop early Friday morning. At around 1 a.m., an unidentified man crashed his truck into a light pole and at least two traffic signs at the intersection of Mesa Street and Festival. The wreck temporarily closed the intersection. Police

Winds whipped and dust was kicked up from an active construction site, but nothing was going to stop Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony for El Paso’s new downtown ballpark. Work continued mere feet from ticket holders, dignitaries and city officials, but all eyes were on the 18 shovels modeled as baseball bats. The shovels, after all, were

Burges High alum John Skelton has made a name for himself in the NFL. In 2010 Skelton was a fifth round selection in the NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals. As he tried to avoid sacks from defensive lineman, records show the QB was avoiding child support. In 2006 when John Skelton went off to

El Paso Mayor John Cook said the City could not add the $2.8 million for art and the sale of bonds on the original projected $50 million ballpark project. “The number you had to build the ballpark was $50 million so (to add arts and bond sales to that budget) you’d have to start getting

Two El Pasoans were killed Wednesday morning in a motorcycle wreck on I-10 east between Transmountain and Artcraft. The incident, which happened at about 2:53 a.m. completely shut down I-10 east in that area. The victims, a man and a woman who have yet to be identified, were both wearing helmets. While the wreck is

A Sheriff’s employee is helping his co-worker live a fuller, longer life. Daniel Rollings, a grant writer for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is donating a kidney to Michaela Hebeker, a Lieutenant with the Sheriff’s Office. Hebeker suffers from Polycystic kidney disease. The disease is genetic. Her liver only functions at 10 percent and

The man charged with the shooting deaths of three people near Las Cruces in 2010 took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday. Eugene “Gino” Ferri testified that he had nothing to do with the deaths of Gille Delisle, Helga Delisle, and Peter Weith. The homicides took place three years ago in Mesilla Hills,

A heated ballpark budget argument dominated City Council’s meeting today with some city representatives calling for firings of City staff over incorrect ballpark estimates. “We are going to deliver the project we promised to the people of El Paso for the price that we promised them,” City Rep. Cortney Niland said. Cook added that “this

City council is expected to make a major decision on the fate of the downtown ballpark on Tuesday. A request has been made for millions more to complete the stadium. Three items on Tuesday’s agenda seek up to $10 million in additional funding for the ballpark, straying away from the initial $50 million price tag.

An El Paso family died in a car wreck near Ranger, Texas, in between Abilene and Weatherford, according to a spokesperson with the Texas Department of Public Safety. The wreck Monday afternoon involved three vehicles. Officials said a large truck was coming down Ranger Hill when the driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed the

Over the past few months, irrigation officials have forecast this as the worst drought year ever for New Mexico. That didn’t stop thousands of people from visiting Elephant Butte Lake this Memorial Day weekend. For the past few years, the water level at the lake has dropped. People came out in droves over the holiday

As President Obama paid his respects at the Tomb of the Unknowns this morning, thousands of Borderland residents honored those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Fort Bliss officials and 1st Armored Division soldiers held a Memorial Day Service Monday morning at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. The service, complete with a 21-gun salute, was held to

Residentsfrom the Santa Teresa findtwo dead dogs and a dead goat in their neighborhood. They say they were shot near the Santa Teresa golf course. Residents of Santa Teresa toldABC-7 they’ve been concerned about their neighborhood deteriorating since 2012. That’s when the country club went up for auction to cover more than $600,000 in back

Thursday’s massive South-Central El Paso fire that ripped through the Las Vega’s Bar, some apartments upstairs and a car shop next door, didn’t just affect the business owners or the area residents. Customers of the auto repair business stopped by the shop on Friday, asking if their vehicles had been consumed by the blaze. The

This month alone, eight Fort Bliss soldiers have died in Afghanistan. While the deaths make up two separate incidents, the eight men share a similar bond. They were all killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). According to Dana Pittard, the outgoing Commanding General of Fort Bliss, IEDs have become the weapon of choice in Afghanistan.

Smoke billowed through windows and fire danced in the sky. More than 200 El Pasoans could only look on, wondering what was next for their South Central El Paso neighborhood. A fire broke out Thursday afternoon near the 3100 block of Alameda. The Las Vegas Lounge appears to be a complete loss. Fire crews tell

El Paso City Council will be asked Tuesday to approve significant expansion of the budget for the downtown baseball stadium currently under construction. The original budget called for $40 million in construction expenses and another $10 million in design-related expenses. An agenda item for Tuesday’s Council meeting calls for revising the construction number more than

The City of El Paso is asking the Central Appraisal District to take action after a sky-high appraisal was reversed, costing the city nearly $3 million dollars in revenue. The CAD said it’s a statewide problem. The issue revolves around the way CAD appraised Western Refining in 2012. Initially, CAD said Western Refining’s taxable value

Five Fort Bliss soldiers killed with an IED in Afghanistan on May 4, 2013 were honored in a special memorial Wednesday on post. The soldiers honored were 1st Lt. Brandon J. Landrum, Staff Sgt. Francis Gene Phillips IV, Spc. Kevin Cardoza, Spc. Brandon Joseph Prescott and Spc. Thomas Paige Murach. According to Maj. Joseph Buccino,

Let the shows continue! The City of El Paso is broadening a program to continue “kickstarting” big events in El Paso. By a 5-0 vote Tuesday, City Council eliminated a guideline in the Kickstart Downtown Event Funding program that stated events would be ineligible for funding after three years. Now, all events will be able

The Pentagon says nearly 350 U.S. Military service members committed suicide last year. Among those were five Army soldiers at Fort Bliss. This year, three more suicides, all with something in common — they were non-commissioned officers. Sunday night on ABC-7 Xtra, Fort Bliss’ outgoing commanding general confirmed the latest suicide happened just last week.

Exhausted fire crews worked into early Tuesday morning battling a wind-fueled brush fire that started on the Texas-New Mexico stateline Monday afternoon. The fire was contained around midnight with a controlled burn. By 2 a.m. fire crews in Dona Ana County and El Paso cleared the scene. Tuesday morning smoke still be seen coming from

Neighbors say one dog is dead and two others haven’t eaten for days. “These dogs, they’ve been back here by themselves probably for about 2 and a half weeks” said a man only identified as”Tim,” long time next door neighbor to the home where the abandoned dogs were found. Tim says he made a frightening

In a move that has become almost ceremonial, the county banned aerial fireworks in the county on Monday. County Judge Veronica Escobar requested her fellow commissioners vote with her to ban fireworks known as “sticks and fins.” The move passed 4-to-1, Commissioner Haggerty representing the lone “no” vote. Sticks and fins are regularly banned in

El Paso County has 45 days to return nearly $1.8 million to Western Refining. If it doesn’t return the money, interest can be assessed. The Central Appraisal District moved the evaluation of Western Refining to $780 million this year, the equivalent of a nearly 300 percent rise in evaluation. It also would have raised the

A man is in the hospital after being stabbed at a South El Paso bar early Monday morning. The incident happened just after midnight at the Alameda Bar near Cebada and Estrella. Officers were seen searching the area for a suspect, but tell us that nobody is in custody at this time. No word on

Three bills created in response to the El Paso Independent School District cheating scandal are making their way to the governor’s desk. The bills have already been approved by the state Legislature. One of the bills, a dropout recovery bill, would create a student recovery program. Senate Bill 119 focuses on helping students who were