Month: February 2014

The Andress High School boys basketball team is on its way to Snyder, Texas to take on Crowley at 5 p.m. Friday. The Golden Eagles, who are ranked No. 1 in 4A in the state by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, are looking to bring home El Paso’s first state basketball championship since Eastwood

The Dona Ana County Commissioners could cut over a million dollars from the Sheriff’s Office budget in Tuesday’s commission meeting. If approved, $1.4 million for additional deputy positions would be moved from the sheriff’s budget and into the county’s general fund for “one time capital” expenses. That has sheriff’s officials concerned, and Chaparral residents aren’t

Hiring of new positions in Dona Ana County has been frozen by the county manager, and county commissioners have voted to take away over a million dollars from the sheriff’s budget to be placed back into the county’s general fund. A total of $1.4 million dollars was intended for the salaries of 25 sheriff’s employee

Love them or hate them, there’s reason to be happy about the likely changes for the region’s red light cameras. Las Cruces will likely lose its cameras. City Manager Robert Garza decided not to renew the city’s contract with the camera provider, Redflex. In El Paso, however, the cameras are going strong. “We have seen

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El Paso is a blessed city so far this winter. We haven’t experienced much bad weather at all. We had our first big blast of cold air in the fall (November 23 and 24) just before Thanksgiving behind an Arctic front. Those two days we only reached a high in the mid and upper 30’s

Another announced guest for El Paso Comic Con’s March event won’t be coming to the Sun City. Actress Shannon Elizabeth announced via Twitter Thursday that she was not attending El Paso in Comics (EPIC). EPIC is set for March 7-9 at the El Paso County Coliseum. 24605270 J. Edwards, with Elizabeth’s production company Ganesh Productions

John Bohannon scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half as UTEP pulled away for a 72-54 victory at Tulane on Thursday, posting 20 victories for the first time in three years. The Miners (20-7, 10-2 C-USA) are still tied for first place in Conference USA with Middle Tennessee, which won at Charlotte

It was named in honor of a major Confederate general during the Civil War, but a road at Ft Bliss now has a new, more locally based name. Ft. Bliss officials have changed the name of Robert E. Lee Road to Buffalo Soldier Road, recognizing the African-American units that moved through Bliss in the 19th

The El Paso area has seven basketball teams alive in the state playoffs. Here is the schedule for the next round of games. *All times are in MT 5A Boys Area Coronado vs. Richland on 2/21 at 5:00 in Merkel. 4A Boys Area Andress vs. Lubbock on 2/21 at 4:30 at Odessa Permian Eastlake vs.

Senior Kayla Thornton recorded her 16th double-double (16 points, 13 rebounds) of the year but it wasn’t enough as the UTEP women’s basketball team was upended by North Texas, 73-64, at the Super Pit Wednesday evening. The Miners (20-5, 9-3 C-USA) came out with plenty of energy, out-rebounding the home side 20-6 over the first

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command said the first prototypes of a new, Iron Man-like protective suit could be ready for testing this summer. Navy Adm. William McRaven said three unpowered prototypes of the so-called Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit — known in military parlance as TALOS and dubbed the Iron Man suit after

Discovering a lump in your breast is one of the most frightening things that can happen to a woman. What would you do to prevent breast cancer? Kelly Garland, a Hatch, New Mexico woman, wanted a double mastectomy. Her doctor agreed, her insurance company didn’t. “My sister passed away first. I was 22 and just

The man making the cover of Time Magazine’s soon-to-be released issue is Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. The headline reads: “Saving Mexico.” Just as the president’s political legislation has been controversial with Mexican citizens — so is the cover. “No, he is not the savior of Mexico,” Juarez resident Jennifer Ruiz said. “He’s made this

Three mountain rescues in the last four weeks. ABC-7 has covered how these folks have gotten lost, but many may fail to realize, getting turned around in the Franklin Mountains is expensive. We hear it all the time: hike in numbers, with more than one person. Don’t ever hike by yourself. If you’re going to

Faculty and students at the Paul Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech said in a letter obtained by ABC-7 that the school might need to close its doors. ABC-7 has learned that University Medical Center is not renewing its $11.2 million anesthesia contract with the school, which has provided those services to the hospital

A drainage project at a busy Upper Valley intersection is causing headaches for some drivers. Crews are working on a prior El Paso Water Utilities project because the concrete surrounding the drainage grates started to fail. Workers are on the south side lanes now, soon they’ll be working on the north bound lanes. For people

Residents of a Lower Valley neighborhood are bracing for a big change as a convent that has been a pillar of the community prepares to close its doors. The Missionary Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph have been at the corner of Barton and Franklin in the Cadwallader neighborhood for more than 50 years. It’s

A 28-year-old man was arrested early Monday morning after he allegedly threw a rock and broke a window at El Paso Police Headquarters in Central El Paso. El Paso police spokesman Darrel Petry told ABC-7 that around 3:17 a.m. Monday officers were sent to 911 Raynor on an unknown problem. On the way to the

El Paso Police are searching for the man they say is responsible for stabbing three people at a Lower Valley bar early Monday morning. At about 1:56 a.m. Police were sent to Tequilas Bar where witnesses said a Hispanic man had gotten into an argument with two men inside the bar. The unidentified man then

Filmmaker Charlie Minn says he’s going to donate some of his movie earnings to Ciudad Juarez. Minn’s made three gritty documentaries about the violence in Juarez in during the late 2000s. The films include: “The New Juarez,” and “Murder Capital of the World.”Minn says he’ll re-release his entire Mexican trilogy giving half of the earnings

El Paso police say two men in their early twenties were helping a man who appeared to be drunk park his car and ended up getting stabbed. Police say 42-year-old Juan Cedillo first stabbed a 21-year-old man who helped Cedillo park his car at a westside apartment complex. They say Cedillo ran to his apartment

El Paso Police have arrested a 42-year-old man who allegedly stabbed two men Saturday night during a fight in a West Side apartment complex parking lot. Police officials say they found Juan Cedillo, of the 5200 block of Carousel, hiding under a bed inside an apartment after he allegedly attacked two men with a knife

Hanks celebrated its victory in the Texas 4A Girls wrestling tournament after taking the highest honor in the state. This is the first time any El Paso school wins the state title in wrestling. Some of the big performances included Hanks Junior Danielle Flores who pinned Amarillo Caprock’s Janae McDaniel. Hanks Freshman Adrienne Holguin beat

Update: Officials monitoring the presence of airborne radiation at the underground site in southeastern New Mexico where the federal government seals away its low-grade nuclear waste say tests have shown no danger to people or the environment. The U.S. Department of Energy says in a news release that samples were taken at several surface sites