Month: February 2014

As students across the borderland get ready to head back to school, one high school in Las Cruces, N.M., is opening its doors to students for the…

The Ysleta Independent School District and 41 campuses will miss Adequate Yearly Progress or AYP in 2012, according to a district news release.…

Young people who hope to avoid deportation are counting the days until they can apply for President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood…

Six American soldiers that were killed in a single roadside bombing in Eastern Afghanistan on July 8 were honored on Wednesday in a memorial service…

A goat was picked up by animal control officers on the East Mesa in Dona Ana County and shelter officials are hoping the owner will go and claim him.…

The City of El Paso Environmental Services Department is now accepting electronic waste, also known as e-waste, to be recycled at its landfill,…

Music Under the Stars organizers did not know what to expect when the 29th season got underway in June after suffering a massive drop off in…

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office participated in the 24th annual National Night Out Tuesday evening. The event encourages neighbors to hold…

Some mothers in one Anthony, N.M., neighborhood tell ABC-7 they’re angry over a sex offender being allowed to live near and go to an elementary…

Feline Fridays will continue at the City of El Paso Animal Shelter indefinitely, the Environmental Services Department announced Tuesday.…

El Paso City Council held a more than three-hour discussion Tuesday on the proposed relocation of City Hall in order to make way for the construction…

Celebrate National Night Out from 6 to 10 p.m. today at El Paso County Sheriff’s Office headquarters at 3850 Justice. Meet your neighbors as…

The pedestrian who died in the I-10 collision early Aug. 2 near Downtown has been identified as 48-year-old Toby Balkmon. Balkmon, of El Paso, was…

El Paso Police have identified the pedestrian who was killed Thursday night in the Lower Valley. Francisco Gabriel Vasquez, 50, of the 7600 block of…

By ABC-7 Reporter Ashlie Rodriguez At Restlawn Memorial Parkon Monday there was sadness, and anger. Lopez went through an extensive licensing process…

For Letticia Martinez, 17, this summer has been one for the record books, literally. She broke American and Panamerican swimming records to qualify…

Las Cruces Police arrested a man they suspect of discharging a handgun after being asked to leave a birthday party early Sunday morning. Daniel…

At the Drive-In’s reunion tour rolled through Chicago on Sunday, Aug. 5 as the band played a headlining set at Lollapalooza. The band’s…

Las Cruces Police have arrested a 26-year-old they suspect of swinging a machete at another man causing a severed finger and a deep laceration to the…

Thephrase “downtown revitalization” has been used quite a bit, city officials have been putting in a lot of work, trying to get downtown…

Update: El Paso County Sheriff’s officials have identified the man killed in the crash as Sacho Jizkov of Elwood Park, Illinois Previous story:…

Lollapalooza’s Day 2 resumed after being suspended for several hours due to a dangerous storm in the Chicago area. El Paso band At the Drive-In…

A 14-year-old female was accidentally shot by a 15-year-old male late Friday evening, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. At…

A pick-up struck and killed a man late last night, police said. It was just after 10 p.m. when officials said a man in his 20’s was crossing…

Students in the Socorro Independent School District ended their first week of school Friday. That usually means much worse traffic conditions as…

New Mexico shoppers receive a tax break on purchases of some clothing, shoes, school supplies and computers starting today and continuing through the…

The family of former UTEP basketball star Chris Blocker are alive and well after not being heard from since Monday night in Missouri. Odessa Blocker,…

Soccer, or “futbl”, is certainly making its presence felt at the University of Texas at El Paso. The Men’s Soccer Club is working…

The last street left of old Smeltertown was blocked off Tuesday night when a SWAT situation unfolded in the area. This happened a little after 10…

By ABC-7 Reporter Ashlie Rodriguez Student registration at Socorro Independent School District is booming, taking administrators and teachers by…