Month: November 2014

The strongest winds are out of here, although we will experience temps a bit chilly overnight. Lows will drop in the upper 30s and 40s. Temps will begin to warm up through the week with highs in the low 70s yet tomorrow, then get ready for 90s over the weekend.

Two El Pasoans were killed and two injured Sunday afternoon in a rollover crash near Iraan in Pecos County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded to I-10, mile marker 298, at about 4 p.m. Sunday to a single vehicle accident. The Ford Explorer, being driven by

Last weekend’s freeway tragedy has already had a heavy cost. Two construction workers are dead and police have charged an 18-year-old with two counts of intoxication manslaughter after he allegedly hit the workers with his vehicle. The massive highway project is expected to be delayed. All told, the Spur 1966 project, which will connect Paisano

The Conference USA athletic directors voted to hold the C-USA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in Birmingham, Alabama in 2015. The announcement was made via C-USA’s Twitter account. El Paso, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Shreveport-Bossier, and Hattiesburg also put in bids for 2015. UTEP officials called the March 2014 hosting of the C-USA basketball tournaments a

El Paso City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a study to explore how to make one of the busiest stretches of Mesa Street safer for pedestrians. The Council directed staff to begin a study exploring four way stops and possibly reducing speed limits on Mesa Street between Boston Avenue and Glory Road. Because Mesa Street

El Paso’s commercial property owners, who’ve been bracing for another round of double-digit valuation increases from the Central Appraisal District, will find reason to relax a little. Preliminary values released by the CAD last week do show commercial property values rising more than other categories in a slow-moving market, but nothing like recent years. Read

U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has selected the 30-man preliminary roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. From this list, a squad of 23 players must be chosen by June 2 for the final roster that will travel to Brazil. A date to announce the USA’s 23-player FIFA World Cup roster has

A cold front pushes in from the NE tonight and will cool us down for the next several days. Expect high temps dropping down to the mid 60s tomorrow and around 70 Wednesday. Winds tomorrow will be out of the NE tomorrow with some gusts on the west side around 40 mph at the most.

Charlie Brown, one of the greatest players in UTEP basketball history as well as the first black athlete in the history of the program, passed away on Sunday in Antioch, Calif. following a long illness. He was 83 years old. Brown played at Texas Western College for three seasons (1956-59), averaging 17.5 points and 8.6

Thirty seven El Paso firefighters and 16 units responded to a Condition 3 fire at the Friedman Recycling Company of El Paso in Northeast El Paso. The plant is located on Wren, between McCombs and Railroad. The fire was on the outside baled material, according to a fire department tweet. There are no injuries. The

El Paso Police have charged an 18-year-old Fort Bliss soldier with two counts of intoxication manslaughter in the weekend deaths of two construction workers working on I-10 East near Schuster. Jan Michael Nieves was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility with his bond set at $200,000. The deceased have been identified as 39-year-old

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser announced Tommy Gonzalez as the City’s choice for the next city manager but it’s far from a done deal. Leeser said Affion Public, the firm assisting the City in the city manager search, has been authorized to enter into negotiations with Gonzalez. Gonzalez is the former city manager of Irving,

Forty-six states and Washington D.C. initially adopted Common Core state standards in their public schools. But that number is down to 44, and many more states are attempting to delay or reverse it. “It’s like, ‘Bill has three goldfish and he buys two more. How many dogs live in London?,” said comedian Lewis C.K., who

A theater teacher who taught at Irvin High School resigned Wednesday after an allegation she had an improper relationship with a student. ABC-7 is not releasing her name because she has not been charged. A spokeswoman for the El Paso Independent School District told ABC-7 someone tipped off the district on Tuesday and they immediately

Vote for Bel Air High School in the Vans Custom Culture contest. Bel Air submitted four pairs of specially designed Vans in the contest and have been chosen as one of 50 semi-finalists – 10 schools per region. Vote for Bel Air at http://sites.vans.com/customculture/vote/2/ Voting ends Monday, May 12. “The five schools as determined by

Morrissey is finally back on the road but it wasn’t without its hiccups. He played in San Jose, Calif. on Wednesday night and threw in a handful of new songs off the upcoming “World Peace is None of Your Business” album. The album is set for a summer release. By all published accounts he looked

The four candidates vying for the City of El Paso’s top job answered a lot of questions Thursday as the City Council, an employee panel and a citizens committee interviewed them. Members of the Citizens Advisory Committee did not want to comment on the candidates or which one stood out to them because it was

MiLB.com is holding its Clash of the Caps contest through May 22 and the El Paso Chihuahuas were in third place out of 160 teams as of 4 p.m. Mountain Time Thursday. Vote at http://atmilb.com/1mHBKfY by clicking the cap you like more. After each vote, you’ll get more caps to choose between. Click LID LEADERBOARD

Heed these words, traveler: eating four meals of red cheese enchiladas over a weekend is for those with a stout constitution, an adventurous spirit, and written permission from one’s cardiologist. It’s thankless duty, but oh, the glory to be had. Our destination was El Paso, home to approximately one zillion Mexican joints, a graced land

New Mexico State Athletics Director Dr. McKinley Boston announced on Wednesday that head men’s basketball coach Marvin Menzies has signed a two-year contract extension with NMSU. The contract extension goes thru 2019. “I am pleased to offer Coach Menzies a two-year contract extension based upon the consistent competiveness of his team, consistent academic success of

Overwhelmed by the number of immigrants crossing illegally into in South Texas, the U.S. Border Patrol is scheduled to send its first planeload of immigrants to El Paso for processing. Border Patrol spokesman Daniel Tirado says the flight carrying about 100 immigrants is scheduled to leave Brownsville on Wednesday afternoon. The flight is just the

UTEP officials are calling the March 2014 hosting of the C-USA basketball tournaments a boon for El Paso. The tournaments, held in mid-March at the Don Haskins Center and Memorial Gym, generated about $1.1 million in ticket revenue, according to a news release. UTEP was able to cover tournament expenses and the minimum guarantee to

May 7, 2014 Update: El Paso State Sen. Jose Rodriguez has placed his aide, David Stout on unpaid leave. Stout is running in the Democratic primary run-off for County Commissioner Precinct 2 against incumbent Sergio Lewis. Earlier this week ABC-7 showed that Stout took six different groupings of two day sick leave absences from his

A new report shows what some are calling a damning portrait of misconduct by the Border Patrol in and around the southern border. The Vice President of the local chapter of the Agency’s union said it’s an example “of another advocacy group trying to smear the Border Patrol.” The report, compiled by the American Immigrant

Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report. And those shining seas? Rising and costly, the report says. Climate change’s assorted harms “are expected to become increasingly disruptive across the nation throughout this century and beyond,” the National Climate Assessment concluded

Hotter, drier conditions in the already drought-stricken Southwest are expected to further stress the region’s water supply, threatening specialty crops and making forests more vulnerable to wildfires and tree-killing insects. The Obama administration released the National Climate Assessment on Tuesday. Among the highlights in the Southwestern U.S., which include California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and

UPDATE: A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Thursday morning to mark the construction of a new teaching hospital and medical office building in northwest El Paso. The ceremony begins at 11am at Resler and Transmountain Rd. That is where the multi-million dollar building will go up. PREVIOUS STORY: Sierra Providence Health Network and Texas Tech

Jesus Christ Superstar, reimagined as an arena show, will be coming to the Don Haskins Center on July 22. Ticket presales begin Wednesday, May 7 with public onsale at 10 a.m. May 16. Tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster. Tickets range from $149.50 to $34.50 with a limited number of Gold Circle seats and VIP

Jesus Christ Superstar, reimagined as an arena show, will be coming to the Don Haskins Center on July 22. Ticket presales begin Wednesday, May 7 with public onsale at 10 a.m. May 16. Tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster. Tickets range from $149.50 to $34.50 with a limited number of Gold Circle seats and VIP

An audit finds problems with the Ysleta Independent School District’s credit recovery program. But the auditor says it wasn’t done on purpose. The findings were announced during a board meeting Monday night. The auditor — who works for YISD — said her team spent the last year reviewing the procedures students had to follow to