Month: December 2014

Students and staff at Bowie High School are mourning the loss of one of their teachers. The Hudspeth County Sheriff’s office tells ABC-7 56-year-old Robert Flores died at the Hudspeth County jail Tuesday evening after being arrested for public intoxication. Sheriffs tell ABC-7 they don’t know why he died. The El Paso Independent School District

Santa Teresa residents have a detailed plan to keep Sunland Park out of their neighborhoods. In fact, several options are on the table. The new plan for the incorporation of Santa Teresa includes several different options, one of which involves petitioning for a special election that could lead to the disincorporation of Sunland Park after

The El Paso City Council is considering evaluating City Attorney Sylvia Borunda Firth using a method which has not been used to assess a city attorney. City Council on Tuesday talked about evaluating Firth using a so called 360-method. That’s when Human Resources talks to people who work above, below and at the same level

Think of this weekend as Miner legends weekend. Fans will have the opportunity to meet 23 of the greatest players in UTEP football, men’s and women’s basketball history – and get their autographs -when the Miners celebrate their Athletics Centennial Weekend Friday, Nov. 14 and Saturday, Nov. 15. Returning to campus for the basketball and

El Paso Police are investigating the death of a woman killed in a traffic collision Monday morning. The driver killed has been identified as 36-year-old Diane Valdez. Police say that the single-vehicle collision occurred at about 7:37 a.m. in the 8000 block of Artcraft when Valdez crashed into an electric pole. She was taken to

El Paso has had rapid transit for two weeks. So far, it looks like people are getting acclimated with the Brio. “It’s a good service,” UTEP student Miguel Vidal told ABC-7 as he waited by the Brio’s bus stop on Glory Road Dr. And it’s a fast service. The rapid transit bus quickly collected Vidal

A man who allegedly beat and raped an Anthony, New Mexico woman in 1997 was arrested Nov. 3 at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry. Jorge Ramos was arraigned on Monday in the Third Judicial District Court with a secured bond set at $100,000. Ramos’ trial date is pending. A bench warrant was issued for

One person is in the hospital with serious injuries after a single-vehicle crash in central El Paso early Sunday morning. Police have released the name of the man in the crash, 34 year old Jorge Alvarez of Sunland Park New Mexico. The crash happened on southbound U.S. highway 54 before the Trowbridge on ramp. ABC-7

CLOSINGS EPISD YISD GADSDEN ISD CLINT ISD All federal offices. El Paso County government offices will be closed but city government offices will be open. Most banks and credit unions will be closed but check with your financial institution. U.S. Post Office locations will be closed and there will not be any home delivery except

A bank fund has been started to help a San Elizario family displaced by a fire that destroyed their home on Oct. 31. The home belonged to Raul Sanchez, a bus driver for the San Elizario Independent School District. The account is at 1 st National Bank (Clint office), Account #600109568, Blanca Sanchez (name on

El Paso County Constable Robert White was laid to rest Friday at Evergreen Cemetery. Law enforcement agencies from El Paso were in attendance to honor White. He was killed last weekend while working security at a haunted house. Investigators say he was punched in the face by a man he was escorting out of the

Portions of Paisano will be closed today, Nov. 7 through Nov. 14. 6 PM-6 AM today, Nov. 7 through Monday, Nov. 10. COMPLETE CLOSURE of Paisano Dr. (US 85) between W. San Antonio St. and Executive Center Blvd. (Crews will be pouring concrete on new Paisano Bridge) Monday, November 10 through Wednesday, November 12, 7

EPISD is taking community input after releasing the report on the status of its facilities and declining enrollment. Take the survey at http://bit.ly/1z7Skfg EPISD also is having meetings for community input at the following times and locations: Thursday Nov 13, 2014, Burges High School Gymnasium @ 6:00PM Wednesday, Nov 19, 2014, Jefferson High School Gymnasium

The former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his colleague was indicted in a Las Cruces courtroom Thursday. Tai Chan, 27, is now charged with first degree murder. Authorities say Chan shot and killed fellow deputy Jeremy Martin, 29, at a Las Cruces hotel. The two men were staying there after dropping off

Read below for news releases from the UT Board of Regents meeting in El Paso this week. Watch video from Nov. 6 morning meeting at http://bit.ly/1GuserL UTIMCO reports strong performance for 2014 Endowments benefiting institutions in The University of Texas System and Texas A&M University System posted a 15.1 percent return for the fiscal year

The UT Board of Regents in executive session talked about the possible acquisition of hundreds of acres from the old ASARCO site but did not take any action on the agenda item once the board reconvened in open session Thursday afternoon. Paul Foster, chairman of the Board of Regents, said at the end of the

On Nov. 6, 2007, a slender majority of El Paso voters approved selling $120 million in bonds to construct a children’s hospital. Fast-forward seven years — and the El Paso Children’s Hospital administrators are constructing a plan to keep the two-and-a-half-year-old facility solvent. The financial troubles aren’t affecting the children being treated, like Danashyia Pritchard.

Local resident sent the water utility and ABC-7 an email wanting to know why El Paso Water Utilities can’t commit water from it’s purple pipe system for Fort Bliss National Cemetery so that federal officials can bring grass back. The purple pipe system consists of nearly 60 miles of pipes with reclaimed water for customers

Long time border farm worker organizer and advocate Carlos Marentes met Pope Francis in late October as part of the three-day World Meeting of Popular Movements conference in Rome. The group, made up of social justice leaders from around the world, decided to have their meeting in Rome because the attention Pope Francis gives to

A 21-year-old Socorro, Texas man could be facing more charges in a child abuse case because the baby involved has now died. Arturo Montes Jr. is charged with injury to a child by omission earlier this week after he took his 7-month-old step-son to the hospital because the child wasn’t breathing. According to the complaint

CNN- Lovers of vintage arcade games just got an early holiday present. The Internet Archive has released more than 900 video games spanning the 1970s through the 1990s, according to PC World. The site, which is a nonprofit founded to build an Internet library, now has the Internet Arcade, where gamers with a taste for

On Saturday’s 35-14 Win Over Southern Miss)“It was a great team win for us against a quality opponent. Defensively we have had back-to-back outstanding performances. We talked to the defense all week about bringing that same energy that they brought against UTSA. In many ways they did that and one-upped it. I really felt they

Battleground Texas launched in January 2013 with the goal of turning reliably red Texas into — at minimum — a purple state where Democrats could compete. But nearly two years later, on the day after the 2014 general election, Texas looks redder than ever. No statewide Democrat came close to toppling a Republican opponent. That

The 2014 general election in Texas unfolded just as the political forecasters — professional and amateur alike —were predicting 18 to 24 months ago. Texas is a Republican state. The Democratic president of the United States is unpopular, and a drag on candidates from his party. Without incumbent Republicans defending the statewide offices they have

Gov.-elect Greg Abbottsaid Wednesday that the Texas Enterprise Fund, which has given hundreds of millions of dollars to companies looking to relocate to Texas, should be “thoroughly re-evaluated.” Abbott made the remarks about current Gov.Rick Perry‘s signature business incentive program at his first news conference since being elected governor. In addressing the taxpayer-funded Enterprise Fund,

Wicked fans will have a chance to buy tickets to the musical Friday-Sunday at A Christmas Fair in the convention center in Downtown El Paso, according to El Paso Live. Wicked tickets will be sold at El Paso Live’s booth at A Ch ristmas Fair. Fair hours are: Friday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to

Big concerts and events are coming to the Borderland. Tonight, Nov. 14, the Dropkick Murphys with Blood Or Whiskey will play at Tricky Falls. Tickets are $27-$30 and available through Ticketfly.com Country music legends Alabama, with Jamie Lynn Spears opening the show, will perform Nov. 15 at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces. Tickets

El Paso Live announced Wednesday that there is a special ticket offer for author/humorist David Sedaris’ show Friday, Nov. 7 at the Plaza Theatre. Limited seats are available at 50 percent off with the code word ONEDAYSALE all day today, Nov. 5. Sedaris is the author of the bestsellers Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice,

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez rolled to a second term Tuesday, furthering her national reputation as a Republican who can appeal to Hispanics and voters who cross party lines. Martinez said in a speech to supporters that she hoped her strong win would send a message that the state wants “leaders who choose to work

On Thursday, the University of Texas Board of Regents will discuss whether or not to acquire the 443 acres commonly known as the former Asarco copper smelter site to expand the University of Texas at El Paso. This is the same parcel of land that MountainStar Sports Group toured last month. Although the regents’ meeting