Month: January 2015

Information about Selena can be found here. Watch video of Selena here.

The next 48 hours will be critical for the local football player injured during practice, according to New Mexico State officials. University officials, in a statement, said Miles Washington suffered a spinal cord injury during NMSU football practice Saturday at Aggie Memorial Stadium. The reshirt freshman is in intensive care after emergency surgery at University

A New Mexico man was arrested for allegedly trading sex with a woman for a meal at McDonalds, according to a report by KOB-TV in Albuquerque. Albuquerque police found Donald Jones, 58, at Bullhead Park with a woman he picked up near Central and Virginia, an area known for prostitution. Read the full article at

New Mexico State Police report that there is a situation in Deming that has required them to disptatch their explosive response team. On-and-off ramps are closed on I-10 at Mile Marker 85. Deming Police are the lead agency, but they’ve not made a supervisor available to answer ABC-7’s questions. ABC-7 has been told the investigation

Gabe Gonzalez, local musician and co-owner of Tricky Falls and Bowie Feathers, has released a song to in recognition of the demolition of the ASARCO smokestacks and its former companion town, Smeltertown. Gonzalez considers himself is a product of Smeltertown. Late on Friday, he released this song, “Dust to Dust” by his group, The Smeltertown

For many former ASARCO workers the April 13 demolition date marks a personal but bittersweet milestone. “It was kinda like a war zone when you went to work,” said Angel Arellano. For Arellano, ASARCO represents not only where he worked for 30 years but also where he grew up. He started working at the copper

Baseball coaches from a New Mexico high school plan to file a formal complaint against an umpire who allegedly told a Latino player to stop speaking Spanish during a game. The Albuquerque Journal report (http://bit.ly/14gvJlA ) Emmanuel Burciaga (boor-SEE’-AH’-gah), an assistant coach at Gadsden High School, says umpire Corey Jones told his first baseman to

The El Paso Convention Center parking garage will remain open and operational Sunday morning throughout the demolition of City Hall. Due to downtown street closures, vehicles and pedestrians may access the parking garage via San Antonio Avenue only, which will not be effected by downtown street closures. The Santa Fe Street entry/exit will remain closed

El Paso artist, Mitsu Overstreet, has designed a special edition t-shirt to commemorate El Paso’s historic demolition weekend. The shirts feature the Smelter Town Boomers vs Sun City Haulers Shirts are available for purchase at Hello Day Cafe, 209 S. El Paso Street, and at Manchot, 518 W. San Antonio, Suite D. Shirts are $20

Since at least the past 20 years, ASARCO smokestacks have been demolished across the country. Watch videos of the different demolitions by clicking the links below: ASARCO smokestack in Ruston, Washington (near Tacoma) in 1993: http://youtu.be/X6YPDbWilCo, http://youtu.be/cHccREq375o, ASARCO smokestack in East Helena, Montana in 2009: http://youtu.be/4pIJb9t9BVY

The City Council ties Mayor John Cook has broken with his vote. Police/fire pension fund, Tuesday, April 9, 2013: In a split vote, with the mayor breaking the tie, council decided to push legislation in Austin that will allow the City to increase its contributions, if it chooses. San Jacinto Lagartos; Oct. 2011: City Reps.

Which El Paso landmark do you think will be missed the most after this weekend’s demolitions? Will it be the ASARCO smokestacks or City Hall? Show it on your Facebook or Twitter profile by downloading the avatar of that structure by clicking on the link below and making it your profile picture. ASARCO smokestacks avatar

List of Downtown El Paso businesses ABC-7 has confirmed will be open Sunday after the demolition. OPEN:Tabla: Opens at 10am115 Durango Big Bun Hamburgers: Opens at 8am – maybe earlier209 E Mills Ave The Network: Opens at 10am317 E Mills Ave La HuertaInside Camino Real HotelOpens at 6am Pot Au Feu – Opens at 10am307

Some Downtown businesses plan to take advantage of the attention there will be on Downtown El Paso on Sunday when City Hall is demolished. “Being that there’s going to be so much attention with the demolition, we want to capitalize on that opportunity and give people and excuse to come down here and experience what

For more than a decade, he packed and repacked his treasure chest, sprinkling in gold dust and adding hundreds of rare gold coins and gold nuggets. Pre-Columbian animal figures went in, along with prehistoric “mirrors” of hammered gold, ancient Chinese faces carved from jade and antique jewelry with rubies and emeralds. Forrest Fenn was creating

Hundreds of parents and community members are calling for the El Paso Independent School District to reinstate four principals who have been removed from their positions. By Monday evening, the group had gathered about 290 signatures asking for El Paso High School Principal Kristine Ferrett to be reinstated at the helm of the campus. The

El Paso Independent School District released an 86-page audit, with some redactions, on Monday that looked into the school district’s alleged cheating scandal. Weaver and Tidwell, LLP, the auditor hired by the district to conduct the audit, investigated the alleged cheating scandal from Nov. 5, 2012 to Feb. 8, 2013. Click on the links below

El Paso Independent School District released an 86-page audit, with some redactions, on Monday that looked into the school district’s alleged cheating scandal. Weaver and Tidwell, LLP, the auditor hired by the district to conduct the audit, investigated the alleged cheating scandal from Nov. 5, 2012 to Feb. 8, 2013. Click on the links below

FX has has released three trailers for its new drama, “The Bridge.” The pilot was filmed in El Paso. Watch all three trailers at http://youtu.be/rt2CkK06nLI FX ordered 13 episodes of “The Bridge,” which stars Diane Kruger and Demian Bichir. Filming on the series, co-produced by Shine America and FX Prods, begins in April for a

Click on links below for this year’s April Fools’ Day pranks from around the Internet. April Fools’ Day Pranks: 2013’s best pranks April Fool’s Day Pictures: Seven Animal Hoaxes

Three people were sent to the hospital after a serious wreck in Central El Paso late Tuesday night. According to police, a car and a truck collided on the 6300 block of Trowbridge, right in front of Western Refining. The wreck happened just after 9 o’clock. Police said three people were taken to the hospital

An Army report released Friday finds the service still has trouble diagnosing and treating soldiers for post-traumatic stress disorder, despite more than doubling its number of military and civilian behavioral health workers over the past five years. Confusing paperwork, inconsistent training and guidelines, and incompatible data systems have hindered the service as it tries to

West Texas officials will discuss a report by the University of Texas at El Paso that says military facilities in the region contribute $5.9 billion a year to the local economy. The Fort Bliss Army post drives much of that revenue but the adjacent William Beaumont Army Medical Center also is a boon. A statement

ABCNews Health officials are warning of a new virus that has sickened at least 14 people worldwide, killing eight of them. There are no known American cases of the coronavirus, known as hCoV-EMC, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control is urging doctors with patients who have an unexplained respiratory illness after traveling to the

El Paso Police are investigating the third homicide of the year. On Wednesday, March 6, El Paso Police responded to a call at a residence in the 10600 block of Onyxstone and found 53-year-old Nora Lorts on the ground in the back yard of the residence without signs of life. Investigators from the Crimes Against

The FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force have arrested an 18-year-old who allegedly robbed a Northeast Wells Fargo on Tuesday afternoon. Joseph Isaac Ward was arrested without incident at about 8 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Ward is unemployed. FBI officials said they followed up on numerous anonymous tips received from the public after the bank robbery and

A First Alert continues into the afternoon hours Saturday. Winds are forecast to range from 15 to 25 mph, with gusts up to 45 mph. Some areas may see localized blowing dust as a result of the increased winds, but due to rain yesterday the dust is not expected to be as thick as in

Imagine you’re a waitress, out with friends on a night off, when you lose your wallet. Cash, credit cards, driver’s license-all gone. Your bank later informs you that checks are being issued in your name. It’s a pain, but you carry on. Two weeks later, you’re at work when four people walk in and sit

After an extensive candidate assessment process, City Manager Joyce Wilson announced today that Chief Samuel Pea has been selected to be the City’s next Fire Chief. Chief Pea has been an El Paso resident for 39 years and has17 years of service with the El Paso Fire Department. Chef Pea holds a Bachelor of Science

The Downtown ballpark continues to move a step closer to construction. City of El Paso project engineer Alan Shubert and the ballpark’s architect showed off new images of the $50 million project during a presentation at City Council on Tuesday. Shubert said they’re on track budget-wise and there’s no reason the City wouldn’t be able