Month: January 2015

This Black Friday a number of stores were willing to open Thanksgiving night. One of them was Target, which boasted having some of the hottest deals on electronics. Lines at Target wrapped around the shopping centers, some people getting in position as early as one in the morning. ABC-7 checked out the line at Target

El Paso County is in the process of hiring a biologist to oversee the Aguilera Highway project near Tornillo in order to prevent crews from encroaching on the habitat of threatened wildlife. Phase two of the project will connect Alameda Avenue to I-10. Crews will need to remove about 130 acres of shrubland habitat The

Ben Foster organized Wednesday’s bike ride to Juarez. Peddling through the streets of El Paso’s sister city till 10 p.m. doesn’t scare him. But the seven-month-strong bike rider said riding through the streets of El Paso is dangerous. “There’s no signage, or bike lanes, and the streets are too wide so the cars drive faster,”

Mexico’s president has denied a tweet by Justin Bieber saying the singer met with the president and his family prior to a show. It was the latest sour note in Bieber’s controversy-filled Latin American tour. President Enrique Pena Nieto’s office put out a tweet late Monday that read “Presidenciamx denies meeting between President EPN with

The Bengals are riding high. They get six days off after Tuesday’s walkthrough and when they come back they’ll be in first place in the AFC North with five games left. But Rey Maualuga expected to find what would have been a usually boisterous locker room quite subdued on Tuesday morning as he digested the

A beheaded cat was found this morning in a Manhattan Heights neighborhood. Residents found it at the corner of Piedras and Louisville. Residents told ABC-7 crews they found just a head with two legs placed in the street. One woman said she believes it was intentionally placed there. Animal Control is now investigating.

When the Beatles film “A Hard Day’s Night” opened in El Paso in 1964, Rosemary Quinn (ne Morin) and two of her sisters snatched up tickets to watch it at the old Capri Theater in Downtown El Paso. “It was at the peak of Beatlemania,” Rosemary recalled. “We had seen them on ‘(The) Ed Sullivan

A century lasting more than a century is back. The rivalry between UNM and NMSU has begun at the Aggie Memorial Stadium. ABC 7’s Jerry Najera gives you an inside look at the game.

The UTEP Miners beat the NMSU Aggies at the Sun Bowl on Saturday. The final score was 42-24. During the first quarter, both teams scored seven points. However, UTEP took the lead during the second quarter scoring 14 points and the NMSU Aggies only scoring 3 because of a field goal. Neither team scored in

NMSU’s K.C. Ross Miller put up 26 points in the Aggies 77-68 win over UTEP Saturday night at the Don to help sweep the season series over the Miners. McKenzie Moore missed the game for the Miners due to a concussion he suffered in his last game against Colorado State. NMSU improves to 5-1, UTEP

El Paso Water Improvement District No. 1 began removing charred brush after a fire broke out in the Upper Valley, but environmental activists say EPCIWD1 is destroying the area’s ecosystem and violating an international agreement. “You used hear the birds chirping carrying on. It was really great, but now you don’t hear anything,” said Upper

The Clint Independent School District is using baseball and softball to help some students realize their own potential. The “Base Play” program is aimed at students from disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Clint ISD. Montana Vista Elementary School, located in far east El Paso County, is one of three CISD schools using sports to teach students

El Paso Triple-A team’s ownership group revealed the five finalists for the team name on Thursday. They are the Aardvarks, Buckaroos, Chihuahuas, Desert Gators, and Sun Dogs. El Pasoans were slightlyslightly surprised by the choices. On the ABC-7 Facebook page we received over 700 comments, most of them, negative. But the team’s General Manager Brad

The borderland is just 20 days away from the Chihuahua’s first home game at Southwest University Park.Some people will take public transportation downtown,but most people will be driving. There is some concern that ballpark parking will become a problem for downtown businesses and residential streets in nearby Sunset Heights and Old San Francisco. But this

The lights are on at the ballpark. Tuesday night was the official lighting ceremony. Construction of the ballpark moves forward everyday and is on schedule for the April 28th opener. But the controversy surrounding it remains the same. Those who are against the decision to build this stadium without citizen input aren’t going stand by

There’s lots of perks to having a ballpark downtown. One of them being that you don’t even have to be inside to enjoy it. It’s game two in Southwest University Park, and as some people found their seats, ABC-7 found people who instead, found their spots on the lawn. “I think it’s a great place

Jean-Claude Duvalier, a former dictator of Haiti, has died, the president of Haiti, Michel J. Martelly, said on Saturday. Mr. Duvalier, 63, known as Baby Doc, ruled the country for nearly 15 years. Along with his father, Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier, he dominated the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere through a combination of brutality,

It was new El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Juan Cabrera’s last town hall at Austin High Wednesday night. What they thought would be a fun meet-and-greet was a little more complicated than they anticipated. Austin High students and parents gathered to meet their new superintendent and ask him questions first-hand. The questions were pre-selected,

The Plaza Classic Film Festival kicked off its second day Saturday. A steady stream of film fans stood in line at the box office to buy tickets to watch their favorite films. “I love it. Me and my family come here every year,” said Ashley Wagner. “I don’t know how you get any better than

The Texas Education Agency released 2013 accountability ratings for school districts across the state. Overall the biggest districts inElPasofared well. El Paso, Socorro, Ysleta and Canutillo districtspassed the TEA’s state requirements. The districts are now rated on 4 categories. The first would be student achievement. It provides a snapshot across the subjects reading, math, writing,

A mother is in pain suffering from the loss of her 9-year-old daughter. Laura Martinez, a mother of five, was returning to El Paso from a trip with her two daughters. She lost control and rolled her car near Ruidoso late July. Only one daughter survived. “It was just a day of being able to

This month alonethe regionhas seenthree bicycle deaths. In response, the bicycling community gathered to discuss what needs to be done to prevent senseless deaths. The Velo PasoBicycle Pedestrian Coalition helda Saturday meeting. The coalitionfocused on making El Pasosafe forbicycling through education and outreach. Bicyclistsfrom throughout the borderland gathered at the downtown library. They saw friends

If you’ve driven byUTEP recently, you’ve definitely seen a lot of construction. But once you get on campus, you can see there’s even more going on. It’s all part of a $25 million project to transform the campus. With school starting its fall semester MondayABC-7’sGerardo Najerasat down withUTEP president Dr. Diana Natalicio to talk about

A woman died early Saturday morning after a car crashed in northeast El Paso. Police confirm she is 20-year-old Leeza Lugo of Anthony, Texas. The woman was a passenger inside a Dodge pickup truck that rolled on Loop 375 near Railroad Drive. Three Fort Bliss soldiers were in the truck and were injured. A second

An Alamogordo landfill was home to hundreds of “E.T.” game cartridges, diggers learned on Saturday. The video game’s commercial failure was partially responsible for the demise of Atari in the early 1980s. The contents of the “Atari Grave” have become urban legend, with blog posts speculating about millions of cartridges and other Atari projects buried

Work to replenish water levels at Ascarate Lake is expected to begin soon. Monday, county commissioners approved to award the contract to Acosta Drilling from La Mesa, Texas. Interim County Engineer, Fernando Hernandez told ABC-7 only two of five wells are working and a third one will be capped off in order to build a

Work to replenish water levels at Ascarate Lake is expected to begin soon. Monday, county commissioners approved to award the contract to Acosta Drilling from La Mesa, Texas. Interim County Engineer, Fernando Hernandez told ABC-7 only two of five wells are working and a third one will be capped off in order to build a

Ascarate Lake has seen a shortage of water for months, but now county commissioners hope to change that. Thursday, Public Works Director Ernie Carrizal asked Commissioners Court to authorize the purchasing department to advertise a bid for a water well supply system. The court voted unanimously to move ahead with the process to replace the

The final Asarco demolition plan released days before the stacks fall reveals some details designed to help control dust that will be kicked up when the chimneys fall. The fall zones shown in aerial video shot by KVIA Chief Engineer Elias Ventanilla extend from the site’s south side towards I-10. Around the fall zones, workers

The city of El Paso has formed a coalition to deter drunk drivers from hitting the road during the New Year’s eve-New Year’s day festivities. The El Paso police, sheriff’s office, Sun City Cabs and No DUI have banded together to increase law enforcement and provide free rides for tipsy party goers. No questions asked,