Month: February 2015

El Paso-area job seekers have had tomorrow circled on their calendars for quite a while, the 11th-annual get-hired employment fair is the largest in…

ABC-7 first brought you the story of Jesus Solis, a Las Cruces elementary school teacher charged with 52 counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor…

Jesus Solis, a former Las Cruces elementary teacher once charged with more than 50 counts of Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor, has giving up his…

The Jefferson-Silva High campus is anticipating athletic upgrades, although it also asked for classroom updates, but was denied. The El Paso…

The El Paso Independent School District has suspended 12 varsity soccer players and kicked one off the team after a disturbing fight involving the…

El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar sees the recent employment turnover as an opportunity. In the past year, many of the county’s department…

Bowie and Jefferson high school alumni were enraged at rumors the two schools were going to be combined into a single school. El Paso Independent…

UPDATE 02/19/14:“The school is also getting $500,000 to renovate or build a new field,” said Alejandro Patio, EPISD Bond Accountability…

Tempers flared Wednesday evening at an El Paso Independent School District committee meeting. The topic: a stadium for Jefferson High school.…

A restaurant named in honor of El Paso legend Don Haskins has closed. It was almost a year to the day when ABC-7 had an exclusive look inside…

Classes at El Paso High School have been canceled for Thursday, Feb. 5 due to a water main break at Virginia and Schuster, according to El Paso…

Two days into the new year, are you already blowing off your resolutions? Have you made them at all? Well, there is a way to stay on track. ABC-7 met…

Is it the screeching of birds of prey or could it be something else? The wild bird sounds can be heard echoing through parts of downtown, and many…

Forty people in New Mexico and West Texas have been arrested in a wide-sweeping drug trafficking bust. The federal operation focused on traffickers…

Police are searching for a man who robbed a Jack in the Box in West El Paso on Sunday night. It happened at the location on Mesa Street and Brentwood…

The newest Barbie in Mattel’s “Dolls of the World” series comes out later this month. The doll is dressed in mariachi garb. Is it…

Students and faculty at Irvin High School are very upset about their principal, Laron Sharp, was reassigned to Andress High. One student said the…

Students and administrators at Irvin High School were outraged after their principal was reassigned. Wednesday, El Paso Independent School District…

One of El Paso Independent School District school plans on growing its own fruits and vegetables, raising its own fish and selling the good at local…

This May protests just like the one in St. Louis County, MO, one popped up across country after it was revealed the Internal Revenue Service had…

Alcohol and speed contributed to a weekend rollover that injured the driver and his passenger, police said. David Zavala, 25, was driving east along…

A man is dead following a motorcycle accident in Far East El Paso County. Sheriff’s Deputies are working to determine how the man died Saturday…

Internet sales tax has been a hot topic in state and federal legislation. Yesterday a bill focusing on the topic made a step towards becoming law.…

In a 4-to-1 vote, County Commissioners Court signed off on the hiring of a senior trial attorney to oversee the internal affairs department of the El…

The Insights Science Museum is on track to reopen early next year in a new home. It will be located in what used to be Alamo Elementary School in…

An inmate at the Dona Aa County Detention in Las Cruces is in critical condition after a possible heroin overdose, officials said. Guards found the…

It’s a first-of-its-kind for the Borderland! A state-of-the-art indoor go-kart track is scheduled to open soon out in East El Paso. Zero to 60…

A small park became the source of a big controversy last year. Now, some significant changes are coming as part of an agreement involving El Paso…

A new UTEP study shows Central American immigrants have no reason to stop crossing the border illegally. In fact, researchers found they benefit from…

The Obama administration is ordering immigration agents to ask immigrants they encounter living in the country illegally whether they might qualify…