Month: March 2016

The El Paso City hall is cracking down on wage theft, adding changes to an existing ordinance that will prohibit companies in some industries from conducting business within city limits if they’ve been convicted of stealing wages from employees. The council on Tuesday voted 5 to 1 to approve the tougher changes, with Rep. Michiel

people wanting to run for in the 2016 new mexico primary election. the filing period ended at five. abc7s jamie warren joins us live from the government center with the list of names. jamie? its been a busy day here at the county treasurers office. many waiting til the very last minute to file for

of eyebrows last week when she placed an unusual item on the council agenda. it called for the city to look into limiting the release of public records to people convicted of certain crimes. abc-7’s maria garcia is live with new details. from early on – mayor oscar leeser tried to delete the item from

the progress … or lack thereof .. at the san jacinto plaza. these are monthly snap shots beginning in early 20-15. three years ago, the city said the renovation of the downtown el paso square would take 18 months… and was set to be finished in december 20-14 deadline came and the work was nowhere

Landscapers completing home renovations had quite the scare Tuesday afternoon. The El Paso Police Department said landscapers dug up a grenade with a shovel under the sidewalk. This happened at 8105 La Paloma off Yarbrough in the lower valley. A neighbor told ABC-7 he first thought it was gas when told there could be a

Testimony in the capital murder trial of the foster parent accused in the death of an 11-month-old began Tuesday. Antonio Lopez is charged in August 2012 death of Jayla Beckley, a foster child in his care. Lopez, then 27-years-old, is accused of taking the young child out of a crib, putting her on the floor,

gutierrez is facing felony charges this afternoon. as we’ve reported, gutierrez admitted to offering an employee money for sex in 2014. today, he’s facing three charges filed by the district attorneys office: using public office to obtain personal benefit, failure of a public official to conduct ones self in a manner that justifies public confidence

those are the words o antonio lopez. lopez was charged with capital murder in 2012 for the death of 11 month old jayda beckley- a foster child in his care. this afternoon the prosecution called crime scene investigators stand. right now jurors are watching a taped interview between detectives and lopez. open abc-seven’s jerry najera

abc-7’s maria garcia is live with new details. maria? we’ve told you how the city passed an ordinance that doesn’t allow companies with a wage theft conviction to do business with the city. but the city is expanding that ordinance. and now – companies with wage theft convictions will be denied city permits or licenses

Wet ‘N’ Wild Waterworld accepted the 2015 Community Outreach Award at the Aquatics International Annual Breakfast, in San Diego, California. The park received the award for its efforts in reaching out to the Borderland community, with programs like The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson (a free annual event promoting swimming and water safety), Feed them For

Tricky Falls — 209 S. El Paso. Information: 351-9909 Online tickets at trickyfalls.com and ticketfly.com.• Sumerian Records’ 10 year Tour featuring metal band Born of Osiris is 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, with Veil of Maya, After the Burial, Erra and Bad Omens. Tickets: $18-$20.• Gary Clark Jr. — The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and

An El Paso man was killed in a car crash Monday night in Hudspeth County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. It states the crash happened around 9:30 p.m. near mile marker 116 on Interstate 10, which is just outside of Sierra Blanca. DPS states David Bajer, 41, of El Paso, was the

Eight $1,000 scholarships will be given to high school seniors at this year’s STEM+Art Fiesta on April 8th. El Paso Electric is this year’s donor for scholarships. Submissions are due March 31, 2016 via email to stem@borderplexjobs.com. The application can be viewed under ‘Related Content’. The STEM+Art Fiesta will be a unique, multidimensional event for

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the Presidio port of entry seized 108 pounds of marijuana Sunday afternoon. The drugs were in a vehicle being driven by a 49-year-old U.S. citizen female. “CBP officers remain focused and vigilant as they perform their daily duties,” said John Deputy, Presidio Port

IRVING, Texas – Conference USA champion UTEP picked up three of the major six individual awards, the league office announced Monday. Head coach Keitha Adams was selected as the C-USA Coach of the Year for the third time of her career, senior guard Starr Breedlove was named the C-USA Newcomer of the Year while junior

Former Deputy Treasurer Rene Barba filed a lawsuit against former boss and Dona Ana County Treasurer David Gutierrez. Barba is suing Gutierrez for retaliatory acts in a county office work space, after allegedly being forced to resign. His attorney says for two reasons: reporting the sexual misconduct of Gutierrez when he attempted to solicit sex

Sunland Park Racetrack management and the New Mexico Horsemen’s Association made the decision to cancel the G3 Sunland Derby and Sunland Park Oaks which were set to run Sunday, March 20, 2016. “With everything that’s happened, with the equine herpes virus, they felt as we did that it was the best thing to do to

DENVER – New Mexico State women’s basketball head coach Mark Trakh was named the Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year once again, as announced by the conference on Monday. Joining Trakh on all-conference awards list are Sasha Weber, Moriah Mack and Brooke Salas. The fifth year head coach was picked by his peers after

City Representative Larry Romero’s legislative aide is running the District Two office since Christmas and it appears the district’s usual business is running smoothly. “The process hasn’t changed. even though Rep. Romero is not physically here, things are still being taken care of,” said Gutierrez in an interview on Monday. The city employee has worked

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A man in his 70’s accused of stabbing and killing his wife has pleaded guilty to murder and is awaiting his sentence. Issac Duarte was booked into the El Paso county jail under a $200,000 bond in August of 2014. Duarte, then 74 years old, was accused of killing his wife, 66-year-old Maria Duarte, inside

Longtime City representative and civic activist Stan Roberts, who died last week at the age of 87, will not be buried in El Paso. According to his obituary, Roberts, who was a retired U.S. Army first sergeant and represented Northeast El Paso on City Council from 1991-99, chose to be buried at the National Cemetery

About 150 media, family and guests are expected to attend Manning’s retirement news conference Monday in the Denver Broncos’ team meeting room. The Broncos media relations department is limiting seating and issued orange stickers to the invitation-only event. The Broncos have a couple of framed Manning No. 18 jerseys, one home and one road, and

El Paso firefighters say a woman in her 70s was sent to the hospital after a fire broke out in her home overnight. The incident happened after 2 a.m. on the 1100 block of Ange Street in Central El Paso. Emergency crews say a 78 year old woman was able to safely evacuate the home

El Paso police officers are investigating a stabbing that happened in East El Paso early Monday morning. The incident happened around midnight on the 1400 block of Zaragoza. ABC-7’s Round the Clock crew saw police surrounding Pockets Billiards. Police have not said what led up to the stabbing. EMS crews tell ABC-7 that they responded

Hundreds enjoyed Sunday afternoon at the 17th annual Cowboy Days at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. People enjoyed a taste of the Old West by watching gun fights, mechanical bulls, stage coach rides and pony rides.

Update: Firefighters respond to a fire on the 700 block of Upson Drive around 5 p.m. Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming from the back of a three-story house. Firefighters began fighting the fire and searching for residents. The people living in the house had already self-evacuated. There were no injuries to residents or

El Paso County Election Administrator Lisa Wise has been in her current position for just about 10 months and has had to react to some strange voting patterns so far this year. “We had close to 30,000 early voters, and then we had almost double that on election day,” Wise said. “That’s rare in presidential

Clearing time for the closure of I-10 between Executive and Sunland Park overpass was originally at 3 p.m. I-10 has now been re-opened. Original Story: I-10 between the Sunland overpass and the Executive overpass remains closed till 3 p.m. If you plan on heading that way you will have to follow certain detours. Here is

at super tuesday in this abc-7 listens. the turnout in el paso county for tuesday’s primaries was actually better than i expected. it was 21 percent … which means approximately 84- thousand voters out of about 400- thousand registered voters cast a ballot. 28- thousand of those voters … opted to take part in the