Month: December 2016

We have two complete closures of I-10 West scheduled for tonight. Here’s what you need to know. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Monday) – Lane closure on I-10 East from Piedras to Copia. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Monday) – Lane closure on I-10 East from Mesa to Resler. 8 p.m. – 5 a.m. (Monday

CLICK HERE TO STREAM LIVE ood Morning El Paso, this morning we are following the investigation into a deadly officer-involved shooting in LC. His family and friends paying their respects in a vigil last night for the husband and father of 2. We hear from his parents and why they are demanding more from authorities.

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it won’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota. Corps spokeswoman Moria Kelley said in a news release Sunday that the administration will not allow the four-state, $3.8 billion pipeline to be built under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River

BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a West Texas high school cheerleader sponsor and two cheerleaders remain hospitalized after a semitrailer hit their bus in a crash that killed another cheerleader sponsor. Eric Finley, spokesman for University Medical Center in Lubbock, said the three that remained hospitalized Sunday were in satisfactory condition. Officials say

A 32-year-old tradition continues Sunday evening at New Mexico State University with the illumination of thousands of luminarias on the Las Cruces campus. The “Noche de Luminarias” display of more than 7,100 luminarias is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. and serves as a start of holiday-season festivities and entertainment. The Las Cruces High School band will

A 32-year-old tradition continues Sunday evening at New Mexico State University with the illumination of thousands of luminarias on the Las Cruces campus. The “Noche de Luminarias” display of more than 7,100 luminarias is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. and serves as a start of holiday-season festivities and entertainment. The Las Cruces High School band will

The El Paso Police Department tweeted Saturday morning that 3 people were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a serious crash involving multiple passenger vehicles and a semi trailer. The crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. on I-10 East at Trowbridge Drive. The trailer ended up over the median blocking both East

Here’s a list of El Paso’s largest snowfall events on record. 22.4 inches December 13-14, 1987 16.5 inches April 4-7, 1983 8.6 inches December 8-10, 1960 8.4 inches November 18-19, 1906 8.1 inches December 26-27 2015 8.1 inches February 2, 1956 7.8 inches November 13-14, 1961 7.7 inches November 24-25, 2007 7.3 inches March 11-12,

Universities and colleges in several states are considering labeling themselves “sanctuary campuses” amid fears from immigrant students. College administrators in New Mexico are looking into proposals that would grant immigrant students living in the country illegally protections while they pursue their studies. New Mexico has a higher percentage of Latino residents than any other state.

Las Cruces High School stunned favorite Rio Rancho by jumping out to an early 14 to 6 lead in the 6A state championship on Rio Rancho’s home turf, but the Rams fought back, closing the game on a 33-3 run to claim a 39-17 victory and their second state title in the past three seasons.

An ABC-7 First Alert continues overnight for the threat of fog across the borderland. Though it is only expected to be patchy, the threat still exists across El Paso & Dona Ana counties. Our First Alert will likely be lifted early Sunday when the fog diminishes. Sunday’s forecast expect mostly sunny skies with temperatures in

ABC-7 will provide live coverage of the Celebration of Lights parade and Christmas-tree lighting ceremony. Coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. on ABC-7. You can also watch live at KVIA.com and on your smartphone by downloading for free the KVIA News app. At 6 p.m., Clemson will take on Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship on

The potential for a winter storm could not keep thousands of El Pasoans from heading Downtown for the annual Celebration of Lights parade and Christmas-tree lighting ceremony Saturday. Now that it’s renovated, San Jacinto Plaza once again became home to the festivities after three years. With temperatures staying in the 40s, it was a welcome

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who’s accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving office. White House and Justice Department officials said Saturday that Bergdahl had submitted copies of the clemency request seeking leniency.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Universities and colleges in several states are considering labeling themselves “sanctuary campuses” amid fears from immigrant students and pressure from activists following the election of Donald Trump. College administrators in New Mexico – the state with the highest percentage of Latino residents- are looking into proposals that would grant immigrant students

BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a woman was killed and seven others were injured when a semitrailer crashed into a bus carrying a group of West Texas high school cheerleaders. Iraan-Sheffield School District Superintendent Kevin Allen says the bus, which was carrying six cheerleaders and two cheerleader sponsors, was headed home Friday night

The Las Cruces Police Department and the Officer-Incident Task Force are investigating an involved shooting that left one man dead. It happened Friday evening before 5 p.m. at the Sleep Inn on 2121 South Traviz Drive. According to police, it started when two officers were trying to communicate with a 36 year-old man who they

Cold air has rushed into the Borderland behind a cold front. Afternoon highs today will be in the mid and upper 40’s, the coldest air since early February. Winds will be gusty today making it feel even cooler. Wind chills in the lower 40’s this afternoon. Winds gusting to 30 mph, and up to 45

The new chief executive of Spaceport America says New Mexico is well positioned to use the futuristic facility as a jumping off point to build an aerospace economic hub. Daniel Hicks appeared Friday before an interim legislative committee to brief lawmakers on some of the initiatives planned at the taxpayer-financed spaceport. Hicks said signature events

Opponents of a vast border wall championed by President-elect Donald Trump say it will impair tourism and conservation efforts at Big Bend National Park and beyond. They contend Big Bend was first envisioned in the 1930s as Big Bend International Peace Park, extending from Texas into Mexico, and that a wall will ruin the original

President-elect Donald Trump supports completion of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline in the Midwest, a policy that a spokesman says is not related to Trump’s investments in a partnership building the $3.8 billion pipeline. Spokesman Bryan Lanza says in a memo to supporters Trump’s backing for the pipeline near a North Dakota Indian reservation

The El Paso Coyotes are bringing fun and excitement to the city’s soccer fans. They’re just not bringing the victories – at least not yet. The Coyotes fell to 0-5 on the season after suffering a loss at home Friday night to the Dallas Sidekicks. Dallas has beaten El Paso in all three matchups thus

If you visit San Jacinto Plaza for year’s Celebration of Lights, you will notice something is missing. At least two ABC-7 viewers have reached out to us to ask why there is no longer at Nativity scene at the plaza After 2012, the Celebration of Lights, and all of San Jacinto decorations were moved to

The winter months are right around the corner, so with that comes the colder temperatures. Not to mention, the 12 hour Celebration of Lights Ceremony kicks off Saturday Dec. 3, with a high temperature of 46 degrees along with a chance for rain. But for the El Pasoans’ that will brave the colder temperatures than

The Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority board took no action Friday against its executive director, Raymond Telles, in the wake of a more than $3 million dollar email phishing scam related to the City of El Paso’s Streetcar project. Friday’s meeting started with comments from both El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser and City Rep. Cortney

A woman who allegedly kidnapped her boyfriend used a chainsaw to hit the man before stabbing him with a kitchen knife multiple times, a statement of facts states. Monday, Las Cruces Police arrested Kayla Martinez Bailey, 30, of the 1100 block of Calle De Sol, and charged her with Kidnapping, 11 counts of Aggravated Battery

The District Attorney’s Office told ABC-7 Friday approximately 3,700 DWI cases were filed in El Paso from January 1, 2016 to November 1, 2016. On November 3rd, six people were charged with DWIs within the span of three hours. El Paso Police arrested 46 people accused of driving drunk Thanksgiving weekend. The year before, 40

The Celebration of Lights is returning to San Jacinto Plaza for the first time in three years. So is the traffic. Crews from the El Paso street car project have been working diligently to reopen Santa Fe Street, Mills, Main, and Kansas streets. “The folks are stripping (Santa Fe street) to make sure we can

After a dominant semi-final win against Cleveland 45-7, the Las Cruces Bulldawgs are headed to the state title game. And for that, they are this week’s Community Champion sponsored by Southwest University. The Bulldawgs will face off against #1 Rio Rancho who has outscored their opponents in the playoffs 83-7. But the Las Cruces players

Police say 51-year-old Deanna Molina, the woman pulled from the second floor of a burning home, has died. Detectives are assisting the El Paso Fire Department in its investigation of the house fire Thursday afternoon in the 3100 block of Dyer. Molina died as a result of the injuries she sustained in the fire and