Month: February 2017

Drip Drive is a unique El Paso business that promises to help people suffering from a hangover, lack of energy or body pain. The treatments are also available to those looking to improve a sports performance or recover from a grueling competition. Registered nurses and paramedics travel to a person’s home and deliver a vitamin

President Donald Trump’s executive order to construct a wall along the nearly 2,000-mile southern border is straining relationships between the U.S. and Mexico, and people along the border are at odds over the prospect of a wall. As it stands, there are more than 600 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border: Some of it

A Deming resident is questioning why a private business is featured on a New Mexico tourism billboard. Edward, who didn’t want to use his last name, said he served on the state tourism board for more than six years. He said he was shocked when he first saw the billboard for Adobe Deli Steakhouse on

With the spring semester underway, students are gearing up for another busy couple of months of testing, but are students being tasked with one too many tests? Sandy Banales is a math teacher at Ross Middle School. She told ABC-7 just weeks into the semester and students are already overwhelmed. “The first semester isn’t as

Human remains found in a shallow West Texas grave last week have been identified conclusively as those of a missing college student. Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson told reporters Monday that dental records helped confirm the identity of Sul Ross State University student Zuzu Verk. The 22-year-old Fort Worth woman had been missing since Oct.

Brian Kennedy can debate. The president and chief executive of the El Paso Sports Commission and his partner recently won the national championship for the American Bar Association’s Negotiation Competition. Kennedy has working to get his law degree at what is described to be the first part-time online law school. The law school is located

The sheriff of Tarrant County says he wants to establish a partnership allowing county jailers to identify inmates who are in the country illegally and begin deportation proceedings, rather than wait on federal agents. Sheriff Bill Waybourn is proposing to train 12 jailers to look in the jail for those in the country without legal

A group of lawmakers presented data that claims property taxes are growing nearly three times as fast as residents’ ability to pay at hearings about property tax bills. The data presented defends a proposed sweeping bill that would cap how much local authorities can increase taxes and would allow residents to easily roll back taxes

Authorities said a Canadian man died after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 10 east of Deming. New Mexico State Police say 64-year-old Sandor Tarkanyi of Ottawa, Ontario, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident around 4:30 a.m. Monday. They say a vehicle driven by Tarkanyi was disabled after striking a concrete

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is asking the state’s top law enforcement officers to help locate Tom Brady’s missing game jersey, which disappeared from the New England Patriots’ locker room after the Super Bowl. The Republican said in a statement Monday that Brady’s jersey “was stolen” after the Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 at

Human remains found in a shallow West Texas grave last week have been identified conclusively as those of a missing college student. Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson told reporters Monday that dental records helped confirm the identity of Sul Ross State University student Zuzu Verk. The 22-year-old Fort Worth woman had been missing since Oct.

It’s not by luck the NMSU Aggies have the second longest winning-streak in the nation at 20 straight victories. But that streak may be in jeopardy as the Aggies will face CSU Bakersfield (15-7) Thursday night on the road. New Mexico State defeated the Roadrunners in their first meeting back in January by only 5

Police arrested two DWI suspects early Saturday morning. James Schilling, 47, of Del Rio, Texas, was allegedly spotted driving his pickup more than a 100 mph on I-10 West near mile marker 30. An officer assigned to the police department’s DWI Task Force managed to pull over Schilling near the Geronimo exit in Central El

A former NMSU football player accused of bank fraud allegedly tried to obtain a fraudulent loan the day he was indicted, prosecutors said. Terrance Yelder appeared in federal court, where he was granted bond Monday. He along with six other people are accused of conspiring to defraud 20 financial institutions and providing false information to

A man from Chihuahua City is accused trying smuggle a load of cocaine while his wife and 5-year-old child were riding with him in a pickup. Customs officers at the Santa Teresa port of entry chose the 38-year-old Mexican for a secondary inspection after they said they spotted anomalies in the back seat Saturday. Officers

The owner of an Italian restaurant in San Antonio says he would welcome back the customers who recently scribbled on a receipt that they won’t return because he is Mexican. Fernando Franco, who owns Di Frabo, says his manager showed him the receipt Friday, shortly after the couple had left. The message noted that the

Sen. Tom Udall says President Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries is “illegal and unconstitutional” and vowed to fight it with other Democratic senators. The New Mexico Democrat told hundreds of immigrant advocates on Monday in Santa Fe that senators also will do all they can to challenge Trump’s call to build a

Taylor Swift’s pre-Super Bowl concert broke some news: She announced it may be her only concert of this year; she performed for the smallest number of fans in some time – 9,000 people is intimate for this pop star – and she sang her newest single live for the first time. She also made some

Las Cruces police identified a 20-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in a crash as Daniel “Danny” E. Hamilton. Hamilton slammed into a tractor-trailer about 1 p.m. Friday on Mesa Grande Drive near the intersection of Calle Pastura in the city’s East Mesa, police said. Hamilton was rushed to Mountainview Regional Medical Center where he was

Overnight Closures:9 pm-5 am Eastbound right lane from Park St. to Coles St. Joe Battle (LP375) southbound between Edgemere overpass and Montwood overpass Overnight El Paso Street Car closures (six weeks): 9 pm-5 am I-10 East and west left lane closures to be expected for the next six weeks in both directions of the highway

Local bar owners ABC-7 spoke with say Super Bowl Sunday is sometimes one of the busiest days of the year, it just depends who’s playing. “It’d be a lot bigger if the Steelers and Cowboys were playing today,” owner of King’s Ax Ted Aikman said. The bars weren’t packed Sunday afternoon. But everyone ABC-7 spoke

Tom Brady has a record fifth Super Bowl win for a quarterback after the biggest comeback in the game’s history, and one of the greatest catches. James White ran 2 yards for a touchdown on the first possession of overtime, and the Patriots came back from 25 points down for a 34-28 win over the

The Fabens airport isn’t the largest or most popular air field in our county, and County Commissioners may be looking to use it more. “We will know next Monday for certain whether we might go with the vendor who might get the RFP to be our Fixed Base Operator,” said County Judge Veronica Escobar. Thing

A shooting in Las Cruces leaves one teen wounded and police still looking for the gunman. Las Cruces police were called out the the 4200 block of Charles Street in North Las Cruces around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Police found a teenage boy with a bullet wound to the forearm and transported him to a hospital.

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Look out, Lady Gaga. The pope is joining the Super Bowl frenzy. In a papal first, Pope Francis has recorded a video message that will be shown to tens of thousands of fans during Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons. A Vatican spokesman says the

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Faculty members are talking about setting up a union at New Mexico State University as budget issues persist and departments prepare to reorganize. Emails provided to the Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/2kCdd4i) show the faculty discussing the possible union come from various departments at the university. Professor Ken Hammond says efforts to

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – An Austin woman is jailed on $150,000 bond and charged with child abandonment after her 3-year-old daughter was found wandering a northeast Austin road at night. A police affidavit reviewed by Austin television station KXAN (http://bit.ly/2kGvUn8 ) shows a woman driving on the road Thursday evening called officers after she nearly

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A newspaper’s review of records shows information about hundreds of teachers who have voluntarily surrendered their licenses after possible improper conduct with students but never were charged isn’t readily made available to the public by the Texas Education Agency. An analysis by the Austin American-Statesman also has found the state agency

SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A 68-year-old San Antonio man whose life prison sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama is back in jail after authorities say he crashed his car into another vehicle while fleeing from officers following a drug deal. U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad on Friday ordered Robert Gill held without bail pending