Month: March 2017

MAJOR CLOSURE ALERT: March 12 3am-March 13 6am I-10 East will close at Redd Road. Mesa will be closed at the intersection in both directions. Overnight closures 9pm-6am Paisano Eastbound will close between Sunland Park and Crockett. Rolling closure east and west between Asarco and Sunland Park. The Resler ramp and the Sunland Park Ramp

On almost any day of the week you can find drivers traveling from east El Paso to downtown. Many of those drivers take the Cesar Chavez Border Highway. With the massive $600 million Border West Expressway project already in construction, changes near downtown are almost unavoidable. “They’re changing access from south downtown to the border

Ian Baker tested the NBA waters during the last offseason but decided that he would return to New Mexico State for his senior campaign. While NBA money sure is nice, Baker was still rewarded for his decision, winning WAC Player of the Year on Tuesday. The star guard averaged 16.7 points per contests along with

How loud is too loud? T hat’s what the city of Las Cruces is trying to figure out after residents say they’re kept up at night because of blaring music from a nearby sports bar. The Game II sports bar and grill opened its doors in September. It’s on Northrise and Sonoma Ranch, near the

Mayor Oscar Leeser Tuesday vetoed City Council’s move to publish a notice of intent to issue $44 million in certificates of obligation to pay for public improvement projects involving streets, a police parking garage, parks, libraries and public art. Certificates of Obligation allow the city to borrow money without voter approval. The City of El

El Paso’s University Medical Center has issued an urgent –and rare– request for help in trying to find family members of a patient identified as Angela Olivas. In a news release, UMC said anyone who knows her should also contact the hospital immediately. The hospital is trying to find Olivas’ family members so they can

The Texas state legislature conducted its first hearing on Senate Bill 6, also known as the “Bathroom Bill” on Tuesday. The bill would force transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds with the sex on their birth certificate. Chyna Fierro is a transgender woman, who said she’s terrified that the bill will pass. “I’m

El Paso millionaire Thomas “Chris” Balsiger, 63, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $65 million in restitution for a $250 million coupon clearinghouse fraud scheme the court said “shook the coupon industry.” Balsiger is the former CEO of International Outsourcing Services (IOS) in El Paso, the nation’s largest coupon

Police identified the young man who died in an early-morning collision as 18-year-old Charlie Hurtado. Special Traffic Investigators said Hurtado was driving a 2016 Toyota Tundra pickup south at the 1300 block of Joe Battle just before 5:00 a.m. Hurtado attempted to make a left turn, using the turnaround lane, but failed to negotiate the

City Rep. Peter Svarzbein deleted an item on Tuesday’s City Council agenda calling for discussion on prohibiting city of El Paso funds to be awarded to contractors and vendors who receive federal contracts related to the construction of the proposed border wall. Svarzbein said he deleted the item after speaking to the city attorney. One

Update: Police say they are investigating a fight reported at the 4800 Block of Dyer St. and Truman Ave. An ABC-7 photographer saw officers going in and out of a business one block down the road, on the 4700 block of Dyer St. It is unclear if the business has anything to do with the

Jesus Vasquez’s parents brought him to the United States from Mexico when he was 6 years old. Since then, he has been living as an undocumented immigrant in the El Paso area. His life as he knows it came to a screeching halt last Saturday. According to the Border Network of Human Rights, a Texas

Two El Paso area men were killed in a crash on Interstate 10 in Culberson County, the Texas Department of Public Safety reports. It happened Monday afternoon about 12 miles east of Van Horn. Tuesday, DPS identified the men who died as 21-year-old Juan Madrid, of Fabens; and 38-year-old Christopher Guerra of Clint. A third

The New Mexico House of Representatives Monday approved House Bill 45, which would expand Baby Brianna’s Law, by a vote of 55 to 8. The bill would apply Baby Brianna’s Law to all individuals convicted of intentional child abuse resulting in death, regardless of the age of their victims. Under current law, if a person

Police officers in Las Cruces arrested an El Paso couple accused of stealing a vehicle in El Paso, then driving to Las Cruces where they allegedly tried to shoplift at Walmart. 33-year-old Nichole Elizabeth Leidner and 25-year-old Fabian Carrasco are charged with one count each of “Receiving or Transferring a Stolen Motor Vehicle.” Police also

Crash on I-10 West and McRae has traffic at a crawl, there seems to be the left lane on I-10 West closed. Traffic is usually bad in this area without a crash, the back up is at George Dieter, take Montana instead.

Prosecutors say a Cuban man living in South Texas must serve 18 months in a U.S. prison for impersonating a Border Patrol agent to scam other immigrants. Eugene Agustin Munoz-Canellas was sentenced Monday by a federal judge in McAllen, Texas. Investigators say the 55-year-old man is a permanent U.S. resident who lived in Mission, Texas.

Director Michael Amaral just passed his 100 days as the head of the El Paso Veteran Affairs Health Care System. After spending more than three full months as director, Amaral says while progress is being made, the system still has a long way to go. “There is no reason that this VA cannot be in

A crash on I-10 East and Mcrae is creating a back up, the cars appear to be in the two center lanes. Take Gateway instead.

A crash on Joe Battle southbound and Bob Hope has now led to emergency crews closing two lanes on Joe Battle.The driver had to be extricated and dispatched to the hospital with a “Code three” condition. To avoid this commuters need to stay on loop 375.

The driver of a pickup truck had to be extricated from a car after a crash in East El Paso early Tuesday morning. The crash happened near the intersection of Joe Battle and Bob Hope around 5 am. The driver was taken to a nearby hospital in serious condition. The crash forced the closure of

As federal officials ramp up seizure and deportation efforts of immigrants to the United States, local groups are working to help those living in El Paso, with and without the proper documentation. The Catholic Diocese of El Paso and Border Interfaith are helping to provide the resources. Immigration lawyers met with immigrants Monday evening at

I had the privilege of meeting a beautiful group of teachers and staff at O’Shea Keleher Elementary Tuesday afternoon for Read Across America. They invited me to help them celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday. It’s actually March 2nd, but because of testing underway that week, the event was pushed to February 21st. I read to children

A serious crash shut down I-10 near Horizon Monday morning. A Texas Department of Public Safety official said it involved an 18-wheeler and a white Mustang. The white Mustang stopped in the middle of I-10 on a westbound lane for an unknown reason. The 18-wheeler, also going west, tried to avoid the white Mustang but

MAJOR CLOSURE ALERT: March 12 3am-March 13 6am I-10 East will close at Redd Road. Mesa will be closed at the intersection in both directions. Overnight closures The Resler ramp and the Sunland Park Ramp will be closed to I-10 East. I-10 will reduce to one lane in both directions from Resler to Thorn. I-10

A former juror reached out to ABC-7 after seeing our special report on the CSI Effect, the name for the belief that television crime and courtroom dramas create unrealistic expectations for jurors in criminal cases. Tonya Phillips said she was insulted by the insinuation jurors were influenced by forces outside the evidence presented in court.

The vibe is certainly positive as the UTEP Miners are headed to Birmingham, Alabama for the Conference USA Tournament as the 4th seed coupled with a first round bye. “We are excited and I think the guys are confident, and we are healthy, and that certainly helps,” UTEP Head Coach Tim Floyd said. The Miners

It has been a season to remember for the NMSU women on the hardwood. The team not only made history by finishing the regular season with a perfect record in conference play (14-0), but earned seven accolades at the All-WAC honors. “It’s definitely humbling and although it is an individual award I wouldn’t have been

The El Paso County Public Defender’s Office is taking on a lot more work than it was in the last fiscal year, according to a report presented to County Commissioners Monday. In the first four months of Fiscal Year 2017 (October 2016 – January 2017) the public defender’s office has taken on 1,403 felony cases

Bids are now being accepted to build President Donald Trump’s border wall and seven El Paso companies have already shown interest in the massive project, according to El Diario de Juarez. The seven Borderland companies signed up as vendors for the border wall project, per El Diario, are Burman Construction, Tigua Enterprises Incorporated, Jobe Materials,