Month: April 2017

Former Obama administration officials are defending their administration on Syria, saying they proposed similar airstrikes to the ones President Donald Trump ordered this week, but were stymied by a Republican-controlled Congress reluctant to go along with the Democratic president’s plan. This comes after Trump ordered the missile strikes against Syria without getting congressional approval, determined

A northwest Ohio zoo is welcoming a 130-pound (59-kilogram) bundle of joy that stands 5-feet, 7-inches (171 centimeters) tall. The Toledo Zoo says a Masai giraffe has given birth to a female calf named Kipenzi (kee-PEHN’-zee). That means “beloved” or “precious one” in Swahili. The zoo says the calf born Monday and her mother, Elli,

An early morning crash shut down southbound I-25. Las cruces police say there were no serious injuries after a driver of a car crashed into a guard rail. It happened earlier this morning on I-25 and highway 70 in north Las Cruces. Police say the driver was driving southbound on I-25 flipped over after they

Josh Rodriguez came off the bench to hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning for the Las Vegas 51s, breaking a 2-2 tie and helping Vegas secure a 4-2 win. The two teams have now split the first two games of the season. They will meet three more times over

The series of Garth Brooks shows will bring visitors from all over the borderland this weekend. The City of Crosses is expecting anxious fans, a business boom and extra traffic. As soon as the tickets went on sale the fans flocked to the ticket booths. “People are crazy over Garth Brooks,” said one ticket holder.

Regional Semifinals Scoreboard (Sweet 16): 5A Boys: Del Valle 2, Fort Worth South Hills 0 Final Bel Air 1 (2), Wichita Falls 1 (3)* Final/PK * Wichita Falls advances 3-2 on penalty kicks Boys 4A: San Elizario 2, Argyle 0 Final Girls 5A: Aledo 2, Andress 0 Final

High school students from the borderland spent two days showing off their STEAM skills at this year’s Fiesta. The STEAM Fiesta invited students from as far as Presidio to come and compete in tasks from business and coding challenges to designing habitats for Mars. Many students said they were happy to be at the competition

Visitors from all over the Borderland are pouring into Las Cruces as the first of five Garth Brooks shows kicks off tonight, and area business owners said they are excited to see the boom in business. Lorenzo’s Italian Restaurant owner Vince Vaccaro said he saw an increase in customers this morning. “It’s a buzz, were

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are holding a news conference in Las Cruces. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE NEWS CONFERENCE LIVE. The news conference is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm. The country music icon is scheduled to perform a series of concerts in Las Cruces beginning at 7p.m. Friday. Two shows are scheduled for

It is clear UTEP Miner athletics take their studies as seriously as their play on the field because a total of 33 UTEP student-athletes have earned a Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal. Medals are awarded to C-USA student-athletes who maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better, and 10 different teams had athletes who did

The Las Cruces Police Department will be working with New Mexico State University Police to monitor traffic this weekend during the five concert performances by country music artist Garth Brooks. No specific road closures are planned for the 7 p.m. concert on Friday, April 7. However, on Saturday, April 8, and Sunday, April 9, when

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has vetoed major portions of a $6.1 billion spending bill for the coming fiscal year, including funding for higher education and the Legislature. The Republican governor on Friday said in a veto message the state’s Democrat-led Legislature has refused to bear its fair share of reductions in state spending. “The

There is a lot of new development happening in northwest El Paso and some argue the city is not keeping pace when it comes to landscaping. Rick Bonart often cycles up and down Transmountain Road. He noticed a lot of the trees that have been planted along the roadway have died. Bonart told ABC-7 he

New Mexico has recorded its first death this year from hantavirus. The state Department of Health says the 54-year-old man who died was from San Juan County in northwestern New Mexico and that he was the second case of hantavirus confirmed in the state this year. Hantavirus is a severe and sometimes fatal, respiratory disease

Prosecutors say an ex-Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in South Texas must serve seven years in federal prison for downloading child pornography. James Patrick Burke was sentenced Thursday in Houston. The 39-year-old Burke, formerly based in McAllen, pleaded guilty last June to access with intent to view child pornography. Burke was charged following a 2015

Testimony continues in the trial of the man accused of murdering his common-law wife in April 2015. Greg Dudley allegedly shot and killed Deanna Stewart inside their East El Paso home in the 11500 block of Jerry Lewis Way. According to a complaint affidavit obtained by ABC-7, Stewart, Dudley and Stewart’s daughter lived together at

Border Patrol agents arrested a Mexican woman allegedly trying to smuggle “a large load of methamphetamine” worth more than a million dollars. The arrest and seizure were made Wednesday March 5, 2017 at the Sierra Blanca Checkpoint on I-10 East, about 85 miles east of El Paso. Following an initial immigration inspection, agents referred the

El Paso Electric has not shied away from the fact that its newest rate proposal will increase prices for private, solar customers. The utility said, under the proposed rates, customers with solar panels will see an average increase of about $14 per month. It’s that number that county commissioner Vince Perez doesn’t buy. Perez said

Las Cruces is ready to host thousands of people including its own residents who will fill the Pan American Center to watch country music icon Garth Brooks in concert. The five-concert series begins Friday at 7p.m. with two shows on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. It has been 21 years since

Baseball is finally back as the 2016 PCL Champions will take the mound against the Las Vegas 51’s (The New York Mets affiliate) at 7:05 p.m. This Opening Day is a little different than most, with more pregame festivities than ever before including a Falcon Warbirds flyover prior to the game and El Pasoan and

The El Paso Chihuahuas begin their fourth season Thursday night in front of a home crowd. It is also the start of five-day homestand against the Las Vegas 51’s. As of Thursday morning, standing room-only tickets were available for the season opener. Fans can expect all the pageantry of opening day including a rally towel

EL PASO, Texas – I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed I-10 East will reduce to one lane Sunland Park-Buena Vista I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster Complete road closure of I-10 west at Copia overpass Ramp K (US 54 south to I-10 West) closed. Overnight El Paso Street Car closures (six weeks):

The Chihuahuas appeared to be in championship form once again, beating Las Vegas by a final of 8-1 to start their 2017 campaign the right way Thursday night. The Dogs broke open a scoreless game with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. Jabari Blash drove in two of those four runs on a

Thursday the city held a community meeting. The topic: El Paso’s downtown arena. The meeting was to inform the public on the arena but it was also met with opposition. The last time the arena was discussed was in January when city officials called off new studies. Old studies pointed to putting the arena in

Former UTEP women’s basketball coach Keitha Adams spent a lot of time at the Don Haskins Center in her 16 seasons with the Miners. On Thursday, however, she may have visited the Haskins Center for the last time, at least for the foreseeable future. Adams, who was introduced as the head women’s basketball coach at

The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week’s gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, U.S. officials said. It was the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump’s most dramatic military order since becoming president. The surprise strike marked a striking reversal

Montwood Middle School’s Mighty Moose Robotics Team is preparing for the Lego League World Festival in Houston. The group of students recently competed in the First Lego League Regional Competition and won first place. Now, they’re taking their project to the state festival later this month. “It’s very theoretical, lots of the program that we

If downtown El Paso construction is a headache for drivers, it is a migraine for Sun Metro. City officials report on-time performance and ridership are down. Sun Metro Director Jay Banasiak said the detours, orange cones and street closures aren’t the only thing keeping people from catching a bus. “When gas prices went down, the

ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom has obtained the police body camera video and surveillance footage showing the shooting death of 29-year-old Jeremy Lopez-Robledo. Earlier this year, the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office says the actions of a Las Cruces Police officer who shot and killed the knife-wielding man at the Solano Square shopping center were

The oldest church in El Paso is finally reopening its doors for good, just in time for Easter! A half million dollar restoration project on the historic Ysleta Mission is complete. The historic site is located in the Lower Valley on Zaragoza Road, right behind Speaking Rock Entertainment Center. The project was supposed to be