Month: April 2017

An “enormous” steel cap arrived in El Paso Wednesday and is on the side of Interstate 10 between Schuster Avenue and Executive Center Boulevard. Crews implemented rolling closures of I-10 East to transport the 300,000 pound cap to the site of construction. Crews will lift it into place Thursday. TxDOT spokeswoman Jennifer Wright told ABC-7,

Candidates running to become El Paso’s next mayor met Tuesday night for a debate at El Paso High School. The event was organized by Coronado High School’s “We(fillintheblank)” club. All of the candidates were in attendance. ABC-7 spoke with the candidates after the debate, and asked them why they are running for mayor. Here are

About 2,300 El Paso Electric customers experienced a power outage in East El Paso Wednesday morning. El Paso Electric officials said on social media that power has been restored — about an hour after the outage was reported. Officials also said the outage was caused by a faulty underground cable which crews are working to

The Sunland Park Police Department welcomed five new police officers on Tuesday, announced three promotions and recognized an officer for saving lives. Police Chief Javie Guerra and Mayor Javier Perea administered the oath to the five officers Tuesday evening at the Sunland Park Police Department. The officers who were sworn in were Chris Loyd, Joseph

Convicted murderer and former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has committed suicide, a Massachusetts Department of Correction spokesman said Wednesday. Hernandez’s death comes just days after he was acquitted in a separate murder case. Developing story – more to come

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It’s not easy getting one athlete into Army, but getting two is quite an accomplishment. Americas High School did just that on Tuesday when long distance runners Brian Lujan and Jose Villalobos both signed track scholarships with the academy. The two runners were surrounded by family and friends in a special signing ceremony Tuesday afternoon

The City of El Paso has secured contracts for all but one property needed to build the Downtown Arena in the old Duranguito neighborhood, according to the chairman of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce. Discussion of the arena was not on the agenda for Tuesday’s city council meeting, but plenty of people gave

The owners of local horse Conquest Mo Money announced Tuesday that they will not be entering their horse in the Kentucky Derby on May 6. Tom McKenna, an Austin High School graduate and Conquest Mo Money’s owner, said the decision was a difficult one, since the Kentucky Derby is the dream of anyone involved in

The city of El Paso has big plans for a 30-acre site near the corner of I-10 and Zaragoza Road. City officials are in negotiations with a company to turn the vacant lot into a large retail and entertainment district. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, representatives created a Memorandum of Understanding between the city of

New Mexico State University is planning to use Chris Jan’s controversial past as a way to raise awareness of sexual assault. The university announced Monday that Chris Jans will replace Paul Weir as the men’s new head basketball coach. Jans, who was the head coach at Bowling Green, was fired after video surfaced of him

More than a hundred million dollars is about to be invested in the former Camino Real Hotel. El Paso City Council voted to approve an incentive agreement Tuesday with the Meyer’s Group out of Florida that will turn the newly-named Paso del Norte into a four-star convention center hotel. The Meyer’s Group will spend $70

El Paso City Council approved June 10, 2017 as the date for the special election to fill the seat being vacated by City Representative Cortney Niland. June 10th is the same date being reserved for potential runoff elections from the City’s election in May. City Attorney Silvia Borunda Firth says with the amount of candidates

An El Paso police officer has been indicted for manslaughter after an on-duty shooting that happened two years ago. Mando Kenneth Gomez was a 10-year veteran with EPPD when he allegedly shot and killed Erik Emmanuel Salas Sanchez. ABC-7 obtained court documents that state Gomez recklessly caused the death Salas Sanchez by shooting him in

A proposal allowing Texans to openly carry handguns without permits is eligible for a Texas House floor vote. A House committee Tuesday approved the bill by Republican Rep. James White of Hillister. Backers of the 2nd Amendment call the issue “constitutional carry.” The committee passed a modified version of White’s proposal, which would have allowed

Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman wanted on a charge of “Accident Involving Death.” The deputies, assigned to the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, arrested the woman Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Sylvia Quiroz, 44, was arrested at a residence located in the 1400 block of Winslow Road. Quiroz

President Donald Trump is targeting a visa program cherished by tech companies for bringing in programmers and other specialized workers from other countries. Although these visas, known as H-1B, aren’t supposed to displace American workers, critics say the program mostly benefits consulting firms that let tech companies save money by contracting out their jobs to

The Texas Senate has endorsed allowing paramedics and other first-responders, including volunteer firefighters, to carry concealed handguns in restricted areas. The bill by Sen. Don Huffines of Dallas met little resistance in the Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday. A similar measure is pending in the House. Huffines says first-responders sometimes arrive on crime scenes even before

Some ailing veterans can now use their federal health care benefits at CVS “MinuteClinics” to treat minor illnesses and injuries, under a pilot program announced Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The new program, currently limited to the Phoenix area, comes three years after the VA faced allegations of chronically long wait times at

Students from Bowie High School’s business magnet program are among the first in the El Paso Independent School District to partner with the IRS to prepare taxes free of charge. The group, made up of some of Bowie’s brightest, is certified to prepare basic income tax forms for low- and moderate-income households through the Volunteer

Whether you plan to file online, on your own -or with a a tax professional, your taxes must be post marked today to avoid any penalties from the IRS. They charge a 5 percent fee on your unpaid taxes for every month – or part of a month you’re late. Jennifer Baca of Phillips and

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EL PASO, Texas – I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed I-10 East alternate lane closures Executive-Schuster I-10 West will reduced to one lane Sunland Park to Buena Vista 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

New Mexico State University did not waste much time replacing Paul Weir after he left for the University of New Mexico. The school Monday announced the hiring of Chris Jans to replace Weir during a news conference streamed live on KVIA.com. Jans has one year of experience as a head coach at the D-1 level.

Children playing with matches led to a shed catching fire, said officials with the West Valley Fire Department Monday. This happened Monday around 5:00 p.m. at a home on near Coach and Hannibal in Canutillo. Only the shed caught fire. No one was injured. No other information was available.

A 21-year-old man wanted by the El Paso County’s Sheriff’s Office was arrested after he was pulled over for not having working brake lights, said officials with the El Paso Police Department Monday. Police said Gang Suppression officers stopped a car without working brake lights early Saturday around midnight at 9100 Dyer. That’s when officers

City representatives and leaders said it is too early to say if tax increases will be needed to cover the Fiscal Year 2018 budget. Fiscal year 2017 brought about a $13.2 million increase to the city’s budget, and city leaders said Fiscal Year 2018 will bring the same amount, if not more, because of salary

The five-year-old child struck by an SUV in Las Cruces Saturday has died, Las Cruces Police confirmed Monday. ABC-7 originally confirmed the death through the boy’s friends and relatives. Monday, police said no charges are expected to be filed against the driver who struck and killed 6-year-old Jonah Frausto. The deadly collision happened on the

The battle over building the new arena in the Duranguito area in Downtown El Paso took another interesting turn Monday. Opponents are now threatening to file a lawsuit saying what the City plans to build is not what voters approved as part of the 2012 Quality of Life Bond. The letter from El Paso Attorney

The man killed in a deadly crash in Horizon last week has been identified as Robert Jacob Najera, 33, said officials with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Monday. It happened April 13 just after 6:00 p.m. on the 13000 block of Horizon Blvd. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said two vehicles were involved