Month: May 2017

Hundreds of customers, including businesses on Lee Trevino Drive, lost power when a driver crashed and knocked down a utility pole Saturday afternoon in East El Paso. The crash sent power lines to the ground right in front of the Starbucks Coffee on the 1800 block of N. Lee Trevino. Emergency crews blocked off the

Activists and supporters who want the preserve the Duranguito neighborhood in Downtown El Paso held a “Save Duranguito Festival.” Friday evening the Duranguito neighborhood was bustling. Some were out for a stroll and others taking in the history of the neighborhood. “I’m here to capture the photographs of what we have left and the history

According to Gander Mountain’s website, the company is closing all 126 stores nationwide. Including the location here in El Paso on Zaragoza Road. Gander Mountain is a chain retailer for hunting, fishing, camping, apparel and outdoor lifestyle. The company filed for voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in March, and in May was acquired by Camping World

Baseball, Texas, Round One (Bidistrict Round): Class 6A: Americas 3, Frenship 0 Final Socorro 7, Midland Lee 2 Final El Dorado 5, Midland 4 Final Montwood 9, Odessa 0 Final Class 5A: Parkland 9, Andress 2 Final Bowie 2, Hanks 1 Final Eastlake 11, Chapin 1 Final Baseball, New Mexico, Round One (Round of 16):

UPDATE: The man involved in a shooting at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on I-25 near Las Cruces, N.M., last month has died, announced FBI officials Friday. Officials with the FBI Albuquerque Division said the adult, who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was not struck by agents, died at a local hospital on Friday.

Former UTEP star running back Aaron Jones has officially signed a deal with the Packers, according to the team’s web site. Multiple reports indicate that deal is for four years. Jones also took part in day one of rookie orientation and practice on Friday in Green Bay. He could be seen wearing jersey number “33,”

Now that East Central District 3 representative Emma Acosta is running for El Paso mayor, her seat on the council is open. Five candidates are running. The candidates are Cassandra Hernandez Brown, Jaime Barceleau, Elias Camacho, Casey Williams and Louis Pellicano. Three of the candidates are retired. The other two hold full-time jobs. All have

ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom has learned undercover agents raided a Las Cruces health clinic Friday. EPOCH Integrated Health Services has recently been plagued by customer complaints and allegations of unpaid employees. “I can confirm the office of the attorney general is at that location,” said James Hallinan, a spokesman with the attorney general’s office

The City of Las Cruces has experienced a constant decrease in the amount of violent crimes over the past five years, officials said Friday. “Historically, our violent crime numbers are way below the national average,” Chief Jamie Montoya said. Violent crime includes murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Between 2015 and 2016, the city

The El Paso Stormwater Utility is promising to finish a huge water retention pond project along I-10 in the next two months – just in time for the monsoon. The massive Gateway Retention Ponds, which are almost complete, are located along the access roads on Interstate 10 between the Piedras and Copia street exits. The

Part of Mesa and an El Paso stretch of I-10 were two of the 100 most congested roadways in Texas in 2016, according to a TxDOT report. “What drivers can do is avoid I-10 during peak hours, if at all possible, or use alternate roadway measures. What we can do is add capacity,” said Bob

Boxing is on a hot streak. Last week, 90,000 fans packed Wembley Stadium in London for a heavyweight thriller. On Saturday, Mexican rivals Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. square off in front of what’s expected to be the largest indoor crowd for a bout in Las Vegas. The sport appears to be

Police arrested and charged two men with Capital Murder for the killing of 21-year-old Erik Deshaun Bertrand. Gang unit officers arrested 27-year-old Cesar Rogelio Gonzalez the morning of Thursday May 4, 2017. The US Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested 34-year-old Ruben Alvarado Thursday evening. Bertrand was stabbed and killed near an apartment complex

Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez ordered a special session of the Legislature on Friday to resolve a grinding state budget crisis, with no sign of a compromise with leading Democratic lawmakers. Calling lawmakers to the New Mexico Capitol on May 24, the governor’s proclamation asserts that lawmakers approved a $6.1 billion budget in March

The Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces will reviewed under a presidential order issued by President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday. The national monument, consisting of more than 496,000 acres, was designated by President Barack Obama in 2014. The Interior Department released a list of 27 national

Vans Friday announced the Top 50 high schools in the Vans Custom Culture art competition. Bel Air High School in El Paso advanced to the semi-finals of the competition, Magdalene Cereghino, Assistant Account Executive at Fleishman Hillard, told ABC-7. The top 50 schools’ shoe designs will be displayed on the Custom Culture website for public

Gun battles between rival drug gangs in the Mexican border city of Reynosa have left 12 people dead, authorities say. EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mexican city of Reynosa is directly across the border from McAllen, Texas. The security spokesman for the northern state of Tamaulipas said five people were killed in two gunbattles Thursday. Another seven

Crime Stoppers of Las Cruces is offering a reward up to $1,000 for information that helps identify the suspect accused of using credit cards stolen during an auto burglary to make purchases. The suspect was captured on video surveillance at the Walmart Supercenter on south Valley Drive. Las Cruces Police said he appears to be

Crews on Friday erected a massive and much-anticipated “Buried Pick” Monument at The University of Texas at El Paso. The giant sculpture is adjacent to UTEP’s S-3 parking lot. The setup of a second pick along the eastbound lanes across from the S-4 parking lot will be done overnight on Monday, May 8. That date,

A U.S. judge on Friday set an April 2018 trial date for Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on charges he oversaw a multi-billion dollar international drug trafficking operation responsible for murders and kidnappings. Guzman answered the judge’s questions through an interpreter. He spent half the hearing looking across the courtroom at his wife,

Police have released information on a teen couple that were allegedly involved in a string of burglaries. Police have charged 18 -year-old Shalene Robinette and 19-year-old Robert Marquez with burglary of a business. ABC-7 spoke with shop owners of some of the businesses that were burglarized and one of those shops provided ABC-7 with very

Police arrested and charged two men with Capital Murder for the killing of 21-year-old Erik Deshaun Bertrand.Gang unit officers arrested 27-year-old Cesar Rogelio Gonzalez the morning of Thursday May 4, 2017. The US Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested 34-year-old Ruben Alvarado later that evening.Bertrand was stabbed and killed near an apartment complex at

El Paso County’s 2017 general election is Saturday and before you show up to the polls ABC-7 wanted to provide comprehensive election information. The county Elections Department reported that nearly 426,000 people have already registered to vote. That is almost 68,00 more voters than the last general election in 2013. To better understand the candidates

I-10 West Mesa exit I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane closed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West Sunland Park exit ramp reduced to one lane. Gateway West right lane closed Horizon-Harnose. Mesa:long term

A robocall attacking certain city candidates, and possibly violating Texas campaign ethics laws, is being described as dirty politics. The robocall, which does not disclose who paid for it, says in part “Dora Oaxaca’s wandering eye seems to always point to corruption. Let’s say no to corruption, no to Emma Acosta, and no to Henry

Homeland Security Secretary General John Kelly reiterated during a visit to El Paso last month the Trump administration’s commitment to building a wall along our nearly 2,000 mile long border with Mexico. Right now, there are different kinds of barriers over 650 miles of the border. ABC-7 recently visited Presidio, Texas, about 250 miles Southeast

They are called the “Glory Road Boys” and they need your help. Several UTEP basketball alumni players are taking part in TBT, The Basketball Tournament, with a winning prize of 2 million dollars. But there is a twist. TBT is an annual, 5-on-5, single-elimination basketball tournament made up of 64 teams (16 in each region)

Parkland head football coach Josh Kirkland will not be returning to the Matadors for a second season. Instead, Kirkland has confirmed he will be headed to Kyle Lehman H.S. in the Austin area, taking over a program that has never been to the postseason. In his lone season with Parkland, Kirkland led the Matadors to

After 23 years of fundraising for high school football and other high school sports and extra-curricular activities, organizers have announced the Burger Time High School Golf Tournament will not continue in 2017. “When we lost my sister, Kathy Gonzales, last year we lost the tournament’s heart and soul as well as its central organizing figure,”

President Donald Trump signed another executive order surrounded by religious leaders Thursday. The “religious liberty” order eases a six-decade old amendment that separates church and state Known as the Johnson Amendment. Trump is asking the IRS to ease rules that prohibit churches and non-profits from supporting or opposing candidates. Those who fail to comply risk