Month: June 2017

A group of Fort Bliss soldiers will be testing their skills over the next few days. The 1st Armored Division is holding it’s annual sniper competition. The competition tests the soldiers precise shooting and physical abilities. The 1st Armored Division ‘Iron Sniper Competition’ is four days long. The soldiers are put in unfavorable conditions and

Students at the Salle De Long are introduced to the rules and techniques used in fencing at Salle De Long. Parents are able to enroll their children who are as young as 6 years old, and the coach tells ABC-7 many of the children stick around. Once students start getting more advanced in the sport,

District 2 City Representative-elect Alexsandra Annello and her new husband Alberto Halpern were involved in a serious crash Tuesday near Marfa, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Commissioner David Stout, who Halpern works for, told ABC-7 the couple was involved in a head-on collision. He said the 29-year-old is in critical condition, but

The El Paso Police Crimes Against Persons department has charged an 18-year-old man with criminal negligent homicide after a teen girl was shot to death after handling a gun in March, announced El Paso Police Tuesday. Victory Lago was rebooked into the El Paso County Detention Center Tuesday and charged in connnection with the death

The Las Cruces man who allegedly threatened to publish nude photos of a woman is the same former LCPD officer who was charged with indecent exposure last year. ABC-7 learned the suspect, 28-year-old William D. Gonzalez, allegedly answered his door naked after getting a pizza delivered to his home back in November. Gonzalez was put

Testimony continued Tuesday in the trial of five former El Paso Independent School District administrators accused of taking part in the district’s cheating scandal that included the parent of a former Austin High School student on the stand. Laura Alvarado, whose son Aaron Lopez was a freshman at the school in 2006, testified that former

The El Paso City Council just announced Carolina Park in the Lower Valley will be renamed after fallen police officer David Ortiz Jr. Ortiz was a nine-year veteran of the El Paso Police Department who died in the line of duty. On March 10th, 2016, Ortiz was on his police motorcycle stopped at a red

A former school janitor for a Las Cruces elementary school has been sentenced to eight years in prison on a federal child pornography charge, announced officials with the New Mexico U.S. Attorney General’s Office. David Anaya Garcia, 33, was sentenced in a federal court Tuesday to 96 months in prison, followed by five years of

El Paso Police are searching for the suspect who they said stole two guns and assaulted witnesses at Sportsman Elite, a shooting range on the west side. This happened Monday around 3:50 p.m. at 4520 Doniphan. The suspect is described as an Hispanic male, mid-twenties to mid-thirties, and last seen wearing a black hat, red

The Texas Department of Public Safety is closing two driver’s license offices in Dallas, has trimmed hours at 11 of the state’s busiest license offices and is planning to lay off 108 people to address a $14 million shortfall in the current budget and another $7 million reduction beginning with the new budget in September.

A 5-year-old boy has died after he was left in a day care vehicle all day in eastern Arkansas, police said. The West Memphis Police Department said the boy was picked up by the day care at 6:40 a.m. Monday but was never taken inside Ascent Children’s Health Services, which serves children with developmental disabilities.

A decorated narcotics detector dog with the El Paso Police Department died last week. General Lee served the city of El Paso for eight years along with his partner, Officer Dirk Hiltl. Lee was one of the most effective narcotics dogs in the police department’s narcotics unit, the department said. He was honored twice by

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I-10 closed at Sunland Park I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane cloed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West Sunland Park exit ramp reduced to one lane. Mesa:long term closure Jan 18th 6 am – Feb 24 4 pm The

The El Paso City Council rejected El Paso Electric’s proposed rate increase during a special meeting Monday. After an hour-long discussion and with with only five city representatives and the mayor present, Council voted unanimously to deny the proposed rate. “Less than a year after we settled the last case El Paso Electric is seeking

The New Mexico State University Board of Regents voted Monday to raise tuition for the fall semester by six percent. The vote was unanimous in favor the increase, 5-0. For in-state students taking 15 or more credit hours, the increase will be $196 a semester. For out-of-state students taking 15 or more credit hours, the

A motion by county commissioner Vince Perez to terminate a federal contract that pays the county to house federal inmates in its jails has failed. El Paso County receives $80 a day from the federal government for each federal inmate housed, and Perez said it costs $89 a day per inmate, leaving taxpayers paying the

Jury selection is underway in the trial of five El Paso Independent School District administrators accused of taking part in the district’s cheating scandal. Judge David Briones denied a motion for a change of venue this morning during a status hearing at the El Paso Federal Courthouse. Defense attorneys in the case argued a jury

A judge granted a temporary restraining order Monday against the City of El Paso, prohibiting it from demolishing buildings in the Duranguito neighborhood, but the order does not change what’s already been approved. Attorneys for four Duranguito residents filed for the temporary restraining order last Tuesday. The order will prohibit the city entering into new

A Silver city man was ordered to pay a $4,000 fine for being in illegal possession of trophy elk antlers just outside the Gila national Forest. In November 2015, conservation officers with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish stopped Michael Aguirre, 40, who had a 6-by-5-foot set of antlers still attached to part

The FBI is asking the public for information regarding the assault of a Border Patrol agent late Thursday night. The off-duty agent, who is now listed in stable condition, is assigned to the Deming, N.M., Border Patrol Station. A motorist discovered the agent suffering from multiple, serious injuries about 11 p.m. on the side of

The New Mexico Pharmacy Board has adopted a new regulation that allows pharmacists for the first time to write prescriptions for hormonal contraceptives, meaning a woman won’t need to visit a physician in most cases to obtain birth control. Reports say the move is in response to the shortage of primary care doctors, gynecologists and

El Paso police said a 25-year-old man was stabbed at the InTown Suites located at 7984 Gateway Boulevard East around 5 a.m. Saturday. Police said Marquette Williams was stabbed after he confronted the attackers at the hotel. Police did not say why the Williams confronted the suspects. The Williams was taken to Del Sol Hospital

An incident on I-10 East and Executive is delaying traffic, unknown if it is traffic related at this point, Take Mesa.

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Puerto Rico’s governor is vowing to make the U.S. territory the 51st state after statehood won in a non-binding referendum hit by a boycott and low turnout that raised questions about the vote’s legitimacy. Gov. Ricardo Rossello told a couple hundred supporters waving U.S. flags late Sunday that he will soon create a commission to

Church bells throughout Orlando will ring 49 times at noon Monday, a year after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Gov. Rick Scott ordered U.S. flags around Florida to be flown at half-staff, a giant rainbow flag will be unveiled at the Orange County government building, and three separate services at the Pulse

I-10 closed at Sunland Park I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane cloed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West Sunland Park exit ramp reduced to one lane. Mesa:long term closure Jan 18th 6 am – Feb 24 4 pm The

The number of El Pasoans who turned out to elect a mayor was the lowest in 16 years.Only 30,085 voters cast a ballot in the contest between former state Rep. Dee Margo and businessman David Saucedo. Margo took 57 percent of the vote, or 17,148. The low number of votes wasn’t only due to people

The first family is together again under the same roof: the White House. After nearly five months of living apart, President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, announced Sunday that she and the couple’s young son have finally moved into the presidential mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Mother and son broke with tradition by living at Trump