Month: June 2017

El Paso Police are investigating a pedestrian hit-and-run crash. The crash happened shortly before 8 P.M. Saturday night at the intersection of Cleveland and Clark. Police say a 68-year old man was struck as he was crossing the street. Officials tell ABC-7 the driver was speeding and ran a stop sign, hitting the pedestrian. He

ABIQUIU, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say the mother of a man who went on a shooting rampage in New Mexico died several hours after being taken off life support, bringing the number of deaths to five. District Attorney Marco Serna and Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan confirmed the death late Friday of 49-year-old Maria

Raghib “Rocket” Ismail was in El Paso Sunday, talking about faith and football at the Destiny Family Christian Center. The retired wide receiver and kick returner played for both the American and Canadian Football leagues. “Rocket” came to prominence after helping lead the University of Notre Dame to a College Football National Championship in 1988,

Police are investigating an accidental shooting on the 600 block of Whitecliffs in West El Paso. Witnesses said a man was handling a gun around 3 this afternoon, when it accidentally discharged, hitting him in the ribs. The man was taken to a hospital. His injuries are unknown at this time.

Dozens of people drifted lazily down the rio grande in Las Cruces with Raft the Rio. This was the 18th year Raft the Rio was put on, and it looks like the tradition will keep going strong. From kayaks to homemade rafts, dozens of borderland residents enjoyed the Rio Grande Saturday, Raft the Rio bringing

Day two of Basketball in the Barrio began Saturday at the Armijo Center as kids came to partake in music, snacks and basketball and only had to pay one dollar to participate in the camp. The one-dollar price gets the young basketball players a basketball, t-shirt, Prices Ice Cream, a bi-lingual book, a Nolan Richardson

Making sure kids are taken care of, even after the bell rings. It’s an initiative called community schools. It’s already taken over four schools in the borderland, and soon more could be coming. El Paso School District Superintendent Juan Cabrera says the initiative is so children can concentrate once class is in session. He says

El Paso Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on I-10 West at Yarbrough Friday afternoon. The victim is identified as 46-year-old Roberto Galarza. The victim reportedly was riding his motorcycle when he slowed down, lost control and fell on the pavement. Police say he was then hit by a 18-wheeler and died

Two men have been arrested in connection with last week’s brutal attack of an off-duty Border Patrol agent. The agent, who is identified in court documents as Lorenzo Hernandez, remains in critical condition at University Medical Center He told investigators he was struck several times with a machete. Sergio Ivan Venegas-Quinonez, 33, and Fernando Puga,

New Mexico State men’s basketball head coach, Chris Jans, added another backcourt player to the team as he looks to improve for the upcoming season. Jans added six-foot-six-inch Philadelphia native and Lamar Community College player Wayne Stewart, who just had a breakout sophomore season. “Wayne is a fantastic young man who happens to be a

The UTEP men’s basketball team is getting a head start on filling their vacant point guard position as Dominic Artis is moving on after finishing his senior season. Evan Gilyard is a 5-foot-10-inch, 160-pound, incoming point guard from Chicago, Illinois, who will be competing for the starting point guard job this upcoming season. As a

According to the Emergence Health Network: An estimated one in four adults suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year Approximately 1 in 5 youth ages 13-18 experiences a severe mental crisis in their lifetime 90% of people who die by suicide are also believed to have had a mental health disorder If

Farmers in the Borderland are getting six more inches of water per acre thanks to increased runoff from the mountains. While it might not sound like much, local farmers told us it would be great for their crops. “That’s gonna give me two additional irrigations, and the bottom line is that is going to save

The Sheriff’s Office, which books about 30 thousand people per year, describes I.R.I.S. as “a secure, nationwide network and registry” that takes a detailed digital photograph of both of the inmate’s irises, which it then encrypts and stores along with arrest information for national use. The use of irises can be captured more accurately than

Officials with the Doña Ana County Clerk’s office on Friday unveiled the long-lost coroner’s report of Pat Garrett, the infamous former sheriff who shot and killed Billy the Kid in 1881. “Pat Garrett’s death today is one of the most famous unsolved murder cases in the history of New Mexico,” The details surrounding Garrett’s death

The former leader of principals at El Paso Independent School District took the stand Friday in the trial of five former administrators accused of taking part in a district-wide cheating scandal. Priscilla Terrazas, who at one point was director of priority schools in EPISD, spent nearly two hours on the stand. She told the jury

A blown rear tire sparked a fire that engulfed a bus Thursday in Las Cruces, investigators said. The bus was headed to Santa Fe when the driver and passenger notice the fire in the rear driver’s side about 9 p.m. at the University Avenue exit. The driver and his passenger got out safely. Police said

A small black bear was spotted this week in the Radium Springs area just north of Las Cruces, and officer with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish told ABC-7. Officer Dan Williams said a couple of officers were sent out to see if they could spot the bear but didn’t find it. Game

The Trump administration is leaving in place a program protecting hundreds of thousands young immigrants from deportation – one that President Donald Trump had pledged to eliminate. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly quietly announced the decision at the bottom of a fact sheet released late Thursday declaring the end to a similar, but never-implemented program

Authorities in northern New Mexico say a 21-year-old man has been arrested in a deadly rampage that left five people dead, including the suspect’s mother, stepfather and 20-year-old brother. The New Mexico State Police say Damian Herrera was arrested after his three family members were killed Thursday at a home in La Madera in Rio

Hot, hot, hot, and very dry across the Borderland for the rest of the week. Heat-induced health concerns will be elevated for people, pets, and livestock through at least Saturday. High pressure, lighter winds, and plenty of sunshine will help to warm temperatures above 100 degrees each afternoon across the lowlands. Sunday and early next

An El Paso man died in a rollover crash in Las Cruces Thursday morning, according to New Mexico State police. Officials said they responded to the incident near Interstate 10 and Las Alturas Drive around 10:34 a.m. The driver, Rodolfo Rodriguez, 93, was ejected from the Toyota sedan he was driving, and died at the

The YMCA of El Paso will host a training for local businesses who serve alcohol. Some of the topics that will be covered in the training include how to stop customers from being served too much and how businesses can protect their liquor licenses. “There’s not a week that goes by that you don’t hear

The Citizens Bond Advisory Committee met Thursday evening. The committee is made up of citizens, businesses owners and members of the military. The El Paso Independent School District set up the advisory committee when the bond was first proposed for checks and balances. All the members volunteer their time and are dedicated to keep an

In the world of sports, there are a few different versions of the Triple Crown. One, for instance, occurs when a horse wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes. Another occurs in baseball when a player leads his league in home runs, RBI, and batting average. The Lordsburg Mavericks, however, achieved a different kind

Albert Halpern is still recovering at University Medical Center after a head-on collision near Marfa early Tuesday morning. County Commissioner David Stout, Halpern’s boss, told ABC-7 he underwent surgery on his left leg yesterday and faces additional surgery to repair broken facial bones next week. Halpern and his wife, city Rep.-elect Alexsandra Annello, married Saturday,

Laura Eaves lives check-to-check on a modest Chaparral property her father left her before he died. So, the 63-year-old was shocked when she recently got a notice from Doña Ana County that she would have to pay hundreds of dollars to decommission her septic tank and hook up her property to the Chaparral Wastewater System.

Parkland Middle School will represent the Borderland at a national STEM competition this summer. Students will travel to Orlando, Fla., this month after becoming TSA State Champions during the school year. The Parkland Middle School STEM team is this week’s ABC-7 Community Champions. The Parkland team earned the most first place wins at the state-level

A man associated with a children’s day care is accused of sexually assaulting a girl, and detectives believe there allegedly could be other victims. Jose de Jesus Arteaga, 71, is charged aggravated sexual assault of a child. . According to court documents obtained by the ABC-7 I-Team, Arteaga’s wife works at the Fun and Funny

A tractor-trailer burst into flames Thursday afternoon on I-10 near Fort Hancock. A family by from Houston heading to El Paso spotted the charred semi on the side of the road. A fire crews was at scene, but photos show there was little to nothing left of the cab. The trailer was also burned and