Month: August 2017

The athletic director for the University of Texas at El Paso is throwing in the towel on a more than 30 year career at the university. Bob Stull confirmed to ABC-7 that he is retiring, effective Thursday. “Our priority has always been to take care of the students and the coaches first,” said Stull during

Casa Jurado, a staple El Paso Mexican restaurant in the Upper Valley, is closing its doors Labor Day weekend. Some patrons rushed in to get one last meal before its closing. Customer Gloria Ray says, “I heard it was closing and I’m very, very sad. I used to live down here in the Upper Valley.

The Canutillo Independent School District is shaping future medical professionals as early as sixth grade. The new school year brings an exciting opportunity for students interested in the medical field with the Alderete Medical Academy, located at Alderete Middle School. Alderete Medical Academy introduced its first cohort of sixth grade students this semester. Canutillo ISD

A crash early Thursday morning caused the power to go out for nearly 1,800 customers, according to emergency dispatch. El Paso Electric’s outage map showed the outage occurred near Zaragoza Road and Diamond Head Circle. Officials say a car ran into a pole causing the power to go out. There were no reports of injuries.

El Paso’s own Abie Han will be fighting against a man who has been groomed in part by Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas in just over a week. But Han has a pretty good support group of his own. Han (26-3) will go toe-to-toe with J’Leon Love (23-1) in a fight that will air on

The CEO of a chemical plant northeast of Houston says it could explode and cause an intense fire. Arkema president and chief executive Rich Rowe said Wednesday that the floodwaters from Harvey and the lack of power are keeping the company from preventing an explosion. The company says the chemical compounds must be stored at

Sgt Robert Gomez says the EPPD officers have been assigned to provide shelter security at the NRG Center. The massive facility was opened Tuesday night and can house up to 10,000 evacuees, according to Houston media. As many as 1,030 people had arrived there as of early Wednesday morning. The department sent 31 officers, four

Investigators arrested a kindergarten teacher at Helen Ball Elementary Tuesday and charged her with Injury to a Child. Online jail records state Olga Najera, aka Olga Sepulveda, was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on two counts of Injury to a Child. Court documents say Najera pinched a child in the arm and

Southwest Airlines announced a new non-stop flight from El Paso International Airport to San Diego and additional flights to Las Vegas, the City of El Paso announced Wednesday. “We are listening to our community and making major progress in offering more options to fly to popular destinations,” El Paso Mayor Dee Margo said, “We are

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that his push to overhaul the nation’s tax system would “bring back Main Street by reducing the crushing tax burden,” offering a populist appeal to a still-forming tax plan that would heavily benefit corporate America. Trump said his vision for re-writing the nation’s tax system, one of his key campaign

The Hospitals of Providence is opening its first micro hospital in the city of Horizon. The Horizon City Campus has partnered with Emerus, the largest operator of micro hospitals, and The Hospitals of Providence to provide its first Hospital of Providence Horizon City Council. The 40,000-square-foot location is the first micro hospital in El Paso.

The Texans were planning to head home to flood-ravaged Houston after their final preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys was canceled Wednesday. The game had been moved from Houston to the home of the Cowboys because of widespread flooding in the Houston area in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The decision to cancel Thursday night’s

The U.S. economy rebounded sharply in the spring, growing at the fastest pace in more than two years amid brisk consumer spending on autos and other goods. The gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic health, grew at an annual rate of 3 percent in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. It

Catastrophic and life threatening flooding will continue across southeastern Texas. While the risk of heavy rains has ended in the Houston/Galveston area, extremely dangerous life- threatening flooding will continue in and around Houston, Beaumont/Port Arthur, into southwest Louisiana for the rest of the week. Isolated storm totals have reached 50 inches over the Texas coast,

Harvey is having a direct impact on El Pasoans. Answering the call, El Paso NICU nurses will volunteer their time to help a San Antonio hospital hit with an influx of patients. “They told us they needed people to volunteer to come down and we volunteered,” Diana Lechuga, RN, said. Lechuga is one of three

An official says it’s too early to say if the thousands of Houston-area homes flooded by Harvey’s torrential rains can be rebuilt. Jeff Lindner of the Harris County Flood Control District says: “When water sits in a house for several weeks, the house begins to degrade.” About 4,000 homes in the areas near the Addicks

Authorities found a shivering toddler clinging to the body of her drowned mother in a rain-swollen canal in Southeast Texas after the woman tried to carry her child to safety from Harvey’s floods. Capt. Brad Penisson of the fire-rescue department in Beaumont said the woman’s vehicle got stuck Tuesday afternoon in the flooded parking lot

A New Mexico man is facing aggravated assault charges after authorities say he used an AK-47 to shoot out the tires of a man he accused of stealing his horses. Court records show that David Derringer was arrested Saturday shortly following a bizarre chain of events involving free-ranging horses in a rural area near Albuquerque.

The University of Texas at El Paso started a new semester this week. On Monday, thousands flocked to campus to begins another set of classes. This year, UTEP is expected to see more students. Gary Edens, Vice President of Student Affairs, said UTEP recorded 23,992 students who attended last year. Edens said UTEP is on

Western Louisiana residents braced for more wind and water Wednesday as Tropical Storm Harvey headed their way after dumping record rainfall on Texas. National Weather Service meteorologists expect the deadly storm to make another landfall early Wednesday in southwestern Louisiana, after it lingered over Texas for days before meandering back into the Gulf of Mexico.

Former El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia has been rescued from flooding in the Houston area following Tropical Storm Harvey. Photos taken by the Associated Press show a man being rescued with his German shepherd in Spring, TX. The man in the photo identified himself as “Joe Garcia.” Garcia was the EPISD Superintendent

The El Paso Sheriff’s Office and Police Department teams are coordinating hurricane Harvey relief efforts with the Department of Public Safety in Katy, Texas. ABC-7 spoke with a Sheriff Deputy who explained what pushed him and his team to make the trip. “I saw it on TV, I saw a lot of helpless people. I

An early morning crash on I-10 West led to a highway shut down for over four hours. The crash was reported just before 1:30 am New Mexico State Police responded to the call shutting down the highway in the process. A fatality was also reported as a result of the crash, however the victims gender

TxDOT cameras showed a vehicle on fire near I-10 and Hawkins Boulevard Wednesday morning. The above image was captured around 3:15 a.m. Our ‘Round the Clock Crew was at the scene, and said the fire started in the rear of a Chrysler 300. They said the driver pulled over, and the fire continued to get

I-10 East closed at Mesa I-10 East closed at Sunland Park I-10 West closed at Sunland Park I-10 West closed at Viscount Yandell reduced Westbound at Stanton Paisano closed from Supr 1966 to San Antonio Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane closed from Sunland Park to Buena vista El Paso Street car closures: Long

The City of El Paso said it’s prepared to take in as many as 1,500 evacuees from Hurricane Harvey. It’s still unclear when evacuees could begin to arrive in El Paso, but it wouldn’t be the first time the city lent a helping hand. Former mayor John Cook said El Paso took in about 2,000

El Paso police are on the scene of a rollover accident on Zaragoza Rd. and Sun Fire Blvd. Police have confirmed that two people have been taken to the hospital in serious condition. One other was taken to the hospital with minor conditions. Both lanes at Zaragoza and Sun Fire are completely closed and police

The UTEP volleyball team will play its first home match of the season on Wednesday against Texas Tech. But the match presents fans with more than just an opportunity to cheer on the Miners against a Power Five team. The Miners are asking fans to donate various items at the game to help assist with

The military in El Paso is now playing a part in search and rescue efforts for victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Fort Bliss began deploying helicopters from its Combat Aviation Brigade on Tuesday and National Guard troops stationed in El Paso also on the way. ABC-7 was there Tuesday as Blackhawk helicopters left the

Police arrested a Las Cruces man suspected of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl. David M. Williams, 58, is charged with a first-degree felony count of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and two second-degree felony counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. Las Cruces Police detectives learned of the allegations against Williams August 24,