Month: August 2017

It’s been a year since the disappearance of now 16 year old Angel Martinez. Martinez went missing from her home in El Paso, TX over a year ago on August 8, 2016. She is still believed to be in the El Paso area. Martinez is described as Hispanic, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing

Funeral arrangements for slain El Paso Bandidos president Juan Martinez have been set. Martinez was one of four men shot inside Mulligan’s Chopped Hog bar on Sunday July 30, he died from his injuries a day later. El Paso police backed up by Texas state troopers, FBI agents and US deputy marshals arrested the alleged

As summer winds down, children and teens heading back to school have to adjust their sleep routines. Many are used late nights and later morning wake up calls. Dr. Gonzalo Diaz, medical director of the The El Paso Sleep Center, said sleep is just as vital as the air you breathe or the water and

Solar energy customers rallied against proposed rate hikes at city council Tuesday. El Paso Electric said it spent nearly half a billion dollars on power updates to meet the growing energy needs in the Borderland as the population increases. Protesters showed up in yellow shirts, several spoke in front of city council representatives about the

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I-10 East closed at Sunland Park I-10 West closed at Viscount 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 term closures Paisano Drive closed to traffic between Chihuahua street and El Paso. Pasiano Drive closed

In a special meeting Tuesday, Socorro council members voted to extend a disaster declaration. City officials originally declared the disaster at the beginning of August after heavy rains flooded Coker Road and residents had to be evacuated. Residents say a nearby arroyo gave way to mud that covered homes up to 5 feet high in

Fire damage to an East El Paso is estimated at $150,000, the El Paso Fire Department said Tuesday. About 75 percent of the home was damaged, firefighters said. The blaze erupted at a home on the 9700 block of Wick, just south of the Montana/McRae intersection, shortly after 5:30 pm. At about 6:15 pm, the

Tax free weekend is an exciting time for many shoppers looking to snag a good deal, but does it provide relief to low-income consumers? A study just released by “The Tax Foundation”, a Washington D.C. based think tank, says it doesn’t. The organization calls the weekend a “political gimmick” It adds the holiday distracts policymakers

A waiter at the Game Bar and Grill was shocked to receive a customer receipt laced with profanity and no tip after he denied serving the patron alcohol, the owner of the restaurant confirmed. Marci Dickerson then compensated her employee for the missed tip, posting a photo on Facebook that went viral. She said the

El Paso City Council Tuesday voted down an agenda item that would ask the El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association to return a $10,000 donation by former District 4 City Representative Carl Robinson. Robinson, who could not run for re-election because he was termed-out, donated the $10,000, allocated from his office’s discretionary funds, to the

The battle over the Downtown arena in Duranguito will continue! City Council voted Tuesday to appeal a judge’s decision this week that stated the City of El Paso cannot use any funding at all to make the facility sports specific. Just a few minutes after City Council took that vote Tuesday, the Paso Del Sur

El Paso City Council voted Tuesday to appeal the ruling made by an Austin Judge regarding the Downtown Arena. The judge ruled Monday the City can build the new $180 million Downtown multi-purpose facility, but the arena cannot be built in a way to accommodate sports. According to a news release, as part of the

Investigators say a 9-month-old child strangled to death on a car seat strap in a Fort Worth home. The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office identified the infant Tuesday as John Norris of Weatherford. Initially, police had said the child was found dead in a closet Monday evening. A police statement issued Tuesday says the child

In this digital age, thousands of people are turning to apps and websites to find love. The “Gatsby” app promises to do that – and weed out criminals and sex offenders. “Gatsby” was launched in April and founder Joseph Penora tells ABC-7 it’s the only dating app that scans every user for criminal and sex

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso houses hundreds of medical and nursing students and is looking to expand its campus. The university is working to bring a dental school to El Paso. While it is still in the preliminary stages, TTUHSC president Dr. Richard Lange said it is very much needed in the

Are you a budding and gifted sidewalk artist? Do you want all of El Paso to see your artistic abilities? Well now is your chance! The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department is currently accepting applications for artists and vendors to participate in the 2017 Chalk the Block event scheduled for the

A California company has been awarded a $4.7 million contract to completely modernize the primary elevators at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. Tutor Perini Corp. will handle the project, which is expected to be completed by summer 2018. The caverns’ larger primary elevators went out of service in November 2015 when a motor

I-10 East is closed at Executive due to pothole repair, it will continue for two hours.

Walt Disney World has erected a lighthouse sculpture to honor the memory of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was killed by an alligator last year at one of its hotels. Area television stations reported that the lighthouse was installed within the past week near where the boy died at the Florida resort. Last year, an

Democrats haven’t won a Texas governor’s race in nearly three decades, but a booming Hispanic population and the party’s dominance of the state’s largest cities have made them willing to invest in the contest to keep hopes of an eventual resurgence alive. After high-profile candidates lost decisively in the last two elections, though, the party

Insight Crime, a non profit journalism and investigative organization that specializes in organized crime throughout Latin America and the Carribean, is reporting that former Juarez and Tijuana police chief, Julian Leyzaola, is being sought by the city of Cancun to clean up the city’s crime epidemic. There are stars in security and law enforcement just

El Paso and Sunland Park fire crews responded to a report of a man who fell 25 feet into an underground pipe Tuesday morning, officials said. The man, who is in his 30s, fell at the Rio Grande Power Plant on Doniphan Drive, near the Texas-New Mexico border. El Paso Electric told ABC-7 he is

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The Ysleta Independent School District ( YISD ) said it will automatically provide free lunch meals to thousands of students at 32 schools for the 2017-18 school year. The district said in a news release it’s thanks to the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture program, which manages the National School

An Austin judge has ruled the City of El Paso can build the $180 million Downtown multi-purpose facility in the Duranguito neighborhood, but the facility cannot be built in a way to accommodate sports. The ruling states, “No funding from other sources may be used to modify, complete or enhance the facility to make it

El Paso City Counci voted to approve the projects that would be funded in the proposed $68.75 million in certificates of obligation, debt not approved by voters, during a meeting Tuesday. The non-voter approved debt was broken down into four categories. $25.1 million would be allocated for public safety. $19.8 million would be used for

County Commissioners approved a proposed tax rate for the El Paso County Hospital District, which includes University Medical Center of El Paso, with a narrow 3-2 vote. Commissioners Vince Perez and Shane Haggerty voted against the proposal. Perez told ABC-7 this year’s proposed rate would amount to a 7 percent increase. When taking last year

Playing college football these days is a year-round commitment, so there really aren’t many lines of demarcation separating one year from the next. You could argue Monday was about the closest thing to an “official” start to the season for UTEP that you’ll find. The Miners boarded three buses to take them to training camp

A bail bondsman told ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom his business is suffering greatly a month into the state’s sweeping bail reform. The traditional method of requiring most defendants to post bond bond is largely a thing of the past. Last November, New Mexico voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring prosecutors to file for pre-trial