Month: December 2017

The working budget for El Paso’s future children museum has ballooned to nearly $60 million, according to El Paso Community Foundation President Eric Pearson. That’s about $40 million dollars more than the original budget projected in 2012. The museum is one of the signature projects voters approved in 2012 as part of the $473 million

Our first snow of the season is now behind us, everyone is now in the winter mood. The inevitable question that always comes up at this time of the year is “Will we have a white Christmas?” Meteorologist Jason Laney with the National Weather Service said a “there is only a 2 percent chance in

A cop-turned-country crooner is getting recognition from Rolling Stone. Frank Gomez, whose stage name is Frank Ray, was named one of Rolling Stone Country’s Top 10 Country Artists You Need To Know for December. ABC-7 reported when Gomez left his job as a Las Cruces Police Department officer in August, after ten years on the

A car crashed into a bus stop Thursday morning in West El Paso. Police on the scene told ABC-7 it was a hit-and-run. It happened on Mesa Street near Brentwood Ave. at around 6 :30 a.m. There were no reported injuries.

EL PASO, Texas – I-10 West closed at Executive I-10 closed at Zaragoza to Eastake Loop 375 West from Zaragoza to San Marcial Paisano closed from Supr 1966 to San Antonio Lane closures on Eastbound Horizon blvd at Eastlake 27 hour closure of I-10 East at Mesa on Sunday November 12th Day Time Closures: El

A lot has changed in the El Paso sports landscape since Javier Loya was a standout football player at Burges High School nearly three decades ago. But in some ways, things are still the same. Players from El Paso are often overlooked when it comes to recruiting, and many aren’t able to take advantage of

El Paso is only a month or so away from seeing a street car from running on the streets. But El Paso saw its first street car back in 1882, and for many years after that — the street car was an integral part of our city. “What we’re looking at here is the original

The city has contracted Houston-based Moore Archeological Consulting to conduct an archeological and historical review of the site. The review is required by the Texas Antiquities Code. The Texas Antiquities Code describes guidelines for the identification, treatment and designation of sites with historic and archeological resources. Laura Foster, the chief architect for the city’s Capital

People knew that the Burges boys basketball team would be good coming into the new season. The question was, “Just how good can they be?” Star guard Deion Bauman graduated last season, but the Mustangs have picked up right where they left off and look like a contender to make it to the state tournament.

On November 1, ABC-7 started efforts with El Pasoans Fighting Hunger to help feed hungry families in the Borderland. The “It’s All About The Food” campaign, backed by Albertsons, Viva Auto Group and Sun City ER, has wrapped up for the holiday season but the community is still urged to donate. Victor Nevarez, CEO of

2018 is set to be a big year for the El Paso Independent School District. District officials said 2017 has been a big year for planning, designing and procuring for the bond projects. Here’s a list of which schools will begin construction in 2018: Coronado High School (May) Crockett Elementary School (May) Henderson/Clardy PK-8 (May)

A convicted Las Cruces child sex molester, sentenced to 24.5 years in prison on Wednesday, told a district judge he would not accept guilt for his actions. “I paid my debt back to society,” said 34-year-old Ace Garcia. “I don’t owe anybody nothing.” “You still believe you’re innocent to these charges?” Judge Fernando Macias asked,

Police are working to clear a rollover on I-10 west in between Lomaland and Lee Trevino. The two left lanes are closed. If possible, avoid the area.

Confident congressional Republicans forged an agreement Wednesday on a major overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that would provide generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans – Donald Trump among them – and deliver the first major legislative accomplishment to the GOP president. Middle- and low-income families would get smaller tax cuts, though

The new head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says she hopes construction on a border wall will begin soon. Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen made the remarks Wednesday while standing in front of the existing border fence north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. She said she didn’t know when the government could start building.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested three suspects linked to a murder investigation in Horizon City. Shawn Ezal Ramirez, 21; and Miguel Angel Ontiveros, 22, were booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility without bond. Marcos Damian Porras, 23, was booked into the Doña Ana Detention Facility without bond. Porras is awaiting extradition to Texas. All three

The wife of Hall of Fame hockey player Luc Robitaille has tweeted about an advance she says Donald Trump made on her more than two decades ago in an elevator at Madison Square Garden. Stacia Robitaille wrote Monday on Twitter that Trump “was aggressive & told me I was coming home with him. I laughed,

A Tennessee city is asking a court to overrule a commission’s decision that prevents the removal of a Confederate statue from a public park. The city of Memphis filed a petition in Davidson County Chancery Court on Monday. Officials are asking for judicial review of the Tennessee Historical Commission’s Oct. 13 denial of a request

The Federal Reserve is raising its benchmark interest rate for the third time this year, signaling its confidence that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing 8½ years after the end of the Great Recession. The Fed is lifting its short-term rate by a modest quarter-point to a still-low range of 1.25 percent to 1.5

A surgeon has been identified as the 36-year-old man police believe fatally shot his two young children before killing himself in the family’s North Texas home. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that officials Tuesday identified the man as Dr. Christopher Dawson. Police are calling the deaths Saturday in North Richland Hills a murder-suicide. The Tarrant

For the second time in as many days, a gang has stormed into a Houston Marriott hotel lobby and walked out with an automated cash machine. Houston police say the manager of a Courtyard by Marriot hotel on the city’s west side reported about five to eight men carried out the ATM, tossed it into

This holiday season, the Better Business Bureau Paso del Norte recommends consumers be aware of these common scams. Look-Alike Websites: When stores sell out, you may find the items online on a different website than the official retailer’s. Remember, it’s easy to mimic a real website. Make sure the website has “https://” at the beginning

A potential new tax on seven-figure salaries for employees of non-profits hasn’t deterred schools from doling out huge contracts to new coaches. Football powers aiming for a national title have continued to pay the market rate for proven coaches, topped by the 10-year, $75 million deal for Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M. If the GOP

I-10 West closed at Executive I-10 East closed at Sunland Park Loop 375 closed from US-54 to Campbell Loop 375 West from Zaragoza to San Marcial Paisano closed from Supr 1966 to San Antonio Lane closures on Eastbound Horizon blvd at Eastlake 27 hour closure of I-10 East at Mesa on Sunday November 12th Day

There is a crash on I-10 East and Mile Marker 14 involving three cars. They are blocking the left lane as there is no shoulder in the area, to avoid the crash take Mesa.

In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter-century in Alabama, one

An overturned commercial vehicle along I-10 Westbound and Mile Marker 85 has shut down the westbound lanes of the interstate. New Mexico State police are responding to the scene, and confirm there are no injuries or fatalities reported. All traffic that is headed westbound on I-10 will have to take the frontage road.

Workers in the small town of Brookville, Pennsylvania are exited to be able to bring the old El Paso streetcars back to life. “I think it’s really something, to take these (streetcars), as big as they are, and get them that far away,” Brookville Mayor Richard Beck said. Brookville is a small town with a

A provision to permanently protect Castner Range in El Paso’s Franklin Mountains became law as President Donald Trump signed the signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who introduced the act, called it a monumental victory for those who have worked decades to preserve the “crown jewel of West Texas.”

Out of the dozens of motels in the City of Las Cruces, there is only one motel on Motel Boulevard. “Motel Boulevard is not the most attractive name for this road,” said Doña Ana County Commissioner John Vasquez, who represents District 5. That could soon change: a committee is collecting signatures to rename Motel Boulevard