Month: January 2018

A New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he pulled a convincing toy gun on a man littering outside an Albuquerque convenience store. Police say John Joel Robinson was arrested last week following a frantic call about a man with a gun at a Circle K. According to a criminal complaint, the 35-year-old

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is calling for new legislation that expands the duty to report child abuse or negligence. Balderas on Monday endorsed a bill that aims to close a loophole in the New Mexico Abuse and Neglect Act. Balderas says current law makes it a duty to report abuse by parents, guardians

Vado residents say it’s been incredibly difficult trying to capture a stray dog with his head stuck in a plastic jar. “I have no clue how long he’s been this way,” said Karen Wagoner, a neighbor who has attempted to help the dog. Over the past several days, the trapped dog has continued to return

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico posted its highest homicide rate in decades, with the government reporting Sunday there were 29,168 murders in 2017, a 27 percent increase over 2016. The number is the highest since comparable records began being kept in 1997 and is also higher than the peak year of Mexico’s drug war in

I-10 East reduced to one lane from Mesa to Sunland Park 9pm-6amI-10 East Mesa entrance ramp closed 9pm-6am I-10 West closed at at Yarbrough 9pm-6am Racetrack to Paisano closed 9pm-6am Paisano closed from Supr 1966 to San Antonio 9pm-6am Right lane closed on Mesa from North Desert- Osborne US-54 closed northbound at Hondo Pass 9pm-6am

A man was taken to the hospital after an incident in West El Paso, according to authorities on the scene. It happened at around 1:30 a.m. on the 4100 block of Westcity Court. That’s near Mesa and Executive. Police tapped off the street. The El Paso Fire Department said the man suffered serious injuries. Authorities

El Paso City Council representatives are expected to discuss the future of some buildings in the area that has become known as Duranguito. That is the area where the city plans to build the downtown arena. The city has been discussing options with the Texas Historical Commission for a few buildings that some say have

We are less than a month away from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Team USA will be making its Olympic debut at the opening ceremony in Polo Ralph Lauren designs. Two pieces of those collections were manufactured right here in the Borderland. Roy Shiefner, commercial manager for Roicom USA, tells ABC-7 he approached Ralph Lauren in

El Paso County commissioners accepted a grant of $74,239 from the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday that they will use to combat domestic violence. Commissioners court will work with the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence (CASFV) to provide training to county employees, supervisors and law enforcement. “[It’s] to look at issues of family

Police arrested a man suspected of raping a woman Saturday evening in Las Cruces. Investigators said 27-year-old Daniel Romanczuk, of the 2300 block of Espanola Street, entered the victim’s apartment and inquired about her wishes to be his girlfriend, which she refused. Romanczuk allegedly followed the victim to her bedroom, where he pushed her down,

Bill Cosby has performed in public for the first time since sex scandals embroiled him in 2015, telling stories and honoring old friends in his hometown on Monday as a spring retrial looms in his criminal sexual assault case. The 80-year-old entertainer took the stage Monday night at a Philadelphia jazz club in his first

A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a classmate at a Texas high school on Monday had a history of aggressive actions at school, a fellow student said. The injured student, a 15-year-old girl, was airlifted to a hospital in Dallas following the shooting inside the cafeteria at Italy High School, which is in the small

An Ohio man who admitted he plotted to kill U.S. military members after receiving training in Syria apologized to his family and adopted country Monday before a federal judge sentenced him to 22 years in prison. After returning to the U.S., Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud planned to fly to Texas and attack the Federal Medical Center

Netflix once fought fiercely for net neutrality, fearing that its online video service would suffer if internet providers were free to discriminate against it. But now that it boasts one of television’s largest audiences, Netflix isn’t spending much time worrying about the demise of the government rules that once protected it. With millions of subscribers

The Trump administration announced Monday it was preparing to replace existing vehicle barriers along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico that officials call “an area of high illegal entry.” The notice published in the Federal Register said the area extends around 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of the Santa Teresa Port of

Puerto Rico’s governor announced Monday that he is privatizing the island’s government-owned power company following decades of mismanagement, corruption and blackouts. The surprise announcement comes as nearly 30 percent of power customers in the U.S. territory remain in the dark more than four months after Hurricane Maria. Gov. Ricardo Rossello said the move will offer

Some folks in Montgomery, Alabama really loved their local Taco Bell. So much so, when it was destroyed by fire last Wednesday morning, they held a vigil. About a hundred people came out in support Sunday night, paying tribute and remembering their favorite Taco bell. The owners released a statement last week thanking the community

Congress sped toward reopening the government Monday as Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations, relenting in a fight over immigration in return for assurances from Republican leaders that the Senate will soon take up the plight of young “dreamers” and other contentious issues. The vote set the stage for hundreds of thousands

Vice President Mike Pence told Israel’s parliament on Monday the U.S. embassy will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, receiving a rousing ovation as he pledged to barrel ahead with a plan that has set off weeks of unrest and thrown U.S. peace efforts into disarray. The plan to accelerate the move of

Some in the U.S. solar-power industry are hoping a decision this week by President Donald Trump doesn’t bring on an eclipse. Companies that install solar-power systems for homeowners and utilities are bracing for Trump’s call on whether to slap tariffs on imported panels. The solar business in the U.S. has boomed in recent years, driven

A 15-year-old student in Texas was injured in a shooting in her high school cafeteria Monday morning and a 16-year-old boy, also a student at the school, was taken into custody, sheriff’s officials said. The girl was airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas following the shooting in the town of Italy, some 45 miles

The number of legal immigrants from Latin American nations who access public health services and enroll in federally subsidized insurance plans has dipped substantially since President Donald Trump took office, many of them fearing their information could be used to identify and deport relatives living in the U.S. illegally, according to health advocates across the

I have completed six rounds of chemotherapy, and today, another chapter in my road to recovery as I battle breast cancer. I have started what’s called “adjuvant” therapy. Every three weeks, I’ll be getting a dose of a drug called “Herceptin” for a year to help suppress the cancer cells. In between that therapy, I’ve

The El Paso Sherif’s Office recently launched a new free spay and neuter program to help control animal population outside the city limits. From September to December of last year, EPSO officials said 266 animals have been spayed or neutered. “We’re very proud of this program,” said EPSO Commander Robert Flores. The program is meant

A roll over on Spur 601 Eastbound has shut down Exit 22. The El Paso Fire Department says no injuries were reported at the crash site.

Firefighters were called out to a fire in Montana Vista early Monday morning. Authorities on the scene told ABC-7 a couple was inside, but got out after they noticed the fire. The mobile home didn’t suffer major damage. Firefighters were able to control the fire and it didn’t spread to any other homes. It happened

El Paso Police Department officers are investigating an East El Paso McDonald’s Monday morning after one person was sent to the hospital in serious condition, according to authorities. The McDonald’s is on the 1500 block of George Dieter Dr. It is unclear what happened that sent one person to the hospital. More information to follow.

I-10 East closed at Mesa 9pm-6amI-10 East Mesa entrance ramp closed 9pm-6am I-10 West closed at at Yarbrough 9pm-6am Racetrack to Paisano closed 9pm-6am Paisano closed from Supr 1966 to San Antonio 9pm-6am Right lane closed on Mesa from North Desert- Osborne US-54 closed northbound at Hondo Pass 9pm-6am US-54 closed southbound from Sean Haggerty

The partial shutdown of the federal government has caused some closures throughout the Borderland. In El Paso, Chamizal National Memorial closed, and Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands National Monument closed in New Mexico, however visitors may still access part of the dunes. Ft. Bliss officials tell ABC-7 that those who work through a shutdown would

The government shutdown might only be days old, but the closure of Chamizal National Memorial could very well cancel the production of an El Paso play. “We thought for sure it’s not going to happen, and here, sure enough, at midnight on Friday, it did,” said Hector Serrano, the director of Los Desarraigados. “We are