Month: April 2018

The El Paso Chihuahuas beat the Las Vegas 51s 4-2 Thursday night at Cashman Field in Las Vegas. According to team leaders, that advanced the Chihuahuas’ all-time opening day record to 4-1. According to stats from the team: – Eric Lauer pitched six innings and got the win in his Triple-A debut. El Paso relievers

A complete closure scheduled on the west side this weekend could stall plans for commuters. Starting Saturday at 7 a.m., Executive Center Boulevard will be closed from Paisano Drive to Rio Bravo Street while GO 10 crews repave the overpass and install lighting. Texas Department of Transportation officials said the road is expected to reopen

Former Democratic Congressional hopefuls John Carrillo, Norma Chavez and Enrique Garcia petitioned the State of Texas in March to inspect the election records of the Democratic Party of Texas and El Paso County, alleging fraud and claiming the results of the Democratic Congressional primary did not reflect “the true outcome.” The lawsuit filed against Democratic

Albuquerque voted to decriminalize small amounts of Marijuana Monday night. Is Las Cruces next? Mayor Ken Miyagishima doesn’t think so. “I don’t support it and I wouldn’t like to see it on council’s agenda,” Miyagishima told ABC-7 on Tuesday. The Albuquerque City Council voted to amend the city’s code by “making it a citable offense”

ABC-7 has obtained dozens of 911 calls, recorded over the course of two years, that show a history of physical and verbal abuse between a suspect and victim in a double homicide case. The majority of the calls involved disputes between murder suspect Cristal Cardenas and the victim, her now deceased ex-boyfriend, Mario Cabral. The

A live game show app is growing in popularity. HQ Trivia launched last August and already attracts millions of players each day. In order to play, you have to download the free app. There are two contests each day and you must correctly answer between 12-15 questions or you’re eliminated. Andy Martinez and Taylor Hines

LAS CRUCES, NM – New Mexico State University Chancellor Garrey Carruthers celebrated one of his last days as an administrator by painting the “A” on “A Mountain”. Carruthers, a graduate of New Mexico State, helped paint the “A” Tuesday afternoon. He announced his retirement back in August 2017. Carruthers decided to leave New Mexico State

President Donald Trump said Thursday he didn’t know about the $130,000 payment his personal attorney made to Stormy Daniels, issuing a firm denial in his first public comments about the adult-film actress who alleges she had an affair with him. Asked aboard Air Force One whether he knew about the payment, Trump said flatly: “No.”

President Donald Trump said Thursday he didn’t know about the $130,000 payment his personal attorney made to Stormy Daniels, issuing a firm denial in his first public comments about the adult-film actress who alleges she had an affair with him. Asked aboard Air Force One whether he knew about the payment, Trump said flatly: “No.”

The latest El Pasoan to die as a result of complications from the flu is a man in his 50s who had no underlying medical conditions, the City of El Paso Department of Public Health announced Thursday. The death increased the number of flu-related deaths in El Paso to 20, the health department said. A

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Trump’s comments to reporters on Air Force One were his first estimate on guard levels he believes are needed for border protection. It would be

Migrants in a caravan that drew criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump began packing up their meager possessions and boarding buses to Mexico City and the nearby city of Puebla on Thursday. The migrants had been camped out at a sports field in southern Oaxaca since the weekend. Trump had said they were marching toward

Migrants in a caravan that drew criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump began packing up their meager possessions and boarding buses to Mexico City and the nearby city of Puebla on Thursday. The migrants had been camped out at a sports field in southern Oaxaca since the weekend. Trump had said they were marching toward

Mexican politicians put aside differences Thursday to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to the border. “The attitude of militarization seems to us like just one more insult that we Mexicans don’t deserve,” said Ramon Galindo, the state government representative in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.

Tiger was Thursday’s pet of the week and he is available for adoption at the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley. If you would like more information on how to adopt an animal from the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Vallety, click here.

Police seeking to quell simmering anger over their shooting of a mentally disturbed black man on a New York City street released a montage of security videos Thursday that showed him minutes earlier thrusting a metal object that looked like a gun into the faces of several people – including a woman holding the hand

The nation’s chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the nation’s opioid crisis and save lives. Speaking at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta on Thursday morning, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams issued his office’s first national public health advisory in 13

Six democrats within the New Mexico Legislature vocally opposed President Donald Trump’s proposal to militarize the border. “It is a travesty, in my opinion,” said Angelica Rubio, who represents district 35. In addition to Rubio, state representatives Doreen Gallegos, Nathan Small, Bill Gomez, Joanne Ferrary and Bill McCamley took the podium. They represent communities around

Tossing his “boring” prepared remarks into the air, President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a fierce denunciation of the nation’s immigration policies, calling for tougher border security while repeating his unsubstantiated claim that “millions” of people voted illegally in California. Trump was in West Virginia to showcase the benefits of Republican tax cuts, but he

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Migrants in a caravan that drew criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump began packing up their meager possessions and boarding buses to Mexico City and the nearby city of Puebla on Thursday. The migrants had been camped out at a sports field in southern Oaxaca since the weekend. Trump had said

MountainStar Sports Group says The Name the Team Contest for the El Paso United Soccer League has been extended by 15 days, now concluding at 11:59 pm on Friday, April 20, 2018. “We are having fun engaging fans in the Borderplex with the team naming process. The responses we received to date are thoughtful and

The woman who shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters was prolific at producing videos and posting them online, many of them bizarre, such as a clip in which she removes a revealing purple dress to expose fake, strapped on breasts with the message, “Don’t Trust Your Eyes.” In others, Nasim Aghdam (na-SEEM AG-dahm) exercises, promotes

A former officer of a New Mexico-based defense contracting firm has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that solicited and accepted kickbacks for reconstruction projects in Iraq. Neal Kasper of Fairfield, Montana was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Santa Fe after pleading guilty to

President Donald Trump’s promise to use the National Guard to secure the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t a new concept and is something the U.S. has done in the past for varying reasons. Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama sent National Guard troops to the border when they were in the White House. And throughout

Authorities say a secretary for the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested and accused of embezzling $2,715 of bond money submitted to the office. The State Police says 35-year-old Sarah Moncayo of Santa Rosa was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzlement, tampering with evidence and fraud. According to the State Police, the investigation began

Virgin Galactic has conducted the first powered test flight of its new space tourism rocket. Virgin Galactic tweets that the spaceship named Unity was carried aloft by its mother ship and released over California’s Mojave Desert early Thursday. The company says the spacecraft achieved supersonic speed before the pilots shut down the engine and it

Social activist Dolores Huerta is slated to visit Albuquerque and lead a march in honor of her United Farm Worker union co-founder Cesar Chavez. The 87-year-old Huerta is scheduled Saturday to speak at the 25th annual Cesar Chávez Day Fiesta just days after PBS aired a documentary from Independent Lens based on her life. The

U.S. officials say they have not determined yet whether National Guard troops sent to the border with Mexico to fight illegal immigration drug smuggling will be armed. Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie told reporters at the Pentagon Thursday that it has not yet been determined how many, if any, of the National Guard troops

Houston police say a suspect has been arrested in last month’s fatal shooting of a man at a motel in an attack that also left two women wounded. Harris County court records show 28-year-old Cortney Antrell Byrd of Houston was being held without bond Thursday on a capital murder charge. Online records didn’t immediately list

A man says he not only thwarted a break-in at his Detroit-area home, he beat up and broadcast the burglar live on social media. WDIV-TV reports that Jonathen Abrams says he didn’t know whether the man pushing through a door at his Waterford Township home Friday night was armed, so he punched him. Abrams says