Month: November 2018

Riverside High School is searching for a new head football coach after Tony Pallanez resigned, effective Monday. Pallanez was 9-21 in three seasons with the Rangers after he was named head coach back in January of 2016. The Rangers finished the 2018 campaign with a record of 3-7. Riverside principal Daniel Gurany confirmed the news

With this Cyber Monday predicted to be the largest online shopping day in United States history, how can you prevent package theft? “We want to warn all of our online shoppers to use all the precautions they can,” said Dan Trujillo, a spokesman for the Las Cruces Police Department. Trujillo had several tips for preventing

El Paso City Council is considering whether to allow electric scooters on public sidewalks. At a special meeting on Monday, City Council heard a presentation about the proposal and about the pilot program that launched in early October. Glide, an El Paso based scooter company, launched the service in downtown and other parts of central

KVIA is in a transition period as it migrates channels in its Las Cruces Translator due to an FCC requirement. The FCC auctioned part of the spectrum used by broadcasters to wireless carriers. More information on this auction can be found here. As a result of the auction, KVIA in Las Cruces is required to

Changes could be coming to the appearances of Borderland shuttles and taxi cabs, including a change to how taxi and shuttle drivers are dressed. El Paso City Council is addressing some concerns that have come from the El Paso International Airport. The number one problem being that passengers don’t know which vehicles are part of

A chaotic border clash with choking tear gas fired by U.S. agents left Central American migrants sullen and dejected, with some opting Monday to leave and others worrying the incident may have spoiled their chances at asylum. Mexican security forces stepped up their presence at a Tijuana sports complex where thousands from the migrant caravan

Special counsel Robert Mueller is accusing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of lying to federal investigators in the Russia probe, in breach of his plea agreement. Prosecutors say in a new court filing that after Manafort agreed to truthfully cooperate with the investigation, he “committed federal crimes” by lying about “a variety of subject

President Donald Trump is raising the possibility of starting “our own Worldwide Network” to counter news spread internationally by CNN. Trump said via Twitter on Monday that CNN “has a powerful voice portraying the United States in an unfair and false way. Something has to be done.” It wasn’t immediately clear what he meant. The

President Donald Trump is strongly defending the U.S. use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of migrants that included angry rock-throwers but also barefoot, crying children. Critics denounced the border agents’ action as overkill, but Trump kept to a hard line. “They were being rushed by some very tough people

An 81-year-old man charged with murder in the strangulation death of his 76-year-old girlfriend in a nursing home told an employee that she was evil and had to die, authorities said Monday. John Jensen was arrested Saturday at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bucks Hill in Waterbury. He was originally charged with attempted murder. Police said

Mexico’s northern border state of Tamaulipas is offering a $100,000 reward for information on the killing of two young members of a norteño music band. The band Norteños del Rio Bravo said Sunday that bass player Cuitlahuac Ruiz, 26, and accordion player Elias Hernandez, 25, were found murdered. They had been reported kidnapped over the

The military says about 300 troops who had been deployed in south Texas and Arizona as part of a border security mission have been moved to California for similar work. In a statement Monday, U.S. Northern Command says the 300 include military police and engineering and logistics troops. They were moved to California over the

To all the world, it looked like breast implants were safe. From 2008 to 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly reported 200 or so complaints annually – a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of implant surgeries performed each year. Then last fall, something strange happened: Thousands of problems with breast implants

As hundreds of migrants rushed the border in Tijuana, more than two dozen El Paso residents held a rally on Sunday afternoon in solidarity with the caravans headed toward the United States. “I want to raise my daughter in a perfect world where everybody’s treated equal,” said Jose Placencia, an El Paso resident who brought

Results released Monday show voters in Mexico approved all ten pet projects of President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a referendum questioned because of low turnout. Lopez Obrador has touted referendums as a way to give people power in determining policies, but critics say the latest process was hurt by the way the questions were

Democrat Xochitl Torres Small, who flipped a closely watched U.S House district in southern New Mexico, remains uncommitted on supporting Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House. EDITOR’S NOTE: In El Paso, newly-elected Congresswoman Veronica Escobar told ABC-7 she will support Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House. Torres Small campaign manager Brian Sowyrda told

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan says 69 migrants were arrested on the California side of the border after trying to cross from Tijuana to the U.S. during a confrontation where agents fired tear gas. He says nearly 1,000 people rushed vehicle lanes and went around the border crossing to try to get

Mexico looked set to shore up security near its border with the United States on Monday, and local authorities said that 39 migrants were arrested after a peaceful march devolved into mayhem when U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop some migrants who tried to breach the international line. Mexico’s Interior Ministry said

A fatal motorcycle crash happened just before 6 a.m. near Gateway Boulevard East and Horizon. According to Texas Department of Public Safety officials, Raymond Harley Saenz, 29, also known as the rapper “El dreamer” or “Tattd dreamz,” was speeding while riding a motorcycle on Horizon Blvd., traveling south, toward the Gateway intersections. A Department of

It’s the season of giving, which means it’s also the season of spending. Millions of Americans spends billions of dollars on shopping during holidays. That type of spending can cause some worrysome and stressful situations. Budgeting and planning for major spending is not easy. But luckily, there are experts who can assist with budgeting and

Texas Tech head football coach Kliff Kingsbury was fired today. Kingsbury had a 35 and 40 record over the last six years at the helm. He coached this years first overall NFL draft pick Baker Mayfield before Mayfield transferred to Oklahoma. He also coached Patrick Mahomes who is having an all star season for the

NMSU winning the WAC championship gave the Aggies an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. New Mexico State held a watch party for the team and fans at the Fulton center to see where they would be placed. The ladies will take on the Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Oregon. Head Volleyball Coach Mike Jordan said

A Juarez group held a forum on gender violence Sunday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The United Nations calls gender violence one of the most devastating human rights violations in our world today. Cd. Juarez, peppered with its pink crosses, is no stranger to violence against women. International Day for

According to the twitter page for Customs and Border Protection in San Diego, the San Ysidro Port of Entry is closed as Central Americans migrants try to cross into the United States. The closure happened after a large group of about 500 migrants broke through Mexican federal police barricades and began moving towards the border.

Steph Curry involved in car accident Friday morning: It was a scary Friday for superstar basketball player Steph Curry after his car was hit in morning traffic. The accident happened Friday morning as curry was driving along Highway 24 in Oakland. His Porsche was reportedly hit by two other vehicles. Officials believe the weather played

A family friend identified the three victims of a triple shooting at a home in northeast El Paso on Thanksgiving Day, and provides more information on the circumstances surrounding the incident. According to a GoFundMe campaign run by close family friends, a suspect broke into the home of the Salas family shooting the 58-year-old father,

Laura Avila, a woman who went into a coma after plastic surgery complications in Cd. Juarez, has died according to her sister’s Facebook post. “My angelic sister/second mom/best friend & Heartbeat left us today around 8:20AM,” wrote Angie Avila, Laura’s sister, on Facebook Saturday. Avila, who lived in Dallas, had traveled to the Rhino Center

Special traffic investigators arrested and charged 24-year old Joel Velazquez with Accident Involving Death for the Thanksgiving day hit-and-run death of Amanda Weyant (Ferguson), El Paso Police said. Velazquez was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility with a bond of $150,000. Friday, police identified Weyant, 28, as the pedestrian killed by the alleged

New Mexico State already owned one win over Liberty this season, but they couldn’t make it two Saturday on the road. Liberty defeated NMSU by a final of 28-21 to drop the Aggies to 3-9 for the year. After falling behind 17-0 in the first quarter, NMSU’s Jason Huntley took a kick-off back 85 yards

The UTEP men’s basketball team faltered down the stretch in an 84-78 loss against New Mexico at The Pit Saturday night. The Miners held the Lobos scoreless through the first seven minutes and change and took a five point lead into the break, but UNM outscored UTEP by 11 in the second half to grab