Month: June 2019

A Las Cruces police officer assisting with the investigation into a shootout earlier this week made a rescue that his colleagues say “no bunny expected.” Officer Josh Herrera discovered a pair of tiny cottontail rabbits perched “precariously” on a short concrete wall behind a Home Depot store while he combed through the aftermath of the

Police in North Carolina have arrested two teenagers after an El Paso, Texas man was found with at least one gunshot wound in his back earlier this week. Winston-Salem police say the two suspects, ages 13 and 15, are charged with attempted first-degree murder after 28-year-old Tevin Lamar Bonner of El Paso was found unresponsive

The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Mark Morgan, provided some details Wednesday on plans to execute an operation targeting families who have gone through their legal proceedings. “If you’re here illegally, then you should be removed,” Morgan told reporters during a call. “And in this case, that includes families.” President Donald Trump tweeted

A semi-truck went up in flames along Interstate 10 just east of Horizon City on Wednesday morning, producing heavy black smoke that could be seen for quite a distance. Firefighters said the tractor-trailer blaze happened along westbound I-10 near mile-marker 40. Lanes were reduced in the area because of police and fire equipment, so motorists

Family members are looking for an Arkansas man who disappeared in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara after a friend with whom he was last seen, they say, was found dead. Jessy Pacheco of Van Buren, Arkansas, was in Guadalajara to graduate from medical school, relatives say. According to CNN affiliate KSFM, Pacheco walked in

Lawmakers on Wednesday held the first congressional hearing in more than a decade on reparations, spotlighting the debate over whether the United States should consider compensation for the descendants of slaves in the United States. The witnesses at the House Judiciary subcommittee included actor and activist Danny Glover, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sen. Cory Booker

A northeast El Paso resident woke up to a fire in their home Wednesday morning, but managed to escaped unharmed and called firefighters. The El Paso Fire Department tells ABC-7 that a car in their carport caught fire — and it spread to the home. That fire occurred in the 5800 block of Marlin Drive

Teachers in the El Paso Independent School District will receive pay raises averaging 6 percent under a compensation plan approved by the school board on Tuesday night. The measure also increases the starting annual salary for new teachers from $48,300 to $50,566. The pay raises will take effect in August. Teachers’ union officials, for the

While most seniors at Eastwood High School were looking forward to their upcoming graduation, Garrett Calderon was getting the worst news of his life. The 19-year-old was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the lymph nodes of the body. Calderon was a pitcher for the Eastwood

Three Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education members targeted for recall filed for an expedited appeal Tuesday with the state Supreme Court, seeking to block a judge’s ruling allowing for a recall election. A statement issued by the school district confirmed the appeal of District Judge James T. Martin’s June 11th decision in which

Three Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education members targeted for recall filed for an expedited appeal Tuesday with the state Supreme Court, seeking to block a judge’s ruling allowing for a recall election. A statement issued by the school district confirmed the appeal of District Judge James T. Martin’s June 11th decision in which

The El Paso Independent School District board voted Tuesday night to approve spending almost $1 million for the Gene Roddenberry Planetarium’s new home. With the funding, the planetarium will relocate to the former building of the now-closed Crosby Elementary in northeast El Paso. The planetarium is currently located in the same building where the school

On Saturday, voters in Central and West El Paso decided who they wanted to represent them on the El Paso ISD Board of Trustees.Josh Acevedo won by four votes to represent the area that surrounds Austin High School, which is district 3.Freddy Klayel-Avalos will oversee district 6, which encompasses the schools that feed to Franklin

Jabbing at the press and poking the eye of the political establishment he ran against in 2016, President Donald Trump officially kicked off his reelection campaign Tuesday with a grievance-filled Florida rally that focused more on settling scores than laying out his agenda for a second term. Addressing a crowd of thousands at Orlando’s Amway

Half of the registered voters in Texas would vote to reelect President Donald Trump, but half of them would not, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Few of those voters were wishy-washy about it: 39% said they would “definitely” vote to reelect Trump; 43% said they would “definitely not” vote for him.

Commercial space travel is expected to happen next year, Virgin Galactic officials confirmed at news conference Tuesday at the Las Cruces Convention Center. With the announcement, the company is poised to be the first commercial venture to take humans up to space. Virgin Galactic is employing the first female commercial astronaut as the head of

Immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are being sent back to Mexico to wait for their asylum cases to be heard. But those cases are scheduled months from now, which leaves many immigrant families in limbo. ABC-7 has learned the Mexican Federal government is providing buses to immigrants who wish to return to their country

The top two appropriators in the U.S. Senate have reached an agreement on a $4.6 billion funding package to address the influx of migrants at the southern border that has been deemed a “humanitarian crisis,” according to three people familiar with the deal. The agreement between Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican,

Police have identified a man who was killed in a shootout that also injured three law enforcement officials in Las Cruces — and records show he has a prior conviction for use of a deadly weapon. An LCPD spokesman on Tuesday said 35-year-old Francisco “Paco” Tarin, who had resided in both Las Cruces and Roswell,

The number of children living in poverty has swelled over the past three decades in fast-growing, ethnically diverse states such as Texas and New Mexico, as the nation’s population center shifts south and west, a newly-released report on childhood well-being shows. The annual Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that 18%

Bill Barry, local marathoner and runner, died Sunday at age 77. Barry took up running on a dare at age 38. By the time he was inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008 at age 66, he had run nearly 49,000 miles and placed in his age group in 700 of

President Donald Trump is threatening to remove millions of people in the country illegally. In a late-night tweet Monday, Trump says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin the removal process next week. He tells his Twitter followers, “They will be removed as fast as they come in.” Next week ICE will begin the process

As temperatures rise in the Borderland, so do electric bills. “My electric bill goes up to $80 or $100 when in the winter it’s maybe $40,” said El Paso resident Doris Sandoval. “During the winter [I pay] $125. During the summer, about $275,” said another resident, Randy Friedman. Eddie Gutierrez, a spokesperson from the El

New details and video emerged Monday of a south El Paso dog attack that resulted in police shooting a pair of dogs. Officers responded to a report of dogs attacking two men last week in the 2100 block of Cypress, which is just down the street from Bowie High School. The men were doing construction

Texas Tech officials on Monday celebrated Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval of the state’s two-year budget, which includes $20 million to establish the Hunt School of Dental Medicine in El Paso. The school is expected to welcome its first class of students in 2021, making it the first in Texas in over 50 years — and

A person crossing the street was struck by a car and injured near a busy northeast El Paso intsersection Monday afternoon, authorities said. The accident happened at Sun Valley Drive and McCombs Street about 12:30 p.m. The victim was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, said Fire Dept. spokesman Enrique Aguilar. Police were

An Army veteran wearing a mask and carrying more than 150 rounds of ammunition for his high-powered rifle was shot dead Monday after he opened fire outside a busy federal courthouse in downtown Dallas, authorities said. Federal officers killed 22-year-old Brian Isaack Clyde after he approached an entrance of the Earle Cabell Federal Building and

A gas leak at a home in Lower Valley resulted in evacuations Monday evening of other nearby homes in the neighborhood, El Paso fire officials said. It took about three hours before Texas Gas Service crews were able to cap the ruptured gas line at 7327 Cuba Drive. A fire department spokesman said the evacuations

At least 50,000 American license plate numbers have been made available on the dark web after a company hired by Customs and Border Protection was at the center of a major data breach, according to CNN analysis of the hacked data. What’s more, the company was never authorized to keep the information, the agency told

Two key ramps which connect eastbound and westbound Interstate 10 to Ciudad Juárez at the Spaghetti Bowl will be closing nightly as construction crews prepare to remove parts of them to make way for new direct connector ramps being built as part of the I-10 Connect project. Traffic from westbound I-10 to Juárez will be