EL PASO, Texas — On Monday evening, cars packed the parking lot at the Grace Gardens event center. Over the weekend, Grace Gardens also held a Quinceañera with more than 100 people in attendance. Managing owner Sandra Rodriguez told ABC-7 they are in compliance and are not breaking any rules when it comes to holding
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EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is sending an influx of liquor agents to El Paso to help local officials enforce Covid-19 guidelines with restaurants and bars. Officials with the TABC woudn’t say how many agents it was sending or how long they will be here. A spokesperson for the TABC, Chris
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EL PASO, Texas — The most recent surge in Covid-19 cases is pushing El Paso hospitals to their absolute limits and beyond in some cases. On Monday, it was top officials from University Medical Center telling city leadership that they’ve recently converted facility space to allow for more beds, going up from 260 to 342.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A California man was killed Sunday night in Las Cruces when he crashed his motorcycle. Prashanth J. Williams, 47, of Irvine, Calif., died from injuries he suffered in a motorcycle crash shortly after 10 p.m. at Campo Street and Arizona Avenue. Investigators say Williams lost control during a curve, struck
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The first nest of giant “murder hornets” ever discovered in the United States has been eliminated, two days after it was located in Washington state. The Asian giant hornet nest was found on Thursday at 4 p.m. local time by entomologists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) in the cavity of a tree
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces man has been arrested in the stabbing of a homeless man earlier this month. Valentin Nunez, 38, was arrested Sunday and charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. About 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 15, Las Cruces police responded to a report of a
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EL PASO, Texas — To fight the record-setting surge of coronavirus in the Borderland, Fort Bliss has instituted a curfew to match the one implemented in El Paso County. The Fort Bliss curfew runs from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily, just like the one imposed by El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego on Sunday.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico Department of Health reported nine additional Covid-19-related deaths on Monday, including two in Doña Ana County, as hospitalizations also skyrocketed. The two Doña Ana County fatalities were a man in his 60s who had been hospitalized and a woman in her 70s with underlying conditions. To date, the
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A longer look at “Selena: The Series” has arrived. On Monday, Netflix released the full trailer for the series coming in December. In the trailer, actress Christian Serratos (“The Walking Dead”) plays the Tejano star in various stages of her career, from the early days of her rise until her tragic death at age 23.
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EL PASO, Texas– An ABC-7 First Alert remains in place as the borderland remains under a winter weather advisory until Tuesday morning. Monday’s afternoon highs were much cooler than what the borderland experienced this past weekend. Temperatures are expected to get even colder overnight as a strong cold front pushes through, bringing chances for showers
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The mayor of Las Cruces issued an emergency proclamation Monday aimed at trying to help slow the spread of Covid-19 as the Borderland is experiencing a surge in cases.But unlike El Paso, the Las Cruces measure does NOT include a curfew.Here’s a breakdown of the latest restrictions outlined by Mayor
Continue Reading(CNN) — Senate Republicans voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday, a major victory for the President and his party just days before November 3, that could push the high court in a more conservative direction for generations to come. The vote was 52-48. Republican Sen. Susan
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – With school fully online, Las Cruces middle and high school students are failing classes at much higher rates than the previous year, according to data shared with ABC-7 by Las Cruces Public Schools. “It’s alarming for all of us,” said Superintendent Karen Trujillo. According to district data, more than 47
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UPDATE, Nov. 9: The Catholic Diocese of El Paso on Monday said it was extending the closure of church parishes in El Paso County until further notice. All the “suspended status” restrictions first outlined late last month will remain in effect, the diocese indicated. (See original report below for the list of those restrictions.) “By
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EL PASO, Texas — A Winter Weather Advisory issued by the National Weather Service remained in effect for much of the Borderland region after many woke up to their first snow of the season on Tuesday. The advisory was triggered by a major, early season winter storm that arrived in the Borderland Monday night and
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council met for a work session Monday afternoon and into the evening with an agenda dominated by coronavirus-related items in the wake of record-setting active cases and hospitalizations that prompted a nightly curfew to be put in place. A heat map shown during one of the presentations at
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A happy accident led to a Michigan man winning two $1 million prizes in the lottery. Samir Mazahem, 56, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, won $1 million twice after he accidentally bought two tickets in the June 9 Mega Millions drawing, according to the Michigan Lottery. Mazahem purchased his first ticket online using numbers that are
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It’s a late summer weekend in northwestern Michigan, and leaves have started to turn from green to shades of yellow and orange in the village of Luther, home to about 320. A mile or so off the main road, deep in the woods, a few people live in mobile homes parked atop a hill. There’s
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EL PASO, Texas — Three Borderland school districts are halting high school football games and other athletics for the time being amidst El Paso’s coronavirus surge. The El Paso Independent School District is suspending the high school football season through Nov. 8, according to the head football coach at Jefferson High School. Tony Martinez disclosed
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Cam Vuong laid off 10 of his 15 employees when he was forced to temporarily close his Chinese restaurant in March. When he reopened for exclusive takeout service in mid-April, virtually no one was even willing to order food from his business. “My god, the business dropped 98%. …It [was] minimal in the beginning. It
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — At least three people have died as Hurricane Zeta pounded New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast with heavy rains and howling winds before rapidly making its way through Mississippi and Alabama with strong gusty winds, heavy rains and dangerous storm surge. Zeta left a trail of destruction before turning
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The injuries continue to pile up in the NFL. Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is the latest player who will be forced to sit out with a season-ending injury. The team said that an MRI on Monday confirmed that Beckham, 27, suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during the team’s win
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, California — A fast-moving wildfire has forced evacuations for 60,000 people in Southern California as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes. The smoky fire in Orange County broke out just before 7 a.m. Monday and quickly threatened
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WASHINGTON, DC — Amy Coney Barrett has taken the first of two oaths she needs to officially join the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Senate confirmed Barrett’s nomination on a largely party line 52-48 vote shortly before Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to Barrett at an outdoor White House ceremony. Barrett is pledging
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday, deepening last week’s losses, as a troubling increase in coronavirus counts put investors in a selling mood. The skid came as doubts mount on Wall Street that Washington will come through with more stimulus for the economy before Election Day. The S&P 500 slid 1.9%, its
Continue Reading The near-Earth asteroid Bennu has been keeping our planet company for a long time. Bennu, new research suggests, has been in an orbit that brings it near to Earth for 1.75 million years. The study published Monday in the journal Nature. If this asteroid sounds familiar, it’s because the boulder-covered space rock was recently the
Continue Reading A singer and a rapper are tied for the most American Music Awards nominations this year. Dua Lipa announced the “2020 American Music Awards” (AMAs) nominees in three categories Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Additional nominees were then announced via the AMAs Twitter account, with singer The Weeknd and rapper Roddy Ricch both snagging
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An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect through Wednesday morning as an upper disturbance dives into the region and brings wintry weather to the borderland. Winds will increase this afternoon across most of southern New Mexico. Southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph will be possible with gusts up to 35 mph. Be sure and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced a record 1,443 new Covid-19 cases Monday, along with 118 delayed results, for a total of 1,561 added cases. Hospitalizations also increased to 853, which is a new record, with 180 of those patients in ICUs. Those numbers come on the heels
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