El Paso, Texas– ABC-7 First Alert for Easter Sunday. We will see windy conditions across the area, with the strongest winds expected over much of the Borderland. West winds will increase in the afternoon 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. East slopes of the Franklin and Organ mountains will feature the
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EL PASO, Texas– For many of us, finding household supplies like toilet paper and water can be difficult right now because of our current situation.Well, a few El Pasoans were able to get those hard to find supplies and it was all for free thanks to one El Paso man who wanted to spread some
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UPDATE 5/17/20: A 20-year-old man has been arrested by El Paso police and charged with felony aggravated robbery in the attack. Paul Carmona was being held at the El Paso County Detention Facility on a half-million dollar bond. Police said a Crime Stoppers tip led to his arrest. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas — Police
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – New Mexico State Police arrested a man in west Las Cruces who is accused of kidnapping and murdering his wife in Florida. Authorities said they found 43-year-old David Anthony walking his dog in west Las Cruces near Avenida de Mesilla and Hickory Drive. His wife, Gretchen Anthony, disappeared in late
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EL PASO, Texas — A Borderland neighborhood group has a history of caring for first-responders. The Coyote Park Neighborhood Association is currently looking out for their local heroes at Fire Station 37 in east El Paso. Led by their president Joe Martinez, the group raised money to buy what was necessary. “Overnight 500 bucks. I
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EL PASO, Texas — A medical group in El Paso is eager to show off an idea for improving IV lines and tube restraints in hospitals. The CEO of OTEN Medical, Ernesto Holguin, believes it represents an important weapon in the fight against coronavirus. It is the Intravenous Line and Respirator Tube Holder. The product
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A new report on the Trump administration’s missteps in the early days of the coronavirus’ spread into the US was published in the New York Times on Saturday, detailing new instances showing how President Donald Trump ignored the warnings of his advisers about the lethal infectious disease approaching America’s doorstep. According to the report, Dr.
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a ruling convicting an Alamogordo man of fatally shooting his ex-wife and her boyfriend in 2015. Terrick Thompkins, 39, was convicted in May 2018 of first-degree murder after fatally shooting Jessica Thompkins, 30, and her boyfriend Phillip Banka, 33, the Alamogordo Daily News reported. Terrick
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CARROLLTON, Texas — An 18-year-old Texas woman was arrested earlier this week after she claimed to be “willfully spreading” coronavirus in a series of Snapchat videos, Carrollton police said. Lorraine Maradiaga later told police she had tested negative for the virus, according to Carrollton police. Carrollton is about 20 miles north of Dallas. More than a
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The New York City Police Department has reached a critical point. The Covid-19 scourge has eroded the ranks of a noble department that weathered the Civil War, the 1918 influenza pandemic, the stock market crash in 1929, World Wars I and II and the September 11 terrorist attacks. In a department of about 36,000 sworn
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Public Health Department on Saturday evening reported 17 new cornavirus cases, bringing the county’s total number to 269, while the death toll held steady at two. “The number of cases has increased and will continue increasing, but we are grateful that we did not have to report any deaths today and we remain hopeful
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Internal Revenue Service sent out the first wave of stimulus checks to Americans on Saturday, the agency said. “#IRS deposited the first Economic Impact Payments into taxpayers’ bank accounts today. We know many people are anxious to get their payments; we’ll continue issuing them as fast as we can,” the IRS
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ROUND ROCK, Texas — A water tower in Round Rock was lit up in blue in tribute to essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Drone video supplied by the Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department shows the tower flooded in blue light, dedicated to “healthcare workers, first-responders and essential workers who are on the front
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(Editor’s note: Updated with comment from the city of El Paso’s public heath authority) EL PASO, Texas — More than 20 patients and staff at the El Paso Psychiatric Center are now being treated for novel coronavirus at the facility by the center’s health care professionals, and the remaining staff who are either not sick
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SANTA FE, New Mexico – New Mexico state health officials said Saturday that virus cases in the state continued to surge, as they announced one additional death and 86 new positive tests – including five of those in Doña Ana County. With the newly reported cases, New Mexico now has a total of 1,174 people
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With nearly 10 million Americans filing for unemployment in March, April 1 was always going to be a difficult day for US renters. Now we have an idea of just how difficult: Nearly a third of 13.4 million US renters, 31%, didn’t pay their rent between April 1 and April 5. That’s according to data
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More than 20,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the United States, which now has more reported deaths than any country in the world, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The US death toll on Saturday climbed to 20,283, surpassing that of Italy, which is reporting 19,468 deaths, per Johns Hopkins. At
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The death toll from novel coronavirus continues to rise in Chihuahua state with 16 total deaths reported on Saturday, 14 of those happening in Juarez. Among the deceased was a 25-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby boy just days before her death, officials said, adding that fortunately the infant
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VATICAN CITY — Easter offers a message of hope in our darkest hour, Pope Francis has said as he celebrated a late-night vigil mass in a nearly empty St Peter’s Basilica. The pontiff likened the fears of current times to those experienced by Jesus’s followers the day after his crucifixion. “They, like us, had before
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EL PASO, Texas — Coronavirus infections are five to six times higher in the hardest hit areas of El Paso compared to those with relatively few cases, an El Paso Matters analysis of public health data shows. Areas of northeast, central and east El Paso have the highest rates. El Paso public health officials have
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The Pentagon is executing its first project under the authorities granted by the Defense Production Act in order to produce more than 39 million critical N95 masks amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “On the evening of April 10, the Department of Defense received approval from the White House Task Force to execute the first DPA
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The top Navy admiral overseeing the virus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt tells CNN in an exclusive interview that he found some sailors “struggling” and “upset” after their commanding officer was relieved of duty by the ousted acting navy secretary who was forced to resign over the matter. The commander of the 7th Fleet, Vice
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Can we start a movement now to get Leslie Jordan a special Emmy or some type of recognition for how he’s helping us get through this quarantine? The actor known for his work in so many shows, including on “America Horror Story” and “Will & Grace,” has been posting videos on his verified Instagram account
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Can we start a movement now to get Leslie Jordan a special Emmy or some type of recognition for how he’s helping us get through this quarantine? The actor known for his work in so many shows, including on “America Horror Story” and “Will & Grace,” has been posting videos on his verified Instagram account
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President Donald Trump will watch Easter come and go this weekend without the nation “raring to go” as a new debate buds over whether May 1 is now the target date of revival. Instead of joining packed pews at his usual 11 a.m. ET service at the stone Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday were looking for two missing teenage girls, both believed to be runaways, and put out a public call for help in finding them. 15-year-old Iris Dominique Saldana ran away from her home in the 3800 block of Buntline Drive on March 25, deputies said. She
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NEW YORK, NY — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus overtook Italy for the highest in the world on Saturday, according to the running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The United States eclipsed Italy in reporting more than 20,283 dead. Italy reported a total of at least 19,468 deaths, per Johns Hopkins. Deaths
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas- Cooler air has worked its way into the borderland as a low pressure system begins to track east. We won’t see any moisture from the system, but the winds will crank up. Gusts expected at 35 MPH for today and temps topping off in the mid 70s. Easter will be another windy
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Over the past two weeks, the nonprofit group Tax Help Colorado has been on the receiving end of panicked emails and calls from low-income people worried about how to file a tax return so they can get their federal stimulus payments, which can amount to as much as $1,200 per person. Normally, Tax Help Colorado
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“Cover your face and don’t forget your sunglasses!” I sent this text message to my 36-year-old Asian American cousin, who lives in Brooklyn. She has been wearing sunglasses to hide her Asian traits when going outside during the Covid-19 pandemic. While most Americans are staying home, trying to navigate virtual work and worrying about paying
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