EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 viewers say it’s been almost impossible to get a Covid-19 test during one of the worst spikes in Covid-19 cases El Paso has seen. The City of El Paso said over the last week it has averaged conducting 4,309 tests per day. But despite that number, people report waiting upwards
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EL PASO, Texas– More than 200 days into the pandemic, city officials believe residents are still not following guidelines aimed at containing the coronavirus. This lack of compliance by residents is part of the reason El Paso has been trending in the wrong direction, officials contend.. More than 800 additional cases of Covid-19 were reported
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police want the public’s help in finding an armed man who robbed a convenience store of cash, candy and cigarettes earlier this month. It happened around 4:45 a.m. on Oct. 5 when a man walked into the 7-Eleven at 2000 N. Piedras in central El Paso, grabbed two bags
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso County man is in jail and another man is on the lam after sheriff’s deputies say they forced their way into a woman’s home and fired off a gun while trying to rob her. The incident happened on Tuesday along the 11800 block of Gateway East outside of
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Eastwood 30 Franklin 26 Austin 66 Bel Air 42 Irvin 56 Hanks 42 Clint 62 Mountain View 0 Cathedral 13 San Elizario 18 Crane 59 Anthony 0 Tornillo 6 Alpine 67 Balmorhea at Van Horn: Canceled
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso man has been arrested after threatening a federal officer with a large rock on the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo. Hilario Cadena, 40, was arrested by the FBI and Tigua tribal police earlier this week. In stemmed from an incident in August when tribal police responded to a disturbance
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Dona Ana County District Attorney’s Office is warning residents about potential scam calls or texts about their Social Security number or account. The DA’s office says the Social Security Administration may email or text you about programs or services but will never ask for a return call to an
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A former Sunland Park militia leader convicted of impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to almost two years in prison. Federal prosecutors said 45-year-old James Christopher Benvie received a sentence Thursday of 21 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release. He had faced as much
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Las Cruces police are warning residents that a big cat may be on the prowl in residential neighborhoods. About noon Friday, a homeowner near Veterans Park saw what he described as a dark-color cougar or mountain lion in a neighbor’s tree. Several witnesses watched as the cat jumped from the
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We had below normal temps today hitting 76 degrees where our normal high temp is 78. Don’t get used to the cooler air because temps are going to heat up. In fact, we could see record highs next week in the upper 80’s and low 90’s.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man has produced dozens of masterpieces on the streets. “Just because I’m sitting there dirty and scruffy and don’t have a car – you don’t know who I am,” explained Corey Boll, who calls his efforts “Starvin’ Artists Art.” “Don’t judge people,” said Boll, who frequents the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — As New Mexico continues to shatter records for new daily virus cases, Las Cruces hotels must implement new occupancy limits. “I’m not surprised with such an uptick in cases,” said Amy Miller, the general manager at Courtyard by Marriott Las Cruces at NMSU. “It’s a challenge and it’s something that
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The state of New Mexico and Doña Ana County each set all-time record highs for new daily coronavirus cases on Friday, according to state health data. It came on the same day that added restrictions imposed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, including a limit on mass gatherings and a 10
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Democrats are hoping to take back control of the Senate majority after Election Day, but to do that they need to defend incumbent Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, who’s facing a fierce challenge from Republican John James. For a state that was crucial to Donald Trump winning the presidency four years ago, Michigan is not only
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FABENS, Texas — The Fabens and Ysleta independent school districts will be part of a new pilot program involving eight Texas school systems to provide coronavirus tests with results in 15 minutes or less to staff and selected students, local and state officials said Friday. Fabens ISD said it would close its school campuses all
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives. Never in U.S. history have immigrants been excluded from the
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PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” against a history teacher beheaded in a Paris suburb Friday, urging the nation to stand united against extremism. Macron visited the school where the teacher worked in the town of Conflans-Saint-Honorine and met with staff after the slaying. Macron said
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EL PASO, Texas — A fellow Army officer who is the former girlfriend of a murdered Fort Bliss captain became the second person arrested on charges stemming from his death in fiery car crash earlier this week, El Paso police announced Friday. 27–year old Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster was booked into the downtown jail Thursday night
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SAN MARCOS, Texas — From Congress to the campaign trail and now to the classroom – former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke plans to teach at Texas State University in the spring. University officials told ABC-affiliate KVUE that they are finalizing the hiring process and plan to have him teach a class on Texas politics. According to
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — October 15 is Global Handwashing Day. The day brings attention the necessity of hand hygiene for physical health. “We know that the hands are where bacteria can stay for long time periods, and viruses,” said Dr. Armando Meza, an infectious disease specialist with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso. Hand
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Students and faculty from the Foster School of Medicine at TTUHSC El Paso are hosting virtual fairs to educate the public about the coronavirus pandemic. Workshop topics include an overview of the virus, COVID-19 testing, preventive measures and symptoms to be aware of. The first workshop took place in July.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The United States on Friday surpassed 8 million recorded Covid-19 cases — a milestone that comes as daily infection rates are rising, which experts say is setting the country up for a very difficult winter. The country has recorded more than 8,008,000 cases, Johns Hopkins University says. That total is likely a vast undercount, largely because of
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WASHINGTON, DC — The federal budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3.1 trillion in the 2020 budget year, more than double the previous record, as the coronavirus pandemic shrank revenues and sent spending soaring. The Trump administration reported Friday that the deficit for the budget year that ended on Sept. 30 was three times
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Russia on Friday rejected each other’s proposals for potentially salvaging the last remaining legal constraint on their strategic nuclear forces. President Vladimir Putin called for an unconditional extension of the soon-to-expire New START treaty, and the White House called that a “non-starter.” Adding an edginess to the diplomatic clash,
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PARIS (AP) —French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” against a history teacher decapitated in a Paris suburb overnight, urging the nation to stand united against extremism. The teacher had discussed caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad with his class, authorities said. The suspected attacker was shot to death by police
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EL PASO, Texas – This Saturday’s UTEP football game has been postponed after multiple players for opponent Southern Miss tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced Friday morning. The exact number of infected players for the Golden Eagles wasn’t disclosed. UTEP athletic officials said they were working with Conference USA in the hopes of rescheduling the
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Nathan Hrushkin has wanted to be a paleontologist for as long as he can remember, and the 12-year-old has already made a significant discovery. He found a partially unearthed dinosaur fossil while hiking with his dad this summer at a conservation site in the Horseshoe Canyon in the Badlands of Alberta, Canada. “It’s pretty amazing
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Enjoy the one day of fall-like weather, the above normal temperatures are back this weekend.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The British government says trade talks with the European Union are effectively over and the country must prepare for a no-deal break with the bloc, despite EU leaders declaring that negotiations will continue next week. The EU said at a summit in Brussels that it is willing to keep talking, but British
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed Thursday he spent seven days in an intensive care unit before recovering from Covid-19, and implored Americans to wear masks and take the pandemic “very seriously.” “The ramifications are wildly random and potentially deadly,” Christie said in a statement. “No one should be happy to get the virus
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