EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Americas High School Mariachi “Los Pioneros” and Pebble Hills High School Mariachi “Los Guerreros” won the highest rating possible at the 2023 Texas UIL State Mariachi Festival. Each came home with Superior Rating Division 1 trophy from the contest in Seguin, Texas on Feb. 25. “They’ve put in a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Chapin Huskies historic season came to an end in the Elite 8 with a 54-47 loss to Mansfield Summit. The Huskies had made the Sweet 16 for the past three seasons and for the first time ever in program history they advanced to the Elite 8 with a double
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The human brain is unrivaled in its capacity to process information. Sure, we have days where our minds don’t feel as sharp. But the extraordinary 3-pound organ is still capable of things that supercomputers and robots can’t do. The human brain evolved to form billions of neurons, enabling us to learn
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to the American Heart Association, Vaping is the new youth tobacco epidemic with 1 in 5 teens vaping, approximately 3.6 million kids. The association said nearly half of youth e-cigarette users report using a device in school, and nearly half of kid’s want to quit. “.. so that’s why
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum is holding its 23rd annual Cowboy Days celebration Saturday, March 4th. The museum describes the event as a day of “culture, skill, and entertainment.” Continuous activities throughout the day include wool carding, spinning and weaving demonstrations, chuck wagon cooking, blacksmith demonstrations, craft
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Bempedoic acid may be an alternative for people who need to lower their cholesterol but can’t or won’t take statins, according to a large study published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Statins are the most commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs that help lower what’s known as the “bad” cholesterol,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Weather looking great for your weekend! After windy conditions and Thursday’s cold front, the weather begins to recover. Temperatures start to warm up reaching near normal temperatures for March. Temperatures warm up into the upper 60’s reaching 70’s into the start of your work week. Weather should remain quiet going
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By Patrick Svitek, The Texas TribuneMarch 2, 2023 “U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales defiant as he faces censure for breaking with Republican Party” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The
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Foothold Technology examined data from the Census Bureau and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to visualize how Hispanic homeownership rates have grown over time and the challenges they face in buying a home.
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN After enlisting the public’s help to find Elvis Francois, a sailor who survived weeks lost at sea off of ketchup and seasonings, ketchup giant Heinz has finally tracked him down — and plans to gift him a new boat. On February 14, the company published a call for help on social
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After seven games and no wins the Aggies were seemingly restarting their season on Friday night after head coach Mike Kirby was fired on Thursday. Interim coach Keith Zuniga hoping to get his first win at the helm and help the Aggies to their first win of the season but
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Stacker compiled a list of the largest exports from Texas in 2022 using data from the Census Bureau.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Both Centennial and Las Cruces High School girls basketball teams are moving on to the state quarterfinals. Las Cruces seeded 7th, hosted a 10th seeded Clovis. The game was tied at 18 at the half but the Bulldawgs turned things up another gear in the second half and got the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — An Organ Mountain High School band teacher was arrested Thursday. He’s charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The teacher is identified as 40-year-old Valentino Leyba. According to documents obtained by ABC-7, Leyba had three students over
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Wichita Falls, Texas – Chapin’s historic run in the Class 5A playoffs continues. The Huskies punched their ticket to the Elite 8, and is now just one win away from advancing to the Final Four. Friday in Wichita Falls, TX the Huskies defeated Fort Worth Wyatt in double overtime by a final score of 69-68.
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN With the third anniversary of the Covid-19 outbreak, the secondary pandemic of hunger still looms for many Americans. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service, nearly 34 million people in the US live in food-insecure households. It’s a figure that just scratches the surface according to Claire
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Snow fell all over the Borderland Thursday. Some people saw more than others. The snow was recorded as a trace. ABC-7 chief meteorologist Doppler Dave Speelman brings you Xtra perspective on what that means.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Facundo Chavez appeared in court Friday afternoon with his attorneys. Chavez is accused of murdering El Paso Sherrif’s Deputy Peter Herrera back in March 2019. He faces a capital murder charge. His lawyers discussed the possibility of dismissing the case, but the judge denied the motion. Chavez’s lawyers asked the
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN This had been a quiet little town of about 4,700 people nestled in the rolling hills of Northeast Ohio. A sign posted on State Road 14 welcomes visitors to East Palestine, “the place to be.” But for the past month, ever since a freight train derailed and caught fire, the town
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN New Yorkers’ beloved owl, Flaco, escaped from his Central Park Zoo enclosure a month ago. After eluding various rescue attempts, Flaco has settled in quite nicely to his new expansive home — and he might just be there to stay. The Eurasian eagle-owl’s enclosure was vandalized on February 2, allowing the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — It’s been nearly three weeks since Chancellor Dan Arvizu suspended the NMSU men’s basketball program. Since then, we’ve seen the firing of the then-head coach Greg Heiar, several players leaving the program and former commits going back on the market. But a lot is still set to transpire as
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball plays at No. 24 Middle Tennessee on Saturday at 1 p.m. MT/2 p.m. CT in the final game of the regular season for both sides. The Lady Raiders (24-4, 17-2 C-USA) have secured the Conference USA regular season title and the No. 1 seed into the tournament. The
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Temps will climb to the upper 60’s Saturday and low 70’s Sunday. The winds will be SW generally around 5-15 with gusts no stronger than 25 mph. The wind is expected to pick up later next week with rain chances arriving later in the week.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — He’s known worldwide, but more importantly, Grammy-award-winning Zuill Bailey makes no secret about calling the Borderland home. It’s been said that human heartstrings hold the deepest emotions or affections. Listening to Zuill Bailey play, you get the sense this Grammy-award-winning cellist masterfully transforms these cello strings into heartstrings, stimulating the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Inc. has named Woody and Gayle Hunt 2022 El Pasoans of the Year. Few El Pasoans have given more to the enrichment of the Borderland than Woody and Gayle Hunt. In 2010, the Hunt Family Foundation donated $10 million to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
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American basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, also known as Coach K, gives his prediction on this year’s NCAA March Madness Final Four teams. Watch Chris Wallace’s interview with Coach K Sunday March 5 at 7pm ET on CNN or on HBO Max.
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes punctata, which belongs to a family of insects that predates the dinosaurs. Michael Skvarla, director of Pennsylvania State University’s Insect Identification Lab, spotted the Jurassic-era creature, otherwise known as a giant lacewing,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at terror attacks involving vehicles used as deadly weapons by radicalized individuals or terror groups. Facts Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch encouraged its Western recruits to use trucks as weapons. A 2010 webzine article, “The Ultimate Mowing Machine,” called for deploying a pickup truck as a “mowing machine, not
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EL PASO, Texas — The University of Texas of El Paso is hosting it’s free Borderland Chopin Piano Festival and Competition. The festival will host masterclasses, lectures, and a piano competition for students from El Paso, Las Cruces, Ciudad Luarez, and Chihuahua. There will also will also be a free concert by Polish pianist Magdalena
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)– — Police in Las Cruces have arrested a man they say robbed someone at gunpoint outside a popular shopping mall, before fleeing with the victim’s vehicle and dog that was in the back seat. The crime happened on February 19 outside the Ross and Marshalls along Lohman Avenue. Police say
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