EL PASO, Texas — Helen of Troy, the only publicly-traded company headquartered in El Paso, said it is laying off ten percent of its global workforce. Helen of Troy is the maker of OXO, Hydro Flask and other brand-name products. The company’s third-quarter fiscal report shows the company is starting a three-part global restructuring plan
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EL PASO, Texas — As the city decides a new location for the proposed downtown arena, many questions remain about the future of the Duranguito neighborhood and the historic buildings located in Union Plaza. City council voted Tuesday night 4-3 to move the proposed arena plans out of the historic neighborhood. The arena’s location and
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EL PASO, Texas — City council members will decide whether to continue with the planning of a proposed multi-purpose arena in downtown El Paso, or shift the funds allocated for the project to other areas in the city during a city council meeting on Tuesday. At that meeting, the council will review the results of
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ANTHONY, Texas — Authorities are looking for an escaped convict who went missing from a federal prison on Saturday morning. Christian Delgado, 28, went missing from the satellite camp that is next to the La Tuna federal prison. The satellite camp is a minimum security facility and currently houses 223 male offenders. An internal investigation
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police are investigating a stabbing in a central El Paso neighborhood on Christmas night. The stabbing happened in the 3700 block of Truman avenue. Stay with ABC-7 for any updates to this story.
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EL PASO, Texas — One of the popular events of the Sun Bowl Fan Fiesta, Battle of the Bands, has been moved from the El Paso Convention Center to Fort Bliss. The bands for both Pitt and UCLA will battle it out at Freedom Crossing on Fort Bliss on Dec. 29. The event is usually
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EL PASO, Texas — A pedestrian was hit and severely injured on the Border Highway on Saturday evening. Preliminary reports show that a person was hit in the eastbound lanes of Loop 375 near the Fonseca exit. That person had to be taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Traffic is being forced down to
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EL PASO, Texas — Brian Kennedy, Art Fierro, and Chris Canales have been named the winners in Saturday’s runoff election that will fill three city council positions. District 1 Kennedy, an attorney and former Director and CEO of the El Paso Coliseum and El Paso Sports Commission, has won the runoff election for the District
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EL PASO, Texas — Hundreds of migrants are staying at the El Paso International Airport overnight to wait for their early-morning flights, and city officials fear the numbers will continue to grow during this recent migrant surge. Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino said between 500 and 600 migrants were staying in the airport every night
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EL PASO, Texas — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be in El Paso Tuesday to meet with local leaders about the surge of migrants crossing into the Borderland. Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego will be a part of the meeting, but it is unclear where the meeting will take
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EL PASO, Texas — Mayor Oscar Leeser said he will not declare an emergency right now as more than 1,000 migrants crossed the border into El Paso Sunday evening, but he did say that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be in “late today” and there are meetings planned for Tuesday. Deputy City
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EL PASO COUNTY, Texas — In the aftermath of the resignation of El Paso county’s District Attorney Yvonne Rosales, questions still remain about Roger Rodriguez, a man who was considered a representative to the D.A.’s office and who is accused of intimidating and imitating the family of a Walmart shooting victim. The biggest question is:
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EL PASO, Texas — KVIA has obtained internal emails from the district attorney’s office that show assistant district attorneys, paralegals, and supporting staff reacting to the resignation of District Attorney Yvonne Rosales. The emails were obtained from an anonymous source inside the office. All the authors of the emails will remain anonymous to respect their
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EL PASO, Texas — The city’s health authority, Dr. Hector Ocaranza, said that all of the staffed pediatric hospital beds in El Paso are at full capacity as respiratory illness spikes during the winter and holiday season. Dr. Ocaranza gave the update during a city council agenda review. He updated council members on Covid-19, Influenza,
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Hoffmann says he believes Rodriguez wanted to use his family for his own benefit. He also says he felt threatened by Rodriguez. He says Rodriguez opened his jacket and showed he was carrying a gun while at a restaurant. He said he used it against his “enemies.”— Dylan McKim KVIA ABC-7 (@DylMcK14) November 30, 2022
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EL PASO, Texas — The District Attorney’s office has remained quiet a day after District Attorney Yvonne Rosales said she would resign from her position. The biggest question on everyone’s mind is who will take over the office once Rosales leaves? Currently, First Assistant District Attorney Salah George Al-Hanna is handling the duties and responsibilities
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UPDATE: Rosales has agreed to resign by Dec. 14 at 5 p.m., otherwise be removed by Dec. 15, according to ABC-7’s Dylan McKim, who is at court proceedings. According to McKim, Rosales has written a letter but has yet to send it to Governor Greg Abbott. Rosales retains her title until her official resignation date;
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EL PASO, Texas — One person was hit and killed by a car on Loop 375, and another person was injured, according to El Paso police. Police say the crash on Loop 375 westbound near Midway involved two vehicles and two pedestrians. The condition of the person who survived is unknown at this time. Fire
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city staff presented an update on the migrant situation to council on Monday, including the amount of reimbursements the city has received from the federal government, and the plan for the eventual lifting of Title 42. The city says it’s still waiting on $7.28 million of reimbursement checks from
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EL PASO, Texas — A visiting judge presiding over the removal case of El Paso District Attorney Yvonne Rosales has set a hearing for mid-December that will decide whether or not Rosales will be suspended pending a jury trial. Judge Tryon D. Lewis, visiting from Odessa, scheduled the hearing for December 15 in an order
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — New Mexico State Police say the 19-year-old University of New Mexico student, who was shot and killed Saturday morning, had devised a plan with three other people to “lure” a New Mexico State student to UNM’s campus to assault him. That plan lead to an altercation which left 19-year-old Brandon Travis
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Stonewall Democrats and other Borderland LGBTQ organizations hosted a vigil for the victims of the Colorado nightclub shooting that left at least five people dead and 18 wounded. The vigil was held at Upper Tom Lea Park at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday night. “We stand in solidarity with
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso district attorney’s office says two of the three audio tapes used in an ad litem report, the same report that accuses a “representative” of District Attorney Yvonne Rosales of threatening and impersonating the family of a Walmart victim, are altered from their original recording. The state made those
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AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott says he has invoked the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. and Texas Constitutions in a new executive order to fight back what he calls an invasion at the Texas-Mexico border. The governor sent a letter to county judges along the Texas-Mexico border to “assure” them the state was taking
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EL PASO, Texas — The defense attorneys representing the accused Walmart shooter have accused District Attorney Yvonne Rosales and her assistants of not complying with the legal process in a new filing in the case. The new filing from defense attorneys Mark Stevens, Joe Spencer, and Felix Valenzuela reads, “It is completely unexplainable why three
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EL PASO, Texas — Hector Saenz, 42, the general manager for The Reagan bar in downtown El Paso, was arrested by El Paso police and charged with accident involving death. On November 6, police say 25-year-old Kayci Deaundre McCrory was riding an electric bike in the far right lane of I-10 east when he was
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WASHINGTON D.C. — The Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection, Christopher Magnus, resigned from his position, according to a statement from the White House. President Joe Biden accepted Magnus’ resignation on Saturday night and thanked him for his service. “President Biden appreciates Commissioner Magnus’ nearly forty years of service and the contributions
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EL PASO, Texas — A scheduling hearing in the case to remove District Attorney Yvonne Rosales that was set for Thursday was postponed to early December after both parties agreed they were not ready for the hearing. Visiting Judge Tryon D. Lewis made the trip from Odessa to be in the courtroom in El Paso
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — A makeshift memorial was created at the intersection where two separate crashes happened over the weekend, resulting in the death of three teenagers and injuring multiple others. New Mexico State Police say a 16-year-old driver ran a stop sign while driving on Steve drive and hit a truck traveling on Angelina
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — One intersection in Chaparral, New Mexico has seen two serious crashes this weekend that resulted in three deaths and multiple injuries. Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Angelina boulevard and Steve street before 5 p.m. on Sunday night. Officials with the Otero County Sheriff’s Department could not be reached Sunday
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