EL PASO, Texas– 911 call centers across the country are short staffed and strained. That’s the situation in El Paso, too. The volume of calls does not stop, but the ability to pick them up is becoming increasingly difficult. A shortage of dispatchers in El Paso could be leaving many of you on hold. ABC-7 spoke to
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UPDATE: On Friday, the Canutillo Independent School District released a report compiled by a panel that determined the controversial book ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir’ to be age-appropriate for high school students. You can read that report below. See an image of a poster showing pages from the book by clicking here. ORIGINAL REPORT: CANUTILLO, Texas– Another chapter in
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EL PASO, Texas — Roughly 600 additional Covid-19 cases reported on Wednesday represented the highest number of cases reported in one day since January. Then, Thursday’s caseload brought an additional 510 cases, ballooning the total number of active cases to 5,355. El Paso has not had 5,000 or more active cases since March of this
Continue Reading CANUTILLO, Texas — Some Canutillo Independent School District parents demanded Monday evening that the school board pull a book from the high school library because of its explicit content. The book titled “Gender Queer: A Memoir” is a 239-page graphic novel depicting the author’s journey of gender identity and sexual orientation. But some Canutillo parents say the book does
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EL PASO, Texas– Last Saturday’s football game against UTSA brought more than 30,000 fans to the Sun Bowl and garnered enough attention to be nationally televised on ESPN 2. Also in attendance that night was UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken, who spent time with ABC-7 talking about the vision for the university. Milliken is
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CANUTILLO, Texas– Some parents are raising concerns over one elementary school’s cleanliness in the Canutillo Independent School District. One parent told ABC-7 their child had to be moved to another facility after a bird and its droppings were found in a classroom at Jose Damian Elementary School. “My child couldn’t attend class today due a
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EL PASO, Texas –For nearly two years land borders between Mexico and the United States have been closed to all non-essential travel. Air borders between the countries, though, have fallen in a grey area – with private planes and chartered flights touching down everyday in El Paso. “This is a direct route and the closest
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners are rolling this year, off to a 5-and-1 start and just one win away from bowl eligibility. Now, the push is on from UTEP to score a big crowd for Saturday night’s football game against Louisiana Tech. “The UTEP fanbase has been damaged and I am not talking
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EL PASO, Texas– The U.S.-Mexico border may still be closed for all non-essential travel with Mexico, but with the reopening date quickly approaching it’s no longer just business leaders anxious to welcome the Mexican consumer. “The city of El Paso is ready, to again reduce those wait times help provide additional traffic control continue working
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Police Department is looking to ask City Council to raise its budget by $72,000 next year to allow the department to test marijuana cases at a lab. “Marijuana and hemp are very much so identical one of the only characteristics that differs hemp from marijuana is the amount
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — It has been a record setting year for the U.S. Border Patrol. From the number of unaccompanied children making the trek to the southern border, to the number of single adults apprehended, Border Patrol agents have had one of their busiest years in recent memory. A new trend has the agency
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EL PASO, Texas — Across the state of Texas, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to increase. With hospital bed capacity in the Lone Star state becoming increasingly thin medical experts are turning to another treatment in hopes of giving patients a fighting chance. Monoclonal antibody infusions are on the rise as a way to
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council is taking steps to monitor how storm water systems are operating in El Paso. On Monday in a unanimous vote, it approved a measure directing El Paso Water and the Public Service Board to give quarterly updates to council. City Rep. Alexandria Anello invited her constituents to
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EL PASO, Texas — Former football player Joshua Long says he’s considering suing the El Paso Police Department after he was tackled and subdued by multiple officers inside traffic court back in April. Long told ABC-7 that he went to court to pay a traffic ticket when an employee told him he was violating dress
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EL PASO, Texas — The county of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez are now in a race against the clock when it comes to the Covid-19 vaccine supply. El Paso will be forced to throw away between 4,000 to 10,000 vaccines if they cannot find anyone to get the vaccine within days. “It’s a lot
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego held a joint news conference Monday afternoon from City Hall to provide an update on the Covid-19 pandemic in the community. The officials said there have been no confirmed cases of the Delta variant as yet in El Paso, but there
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EL PASO, Texas– All across Texas, parents, students and teachers are gearing up for what will be the first full year of in person education post Covid-19. While many districts are taking different approaches, all districts are facing the same challenge, making up for lost time during the pandemic. “We did see some decreases from
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Jeff Bezos is poised to become the second billionaire to fly to space in the span of nine days, following the trail by billionaire Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew. The launch, scheduled for Tuesday, July 20 will be propelled in part by UTEP alumni. “Three quarters of the
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EL PASO, Texas — Much of the Borderland was hit hard and fast by a severe storm on Sunday nigh. Hurricane force winds were reported in some areas, as well as hail and heavy rain. The result now is downed trees and leaky roofs across the region. “Get somebody professional to check it out, maybe
Continue Reading UPDATE, July 6: On Tuesday, the maquiladora vaccination effort was underway at the Tornillo port of entry. El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego told ABC-7 that almost 1,500 shots had been administered to Juarez factory workers on the first day of the bi-national program. As many as 200 maquiladoras are participating in the cross-border vaccination
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EL PASO, Texa s– Five days of nonstop rain has left El Paso roads littered with debris from the monsoon storm. While highways like US Highway 54 and Interstate 10 have been cleared by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) crews, local El Paso roads like Dyer Street are all still left waiting. “It’s horrible. Being
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas counties on the U.S.-Mexico border that once dealt with the brunt of the load of Covid-19 are now outpacing the state vaccination rate. El Paso to date has a vaccination rate of 55.71% when dealing with those ages 12 and over, while the state is lagging behind at a vaccination
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EL PASO, Texas — Memorial Day 2020 left many stuck indoors as business restrictions were in place due to the outbreak of Covid-19. This year, with more and more American’s getting vaccinated, Memorial Day weekend felt more like pre-pandemic times. “It’s been amazing. We opened up the first weekend in May and already then it
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EL PASO, Texas– Nestled in Northeast El Paso, in the lot where Cohen Stadium once stood, now lies a water park for kids to enjoy. The water park features a lap pool, a rock climbing wall, three water slides, a lazy river and two splash pads, as well as covered cabanas. The park will officially
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EL PASO, Texas– The shelter at Fort Bliss meant to house migrant children, has El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar concerned for the children in it. “I spoke with kids on Sunday girls who have not spoken to their case worker in two weeks that is absolutely unacceptable, unacceptable they told me their sponsors had no
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EL PASO, Texas — More than 1.8 million people made their way through a Transportation Security Agency checkpoint at airports across the nation this past Sunday, which marked a new pandemic-era record. While these numbers are not as high as the near three million TSA saw on busier days in 2019, it does point to
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EL PASO, Texas– The border between the U.S. and Mexico initially shutdown on March 20, 2020, due to the rising cases of Covid-19 in both countries. The closure has now lasted well over a year, and there is belief that it may becoming to an end as the U.S. moves forward with a new sense
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EL PASO, Texas– The Texas “Constitutional carry” bill took a major step forward after an 18-13 vote by the state Senate ok’d the bill last week, moving it very near to becoming law. The vote came under party lines within days after a committee created to tackle gun legislation put the bill forward. While the
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EL PASO, Texas — It has been three weeks since 46-year-old Ricardo Moreno Esparza lost his life on Trasmountain Road and Loop 375, after the runaway cement truck he was driving crashed into a semi-truck – with the whole incident captured on video. Esparza was pronounced dead on scene, and since then a plethora of
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EL PASO, Texas — Nearly 800,000 complaints of suspected internet crime were reported in 2020, according to the FBI. That represents an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019, and reported losses exceed $4.2 billion. The FBI tells ABC-7 these crimes happened in different sectors, many occurring on social media. “One of the most
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