EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Monday, El Paso Fire Department confirmed to ABC-7 that 6 members from the Water Rescue Team were being deployed to Abilene, Texas to lend a helping hand to the water rescue efforts happening over the intense floods the state has experienced due to storms. Along with 5 other members
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Thursday only on ABC-7, extra perspective on the daring journey migrants make to get across the U.S.-Mexico border. In the close-knit community of Sunland Park, New Mexico agents grapple with the highest volume of migrant encounters in the El Paso sector. According to a spokesperson with El Paso Border
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In March and April, large groups of migrants allegedly rioted and breached border barriers near Gate 36 at the U.S.-Mexico border. Each group of migrants was arrested and charged with a Class B misdemeanor of Riot Participation. On April 22nd, a hearing was held where the El Paso County Public
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso native, Nancy Nave, had no acting ambition. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, but realized it wasn’t conducive to family life. Nave says, “I realized, I don’t know if I really like that or not.” Her husband, Jason
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This week, ABC-7 is profiling an El Paso actress who is now working to provide up-and-coming actors with business advice. Nancy Nave says she was the victim of theft by a former agent and doesn’t want others to go through what she went through. Nave, an El Paso native, works
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — The deadline for filing 2023 taxes passed on April 15, but for some New Mexico residents, the stress may just be beginning as state audits loom. ABC-7 interviewed a local tax accountant serving both New Mexico and Texas residents, who noted a surge in state audits. According to tax accountant
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In just about two years, a state-of-the-art 12,500 seat amphitheater will open in Northeast El Paso on the site where Cohen Stadium once stood. This project stems from a Cohen Entertainment District master plan by the city that was approved in 2018 by then-mayor Dee Margo and City Council. Now,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Emmy award-winning journalist Elizabeth Vargas was in El Paso today. She was the speaker for the 29th Annual YWCA Women’s Luncheon. She has accomplished so much, including co-anchoring “20/20” for 15 years, and serving as the co-anchor of World News Tonight, both on ABC. Stephanie Valle had the opportunity to interview
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Everyone knows that combat can lead to serious injuries — not everyone knows that combat can lead to wounds decades down the road. That’s why Dr. Felix Benninger of Rabin Medical Center in Tel Aviv is warning about future wounds. A neurologist, he’s especially concerned about epilepsy in later life, as
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – College football’s bowl season is still 8 months away. But earlier this week, representatives from the country’s 43 bowl games were in El Paso for the first time ever to discuss the upcoming season. The Bowl Season conference brought together bowl game executive directors and their staffs to talk about everything from
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — “I truly believe that we could stop wars and fights happening in the world with just learning how to listen.” 16-year-old Edwin Ortega is on a mission. He’s a sophomore at Burges High school and wants people to put the screens down and connect more with each other. He wants
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In late November of 2023, when UTEP was on the hunt to find a head coach to create a new era of Miner Football, UTEP Athletic Director, Jim Senter had a name in mind that would take the Miner Football program in a direction it has never been in before. Scotty Walden,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – April is National Donate Life Awareness Month. In the U.S., more than 100,000 people are waiting for life-saving organ transplants, according to Donate Life America. Sadly, 5,600 will die waiting for a new organ. Sunday night, ABC-7 Xtra explores organ donation. Guests include an El Paso woman who has received
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Will an El Paso man who has been on death row for more than 30 years soon fulfill his sentence? That was the question today at the center of a hearing in the County Courthouse downtown. Today on ABC-7 at 10 we will provide you with Xtra depth on the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — This special report provides an inside look at the perils that officers patrolling Las Cruces face on a daily basis. Watch the story Thursday, April 11, 2024, only on ABC-7 at 10.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Drunk driving continues to be a prominent problem on El Paso roads. The DA’s office told ABC-7 that they are committed to holding people responsible if they drink and then drive. John Briggs, trial division chief at the District Attorney’s office, said they want people to understand the consequences they
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The National Association of Realtors settle lawsuit with group of home sellers. ABC-7’s Stephanie Valle sat down real estate experts on how this could affect the change the cost of buying and selling homes in El Paso.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been over five months since the death of Nancy Limas’ young daughter. Now, the El Paso mother is turning her pain into advocacy. In September 2023, Nancy Limas took her 11-year-old daughter Jessie to the University Medical Center clinic in Northeast El Paso. Jessie had been complaining about extreme
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A car wash boom is sweeping the country, and there is no exception in El Paso. In recent years, dozens of car washes have been popping up across the region. You’ll find one on nearly every street, corner and part of town. These businesses offer drivers a quick, easy and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Current and former city leaders joined ABC-7 to discuss the future of the Multipurpose Center on this Sunday edition of ABC-7 Xtra. Former Mayor John Cook, who was in office when the funding for the project was created in the 2012 Quality of Life bond, was a guest of a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – An El Paso County media policy that was designed to limit access to public officials will be rescinded temporarily, according to county officials. The move comes after KVIA-TV and others raised transparency questions on behalf of taxpayers. The revised media policy was adopted by the court in September 2023, according to the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Cutting yourself is a common affliction shown in film, and is no stranger to many teenagers. It can also have serious consequences, and that’s why March has been designated as Self-Injury Awareness Month — a chance for everyone to learn the impacts of cutting. The Mayo Clinic says that many
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra honoring Women’s History Month. ABC-7’s Hillary Floren introduces us to four strong women paving the way for others in the same industry, and teaching women how to be their best advocate. Hear Arlene Gaylord, the highest-ranking Latina in the FBI; Executive Assistant Chief Zina Silva
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In this ABC-7 Xtra, Luis Chaparro takes us inside a Narco Junkyard in Juarez. Watch ABC-7 at 10 Thursday night to watch the full story.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra, co-hosts Stephanie Valle and Paul Cicala discussed a variety of topics, including El Paso’s Hollywood connections and Locomotive FC’s new season.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of the defense attorneys for a woman acquitted of murder in the death of her U.S. Army Captain boyfriend opens up about the trial and what’s next for his client. Nelson acquitted ABC-7 reported on Feb. 29 when Clevy Muchette Nelson Royster, 30, was found not guilty of murder,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso video game developer Xalavier Nelson Jr. has released a video game for PC and XBOX players titled “El Paso, Elsewhere.” The game takes place in a dystopia, where a man is fighting off monsters, demons, and eventually his lover Draculae, Lord of the Vampires, before she ends the
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