SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – ABC-7 Sunday Xtra travels to Hudspeth County, where officials report a significant spike in the number of migrant bodies turning up in the county’s mountains. Before 2019, sheriff’s deputies and Border Patrol reported discovering between two and three bodies a year. Now they are finding more than 20 bodies every year.
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EL PASO, Texas — If you’ve walked into a hospital and believe you are seeing fewer nurses or hospital staff, you’re not alone. Those same nurses are telling ABC-7 they see fewer co-workers working alongside them and have to pick up the extra load, many times to the point of exhaustion. Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra,
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EL PASO, Texas — An issue facing many borderland residents: getting tested after the holidays. This is not the first time you or your neighbors have faced this issue. We first saw long lines for Covid testing in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Back then, wait times were anywhere from three to five
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EL PASO, Texas — El Pasoans have witnessed the evolution of downtown El Paso over the decades. From a bustling, vibrant downtown shopping district, to the demolition of city hall to make room for Southwest University Park, and even to Borderland’s newest high rise – the West Star building. But there’s another possible project in
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EL PASO, Texas — Not everyone is a cat lover. In fact, several El Pasoans have recently been charged with animal cruelty for going after the four-legged furry feral cats with the intent to hurt, and sometimes kill them. To be clear, the difference between a stray cat and a feral cat is a stray
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EL PASO — Success comes with a cost and UTEP could be getting ready to reward the coach of its most exciting program now. After deep salary cuts, furloughs and layoffs during the pandemic, the athletic department is looking at what could be new pressure on its budget — but one the university is rooting
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EL PASO, Texas — Covid-19 deaths across the Borderland are down, as are hospitalizations. In El Paso, vaccination rates are almost at 77%, the closest we’ve been to what health experts consider herd immunity. That’s the good news. The bad news is Covid cases among children are going up.That could be because the Covid vaccine
Continue Reading El PASO, Texas — Storms like the ones the Borderland has been experiencing this month are all too common these days, with a deluge of several inches of storm water raging down roads and taking out anything it its path. What has happened this month was darkly reminiscent for El Pasoans of the 2006 storms,
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EL PASO, Texas — Now that the CDC says fully vaccinated people can remove their masks both indoors and outdoors, state and local governments are weighing in. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says municipalities cannot force you to wear a mask or they could face fines if they do. But El Paso’s mayor and county judge
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EL Paso, Texas — El Paso is one of the largest U.S. metropolitan cities without a law school, but that could soon change. Right now, Texas state lawmakers are working to try to bring a law school to El Paso. According to our news partners at the El Paso Inc., the Texas House of Representatives
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EL PASO, Texas — Covid has changed the way we live from he way we spend celebrations, like Easter together, to how the courts system has been impacted. You may have driven by, or walked by the El Paso County Courthouse downtown and noticed its been closed to the public Trials in El Paso were
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Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — On ABC 7 Xtra Sunday edition, viewers got to ask the experts questions they have about Covid-19, the vaccinations, the vaccine application process and the three-hour long waits at the line at the city of El Paso’s George Perry mega-vaccination site. One viewer sitting in line for an estimated three hours and 45
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — At a time when many El Paso families are struggling through the pandemic, ABC-7 Xtra Sunday edition gathered organizations to help families make ends meet. Whether it’s putting food on the table or helping families find jobs, pay utilities or even help small businesses, organizations are extending a helping hand. Sunday
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EL PASO, Texas — According to the experts, acts of cartel violence are on the rise. This past week, 14 Americans with dual citizenship were ambushed, leaving 9 dead and the vehicles they rode in riddled with bullet holes and torched. The latest act of violence happened in Juarez when as many as ten buses
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EL PASO, Texas — Two of the biggest stakeholders in the fight over the future of El Paso’s Duranguito neighborhood faced off during a half hour discussion on ABC-7’s Xtra on Sunday, Nov. 3. On one side was businessman and philanthropist J.P. Bryan, who is the financial muscle for preservationist Max Grossman, who is leading
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