EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Population growth in El Paso county is slowing down. Previously, the area had seen double-digit percent increases in population every decade since the 1950s. But the 2020 census showed that growth cut in half over ten years, falling from 17.8% to 8.1 %. While the city of El Paso and surrounding communities are still growing now, El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — They’re in your couches and your loafers, but soon they may no longer be in your wallet. The penny has been minted in the United States for the last 232 years. It has a long history, with Abraham Lincoln’s image appearing on the coin beginning in 1909. The U.S. Treasury
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Travelers at El Paso International Airport are facing both flight delays and cancellations as airlines nationwide adjust schedules under new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) directives tied to the ongoing government shutdown and air traffic control staffing shortages. Hundreds of flights have been affected across the country through midweek. Here’s what
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Downtown El Paso has seen a lot of changes in recent history. From the tearing down of City Hall to building up of Southwest University Park in its place, and major real estate investments and renovations to reversals of plans for the Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Center at the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) —Born and raised in El Paso, Kaitlyn Bradham always dreamed of dancing professionally, but she wasn’t sure how she would accomplish that. The 25-year-old told ABC-7 she started dancing at a young age and joined several dance studios throughout the years. At Eastwood High School, Bradham was mostly involved in choir
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Across the Borderland, the concern over a possible freeze of federal food support has been growing. That’s due to a November 1st deadline for the announced end of funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or SNAP – by the USDA due to the government shutdown. That deadline has now arrived.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Burges High School senior, Ian Lujan is living his dream. Playing high school football was something others doubted he could do, but Lujan proved the naysayers wrong. Lujan is deaf and he relies solely on sign language to communicate. However, he didn’t let his disability get in the way of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit against the Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners over their approval of three ordinances related to Project Jupiter, thew new data center planned for construction in Santa Teresa. The center filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Empowerment Congress
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s election season in the Borderland, with a number of local and statewide items appearing at a voting booth near you. In Texas specifically, there are more than a dozen constitutional amendments on the November ballot. With early voting going on through the end of the month, voters are already deciding
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Elephant Butte Lake is at 3.8 percent of capacity – water that farmers in southern New Mexico and the borderland rely on to nourish their crops. If you have not been to the lake in a while, it’s terribly low. Frank Vilorio is a fishing guide who’s been working this water for thirty-two years – he said he’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The 2025 Amigo Airsho was canceled. Now, ABC-7’s Andrew J. Polk has Xtra depth on the impacts of the Amigo Airsho. Watch the story in the media player above.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –There’s a high desert space race happening around the Borderland. And local leaders and institutions are hoping to capitalize on the next generation of aerospace industry development in the El Paso and Las Cruces region. There’s a lot going on – between federal grants, building facilities like advanced manufacturing campuses, and space industry conferences
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso resident Chong Kim is speaking out about her experience surviving sex trafficking. The FBI says every 40 seconds, a child goes missing in the U.S., and many become victims of sex trafficking like Kim. The movie “Eden” from 2013, was written by Kim to tell her own story. Kim was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Lincoln Park in Central El Paso was damaged by truck drivers allegedly doing donuts on the grass. Residents in the area are not happy with the damages. “It makes me feel disgusted,” said Joe Cardoza. He is the president of the Lincoln Park Association and saw the damages on Monday
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In a 2024 report, the U.S. Department of State estimates that 27 million people worldwide are exploited for labor, services, and commercial sex. ABC-7’s Nicole Ardila sat down with Chong Kim, a Borderland resident who shares her story from being sold into sex slavery to escaping and surviving. Chong now
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The first full week of the federal government shutdown is nearing a close without a deal struck between Congressional Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C. to end it. Without legislation to fund the government, many departments remain largely shuttered with limited operations. Some federal employees are furloughed, with others including service
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Jose Rodriguez lost his leg in a motorcycle accident 12 years ago. He was able to get a prosthetic leg and his life is as back to normal as it can be. Now, he’s trying to pay it forward. During a recent trip to the Philippines, Rodriguez met a 13-year-old
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A new round of sweeping tariffs was announced by President Trump last week, aimed at enforcing “National Security purposes,” something borderland business and industry leaders say will not only raise prices, but also economic uncertainty as well. ABC-7 spoke with the national vice president of the Mexican Cargo Transportation Chamber (CANACAR),
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been just over six months since a shooting at an unauthorized car show at young park in Las Cruces resulted in 3 dead and 15 injured. The accused shooters – four young men, three of them under the age of 18 – are all set to stand trial as
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement ERO in El Paso continues to seek individuals in the country illegally, as well as those with legal status who have committed crimes in the U.S. According to ICE statistics, the El Paso Field Office conducted 487 arrests in Fiscal Year 2025, which ended last month,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its efforts to crackdown on migrants staying in the country illegally or those with a legal status who have a criminal record. ICE, along with other federal agencies such as HSI, DEA, FBI, ATF, and Border Patrol, among others, have joined forces since the
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For decades ovarian cancer has been hard to detect early – often going unnoticed until it reaches advanced stages. But new research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center could change that. Dr. Daniel Heller, Head of Cancer Nanomedicine Laboratory, and his team are using nanotechnology to create tiny sensors that detect cancer biomarkers long before
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As Major League Baseball’s 2025 season winds down, a new piece of equipment has been making waves at ballparks across the country: the torpedo bat. Designed to shift the bat’s sweet spot closer to a player’s hands, the torpedo bat has caught the attention of both professional players and youth
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Commissioners received an update today from the County’s Human Resources Department, stating they made 17 recommendations to the Tax Collector’s Office to reduce the backlog of vehicle registration transactions. Officials from the HR department explained that the recommendations addressed areas such as vacancies, retention, training, morale, and
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Update (September 29, 2025): The Calderon family confirmed that Florangela Calderon died this morning, surrounded by her children and husband. The family says that funeral arrangements are still pending. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Florangela Calderon, a beloved mother, wife, and EPISD’s 2024 secondary Teacher of the Year, was overwhelmed with emotion as messages of support
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, NM (KVIA) — On September 19th, Dona Ana County Commissioners voted four to one to move forward on Project Jupiter, a massive data center campus to be located in Santa Teresa. The vote was to issue $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds that will enable development of the project. Four data centers used for
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Artificial intelligence company OpenAI and technology/software company Oracle have included an unnamed data center site in “Doña Ana County, New Mexico” as part of an overall $500 billion investment into Stargate, OpenAI’s overarching AI infrastructure platform. In a joint release, the companies in addition to partner SoftBank listed five total
Continue Reading DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — The $165 billion Project Jupiter data center project is set to begin construction near Santa Teresa in southern New Mexico before the end of the year. But questions about how it will use resources, particularly water, are still of concern for some. As ABC-7 reported, Doña Ana county
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! has sparked a conversation on the relationship among TV networks, local TV affiliates and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Here’s how it works: The FCC issues licenses to local broadcasters like KVIA ABC-7. Local stations then enter agreements with networks like ABC, NBC, CBS,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Last Wednesday, Texas Tech Health El Paso held a groundbreaking ceremony for what’s being called a transformative facility that will deliver comprehensive, compassionate cancer care to the Borderplex. The Fox Cancer Center will be the first comprehensive cancer center to serve our region. Once completed in 2028, the center will bring together
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