El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)— Join EPWater in celebrating the region’s most vital resource at the 2024 Water Festival. This free event offers families exciting activities and educational opportunities on Saturday, September 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the TecH2O Center. Attractions include watercolor art sessions, water-related demonstrations and art activities, music and dance
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-September is PCOS awareness month. Dr. Ogechika Alozie explains that now is the time to spread the word about is condition and its challenges for women.
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-Jefferson High School, located in Central El Paso, is celebrating a significant milestone. This year, the campus will turn 75. El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego discusses how the community can celebrate the 75th anniversary. https://www.episd.org/o/jhs
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)— Soldiercon returns for a three-day celebration of comic books, cosplay, cars, and more. The event began in 2015 after the founder noticed the financial strain on military families wishing to experience local comic cons. The founder of Soldiercon, Carlos Molina, wants to provide a pop-culture convention that is friendly and welcoming to service members
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)- A former Texas beauty queen and Guyrex Girl spoke to ABC-7 about the realities of becoming the first protégé of “Kings of Beauty” Richard Guy and Rex Holt amid the 1970s. Jane Little Botkin shared her experiences that helped launch “GuyRex” into Miss USA pageant history. Throughout her book The Pink
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)—Meridian Medical & Associates, a local veteran and minority-owned clinic will host a Health expo to honor veterans in the El Paso community. Veterans. The expo will be held on September 7th, 2024, at Meridian Medical and Associates LLC, 1900 N Mesa Suite B, El Paso, TX 79902. They will also be
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)—Have you ever wanted to work for the FBI? Now is you chance. The FBI will hold a Diversity Recruiting event on Friday, September 6th, from 3 pm to 6 pm at UTEP’s Natural Gas Convention Center.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Meet Antonia Pacheco, a local student whose incredible journey from Mexico City to Juárez, and then to the U.S., highlights her perseverance and success. Antonia Pacheco Courtesy: Antonia Pacheco Moving to a new country at 12, Antonia faced language barriers but excelled academically. Antonia Pacheco in Mexico. Courtesy: Antonia Pacheco
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El Paso, TX, August 15, 2024 – The Alzheimer’s Association announced the launch of a new Dementia Care Navigation Service. The Alzheimer’s Association and Ripple, a dementia care specialist company, is a new service that provides personalized support for people living with dementia and their caregivers through their dementia journey. Dementia Care Navigation Service include:● A dedicated
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA-TV)—National Senior Citizens Day is the perfect opportunity to recognize seniors’ accomplishments and the influence they have on their lives. According to the American Presidency Project, President Ronald Reagan made the day official in 1988 with a proclamation. CNN reported that a recent census showed that 47 million seniors live in the
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)- It’s no secret that with the baby boomer generation reaching full retirement age, we’re seeing more retirements in the U.S. than ever before. As a record number of employees begin to exit the workforce, many are left wondering what will the true impact be? Investment Advisor, Brian Mirau joins us today
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA-TV)-A man in his 50s is dead after a shooting at Franklin High School. El Paso Independent School District officials say the officer investigated an incident on Thursday morning. ABC-7 spoke with students and parents who were at the campus when the shooting happened. We reached out to the director of clinical
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA-TV)- Immunize El Paso is marking the month of National Immunization Awareness by holding mobile outreach clinics throughout the city. Mobile Outreach Clinics: The three stand-alone clinics are at 1400 George Dieter 79936, 6292 Trowbridge 79906, and 513 W. San Antonio 79901. · 8/20/24 – Eastlake High School (13000 Emerald Pass Ave,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA-TV)—Memorias del Silencio will hold a release party at the Mexican Consulate in El Paso on Thursday, August 22, 2024, to honor its 15th Volume. Memorias del Silencio is a project that provides creative writing workshops to migrant farmworkers and their families finishing their GED at El Paso Community College. Daniel Rios-Lopera, the project’s director, stopped by ABC-7 at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA-TV)- The 2024 Harvest Wine & Music Festival returns over Labor Day weekend. The event will feature unlimited tastings of award-winning wines from New Mexico’s top vineyards, accompanied by non-stop music from some of the best bands in the state. With 19 winery brands representing 13 of New Mexico’s premier vineyards, attendees
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA–TV) The Paso del Norte Health Foundation launched its REALIZE Executive leadership experience with a kick-off event on August 15, 2024. REALIZE Executive is a world-class leadership development experience custom-designed by international leadership experts and Health Foundation staff for emerging top-level management within the Paso del Norte region. The new 18-member cohort was
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El Paso, TX (KVIA)T)- Raul Rodriquez and Maria Ramos from Lulac Council 9 join us to talk about an opportunity for local business leaders.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA-TV)-DisruptHR El Paso 2.0 is hosting an event to revolutionize your HR and business leadership mindset. This event challenges conventional thinking and fuels enthusiasm for progress; it’s also a great way to network with local business leaders. Attendees can hear from a compelling roster of speakers who are pioneering the future of
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — 12 Army sergeants major from Fort Bliss are being recognized by Penn State University this weekend. Officials said the sergeants major are graduating with master’s degrees in education that they earned online through Penn State over the past year. The group received red, white and blue military honor cords during
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EL PASO, Texas—The Veterans of Foreign Wars New Mexico Foundation will host the third annual v-fast golf tournament. Felipe Rodriguez and Joel Hixon joined us to discuss the event. If you are interested in registering for the event click here: https://www.visitlascruces.com/event/3rd-annual-v-fast-golf-tournament/2094/
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EL PASO, Texas—Registration is now open for nonprofits who want to participate in El Paso Giving Day on October 17, 2024. Nonprofit leaders from the Paso del Norte region are invited to Kick off El Paso Giving Day with a Registration Event at the Southwest University Park, WestStar Club, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.Participants will enjoy
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-Back to Troops season returns to the Sun City. It’s a time when leaders unite with current troops and welcome new Girl Scouts to the organization. If you are interested in signing up, click here: https://www.gsdsw.org/
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EL PASO, Texas—Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest will host the Lasso Up Western Dinner, Dance, and Fun fundraiser at the Las Cruces Convention Center on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at 6 PM. Proceeds from the fundraiser will fund Girl Scout activities and provide Girl Scout leadership programming. Click here for information regarding the fundraiser:
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EL PASO, Texas—The El Paso Fire Department signed a five-year contract with Air Methods to establish Fire STAR (Shock and Trauma Air Rescue), an air medical transportation service to enhance the community’s emergency medical response capabilities. Fire STAR will provide rapid air medical transportation, ensuring critically injured and ill patients receive timely and specialized care.
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EL PASO (KVIA) — The “Anything’s Possible Climber” is a featured attraction at El Paso’s newest, multi-million dollar, state-of-the art museuem dedicated to Science. ABC-7’s Paul Cicala was reliving his youth in a fun moment during his live shot, as he was on top of the “Climber”, and decided to take the slide to the
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EL PASO (KVIA) — “La Nube” is El Paso’s newest, multi-million dollar, state of the art museum. It’s located in the heart of downtown. Inside, there are a number of exhibits and learning centers (including one entitled: Fly High). ABC-7’s Stephanie Valle, Paul Cicala & Doppler Dave anchored the newscasts live from La Nube. Along
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA-TV)—As we approach the 5th anniversary of August 3rd, we commemorate the lives lost in the Walmart terrorist attack. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is hosting a discussion titled Remembering August 3rd: Memory, Trauma & Extremism to honor the victims. The panel discussion is for mourning, reflection, and education. By understanding the origins of extremism
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mutts Canine Cantina is offering a unique internship opportunity that pays $100 an hour! The selected intern will work Fridays and Saturdays for four hours each day over two weekends. Applicants must be 18 or older and submit a video showcasing their love for dogs to the Mutts Canine Cantina
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Since 2022, Johnathan Killings has served as the El Paso Fire Chief, bringing over 27 years of experience to the role. This week’s Sunday Funday moment is brought to you by Sarah Farms. His journey began at 19 when he applied to the El Paso Fire Department to support his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — TXDOT’s Jennifer Wright sat down with us on ABC-7 at 4 to talk about repaving projects in the Borderland, and closures you can expect for the week of July 29. I-10 Mill and Inlay on the west side has daily lane closures in various locations next week to work on
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