EL PASO, Texas — The Salvation Army of El Paso’s Brass Band kicked off the nonprofit’s 2022 Christmas Campaign Saturday at the Cielo Vista Mall. The Salvation Army’s Christmas Campaign includes the iconic Red Kettle program and the Angel Tree program. The nonprofit said that music is a longstanding tradition of The Salvation Army, particularly
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man who plans to run across Texas from El Paso to Louisiana to honor his mother – whom he lost to a drug overdose on her birthday – began his journey Friday. Kenneth Anderlitch plans to run 50 miles a day and hopes to raise $50,000 to benefit
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EL PASO, Texas — A 4.9 magnitude earthquake took place Thursday near Mentone, Texas, according to the U.S. Geological survey. The 4.9 magnitude earthquake was felt just five minutes after a 4.5 magnitude earthquake in the same area. An ABC-7 viewer from Horizon City reported feeling tremors. This comes eight days after a 5.4 magnitude
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EL PASO, Texas — Eastwood High School Senior Maylee Godzisz will be representing the Borderland at the biggest parade of the year in New York City; The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Godzisz, along with many other dancers from across the country, went through a dancing boot camp this past summer to qualify to dance in
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PHOENIX, Arizona — Former UTEP head coach Sean Kugler was fired by the Arizona Cardinals after he allegedly groped a woman in Mexico City Sunday night. Mexican authorities were notified of the alleged groping, who then informed the Cardinals. Kugler was an offensive line coach for the Cardinals. He has been on the team’s staff
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s that time of year again when airports and highways across the country get a whole lot busier as people travel to see their families. It’s not an anomaly, it’s something we expect! On Wednesday at El Paso International Airport, just under 60 flights are scheduled to arrive, and about 55
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EL PASO, Texas — El Pasoans Fighting Hunger food bank saw long lines the day before Thanksgiving. People waited to pick up some Thanksgiving meal essentials including fruits and vegetables. They also gave away some candy to the kids waiting in line with their parents. Staff from the Food bank told ABC-7 that they are usually busy but
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EL PASO, Texas — If you follow El Paso Police’s Traffic Twitter account to stay in the loop about crashes and traffic you might expect them to steer clear of expressing personal beliefs publicly, but that is not the case. El Paso Police Traffic’s Twitter account has been liking tweets supporting right-wing beliefs. The El Paso Police
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EL PASO, Texas — The holiday season is the time for festivities, family, friends, and of course, the Salvation Army’s Christmas Red Kettle Campaign. If you have ever wanted to help your community by ringing that famous bell, now is your chance. El Paso’s Salvation Army said Bell Ringers are urgently needed for their campaign
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EL PASO, Texas – Ten local nonprofits received $75,000 in matching funds from Marathon Petroleum as part of the 7th annual El Paso Giving Day. The organizations offer programs in support of the environment and hunger relief. Bowie High School Garden, Celebration of Our Mountains, Eco El Paso, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food bank and
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EL PASO, Texas– Jose Pizarro’s 10-year-old son was playing outside his home when a Sun Metro bus and truck collided right in front of the 10-year-old’s view on Rich Beem Boulevard and Tierra Flores Drive in Far East El Paso. The boy was playing outside when he heard a loud sound, unlike anything he’s heard
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EL PASO, Texas — The migrant situation in El Paso is still a concern for the city. On Monday’s city council meeting, the current migrant situation was discussed. Jorge Rodriguez, emergency management coordinator with the Office of Emergency Management, went over how migrant encounters have gone up from late October to the first week of
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EL PASO, Texas – The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation with their compliance with performance standards. The Gold Seal represents quality represented by Emergence Health Network’s continued commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. In October 2022, EHN received an unannounced onsite review. The commission evaluated EHN’s compliance to standards in
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s district 6 representative will now be decided in a runoff election. The results were Claudia Lizette Rodriguez with 43% and a total of 5,977 votes. Art Fierro finished with 32% of the votes and 4,485 votes. Incumbent Lizette Rodriguez was looking for a second term while she faced Christian Botello,
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EL PASO, Texas — Incumbent representative Isabel Salcido, defeated two candidates new to politics, podcaster Richard Genera and retired federal law enforcement officer Felix Munoz. Salcido made it clear she wants to build off what she has done since 2018 and improve infrastructure in District 5 on the east side of El Paso, which is
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Update: Brian Kennedy and Analisa Cordova Silverstein will head to a runoff election for the El Paso City Council District 1 position in December. Kennedy received about 42 percent of the vote while Cordova Silverstein received about 25 percent. Since none of the candidates got more than 50 percent of the vote, the two candidates
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UPDATE: Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) wins re-election, projects ABC News. EL PASO, Texas — Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas Beto O’Rourke will end his Election Day in El Paso Tuesday. The O’Rourke campaign will be hosting an Election Night watch party at 6:30 p.m. at the Epic Railyard Event Center in south-central. O’Rourke
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua, Mexico — Daylight saving time changed on Sunday. Clocks turned back one hour in El Paso and Las Cruces but not in Juarez. Borderland residents who work or study on both sides were affected by the time change on Monday. Now, Juarez will be an hour ahead of El Paso and Las Cruces
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EL PASO, Texas– Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, and other public figures have recently made anti-semitic comments on their social media platforms reaching millions of people. El Paso Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman and City Representative Peter Svarzbain worry about how people on social media are interpreting these messages. Rabbi Zeidman said this is nothing new as the
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EL PASO, Texas — A local non-profit organization is continuing sending charter buses full of migrants despite the City of El Paso and the Office of Emergency Management ending their charter operations last month. The Annunciation House of El Paso continues to see migrants in need of shelter and transportation as they make the journey
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EL PASO, Texas — Earlier this week the Biden administration announced they are distributing $4.5 billion in federal assistance to help Americans lower their heating bills this winter. The funds are from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. LIHEAP funds are distributed to low-income families and help make home repairs to lower their utility
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EL PASO, Texas — Friday is the last day for early voting in Texas. Polls can be cast at early voting locations around El Paso until 7 p.m. Friday, but some locations close earlier. Early voting in New Mexico continues Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Doña Ana County Government Center’s early voting
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EL PASO, Texas — Democratic candidate for governor of Texas, Beto O’Rourke, stopped in his hometown on Thursday. O’Rourke visited a polling location at the University of Texas at El Paso on Thursday. The candidate made it a point to go after young voters. “Young voters are going to win this election and it is
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EL PASO, Texas — The 2022 Día de Los Muertos Celebration and Parade will take place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Downtown Arts District. The El Paso Museum of Art and the El Paso Museum of History will be among those in the Downtown Arts District to host Día de Los
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District is asking for feedback from parents about whether to bring back the “traditional” school calendar. Earlier this month, the EPISD Community Engagement Department sent an email to parents asking for them to vote on whether to return to the traditional calendar, or continue with the
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EL PASO, Texas – One of our ABC-7 employees noticed a northeast El Paso 7-Eleven with a whole new look. Instead of the orange, white, red, and green color scheme we normally associate with a Slurpee run, there was a new sleek black design! That store is located at the intersection of Fairbanks and Rushing.
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EL PASO, Texas — An official who works at the El Paso district attorney’s office is weighing in on the ongoing case dismissals. From August to September, close to 900 cases were dismissed after the DA’s office didn’t indict them within a certain time frame. On Monday, ABC-7 learned the county public defender’s office has
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EL PASO, Texas – In a deserted area in NE El Paso, the El Paso Radio Controllers meet every weekend to fly their various model planes. Each plane varies in shape, size, color, material, and level of expertise required to fly them safely and properly. But the men and women in this club are worried
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EL PASO, Texas — As temperatures get cooler and people begin to heat their homes, El Pasoans are reminded of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. Twenty-seven people, including children, were hospitalized Tuesday morning due to a carbon monoxide leak at a daycare in Pennsylvania Tuesday morning, ABC News reported. According to ABC News, a
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LA UNION, New Mexico — Eight consecutive days of rain were enough to affect businesses, farms and other things in our area. Last time we had so much consecutive days of rain like this was back in the 70’s with ten days. Now, area farmers are dealing with all the extra moisture. Harvest season is
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