Why lithium-ion batteries found in many products keep exploding
(CNN) — Lithium-ion batteries, found in many popular consumer products, are under scrutiny again following a massive fire this…
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El Paso Job Corps students earn top marks in state welding competition
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Borderland weld-off was hosted by the Texas High School Welding Series and saw over 115 competitors. Six…
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Founder of indigenous beauty brand calls Las Cruces home, leverages store as hub to help others
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Prados Beauty is the brainchild of founder and CEO CeCe Meadows. The Army wife moved to Las Cruces from Arizona, where she’s…
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Guide to different types of bike lanes
Velotric compiled a list of some of the most common types of bike lanes in the U.S. and sorted them by how much separation and protection they…
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States where you are most likely to hit an animal
Stacker used State Farm’s animal collision study to rank all 50 states and Washington D.C. by the likelihood a driver there will hit an animal.…
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El Paso Fire Department sees largest number of female recruits
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– According to El Paso Fire Chief, Jonathan Killings, the fire service across the nation has always struggled to get women in…
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Popular Las Cruces brewery temporarily closed following kitchen fire
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico(KVIA)– — High Desert Brewing Company in Las Cruces is temporarily closed after a kitchen fire shuttered the business. The…
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Facebook revamps controversial moderation process
Facebook is revamping its “cross-check” moderation system. The program came under fire in November 2021 after a report from the Wall Street Journal…
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Job fair at the Plaza Hotel in Downtown El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park will be hosting a job fair today, March 3rd. The hotel is seeking to fill job positions in the food…
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Be Mindful: Breaking the teen mental health stigma in El Paso one click at a time
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– ‘MyFeels’ app is a mental health digital resource that is helping Borderland teens open up about their mental health. The app…
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Most Americans experience a traumatic event by the age of 16—here are common symptoms
Citing SAMHSA research and scientific journals, Charlie Health looked at how symptoms of childhood trauma manifest at different age…
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Wind, rain, and snow to impact the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Our ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather team continues to alert the public about an incoming weather system that will bring large…
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AMC movie theater popcorn coming to Walmart
You soon won’t have to go to a movie theater to snack on AMC’s popcorn. The nation’s largest movie theater chain announced Tuesday…
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US Postal Service plans to buy EV Ford delivery vehicles
The United States Postal Service (USPS) says its revving up its plans to modernize the nation’s largest federal fleet of vehicles. Tuesday the USPS…
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Nissan recalling more than 700,000 SUVs that can accidentally shut off while driving
(CNN) — Nissan is recalling more than 700,000 Rogue and Rogue Sport compact SUVs because they can be shut off accidentally while driving. Some model…
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House panel to vote on bill empowering Biden to ban TikTok
(CNN) — A powerful House committee is set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would make it easier to ban TikTok from the United States and…
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Mexican president says Tesla to build plant in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a plant…
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Supreme Court to consider fate of Biden’s student loan relief plan
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. This program is an…
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What to do after property damage from a natural disaster
Using a variety of sources, Westfield compiled a list of helpful tasks to complete after experiencing property damage from a natural…
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Notable weather events from the year you were born
Each decade and each year within them bear out their own unique weather events. Stacker consulted historical, climatologic, and other news sources to…
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Heavy winds damage Coas Bookstore in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The high winds that swept through the Borderland Sunday damaged many homes and businesses, including a popular Las…
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Could 2023 be the year offshore wind energy takes off in the US?
Offshore wind energy represents a fraction of U.S. electricity generation. That could soon…
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Western Playland season opener on Saturday in Sunland Park
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — On Saturday, Western Playland will open up for the first time after being bought out by Traders Village. For 60…
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The Ohio toxic train wreck was ‘100% preventable’ — but there’s no evidence the crew did anything wrong, investigators say
(CNN) — Federal investigators released a spate of new details Thursday about the fiery train derailment that spewed toxic chemicals…
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U.S. Rep. Vasquez hosting small business roundtable in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)— — U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman are in Las…
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More than 11% of Americans may not be receiving the mental health care they need, data shows
Sana cited data from the Household Pulse Survey weighted by the CDC to examine trends in who reports receiving the mental health care they…
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More Than 300,000 Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino Drinks Recalled
More than 300,000 Starbucks vanilla Frappuccino bottles are being recalled because they might contain glass. The drinks are 13.7-ounce vanilla…
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A look at global humanitarian efforts in the face of earthquakes over the last 22 years
Stacker looked at how the world responded to seven of the largest earthquakes of this century, outlining emergency response efforts and humanitarian…
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Amazon will require employees to return to the office 3 days a week
Starting May 1st, Amazon will require thousands of office employees to work in person at least three days a week. It marks the end of the e-commerce…
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Twitter to charge users to secure accountsÂ
Twitter is making some security changes. Twitter Blue subscribers will be the platform’s only users able to use text messages as a two-factor…
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