EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso has announced it will host nine community meetings intended to educate voters on the upcoming Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Facility ballot measure. City Council voted last week to send the ballot measure to voters in the upcoming November election. The meetings will be held
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso is addressing questions about the qualifications and professional licensures held by a finalist to be the next city manager. It surrounds Nicole Ferrini, who is currently the city’s Climate and Sustainability Officer. The El Paso Times reported Friday afternoon about a letter that was drafted
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today the ABC-7 family is mourning the loss of one of our longtime employees, Fran McNaboe. Fran McNaboe Through his 33-year career at ABC-7, he supported the newscasts behind the scenes. He worked in master control, programming, in the field as a photographer and live truck engineer, and for more
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ysleta Independent School District is the highest-performing school district in the El Paso region, according to new scores calculated with Texas Education Agency (TEA) data. The district received a score of 86 for overall academic performance and an 89 for college and career readiness for the 2023-2024 school year. This
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The borderland has seen 47 triple digit days and it doesn’t seem like a major drop in temperature is coming anytime soon. Enrique Duenas-Aguilar spokesperson for the El Paso fire department says so far this year there have been 21 rescues. The El Paso Fire department and Texas Park &
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This Monday, El Paso County commissioners authorized a University Medical Center (UMC) bond and five propositions for the County Quality of Life bond, all of which will appear on the November Ballot. The UMC bond totals $396.6 million and would expand the number of hospital bed and operating room capacity. The
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — El Paso City Council is set to conduct final interviews today with the four finalists for the City Manager position, with a decision potentially being announced by the end of the day. The interviews will take place during the council’s executive session. This is the last step in a selection
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EL PASO, Texa (KVIA) — As the Borderland continues to face triple-digit temperatures, one local instructor is teaching kids survival skills. Deanna Gutierrez teaches children what to do if they find themselves in the water unexpectedly. Gutierrez is a certified Infant Swimming Resource instructor. She is one of three instructors in El Paso. ISR is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Twelve students graduated from the Western Technical College (Western Tech) lineworker program Friday morning in a first-time collaboration with Workforce Solutions Borderplex and El Paso Electric. The graduates will now be able to enter the energy and utility sectors with the skills, knowledge, and hands-on experience needed to address the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– The Gene Roddenberry Planetarium has a new location, new look and some new benefits. Starting in September the planetarium will designate one Saturday a month for the public to visit and it is completely free. A schedule for which Saturday will be open to the public has not been released yet.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — I-10 East at Piedras is closed following a three-vehicle crash that sent one person to the hospital with serious injuries. El Paso Police says Special Traffic Investigators are investigating the crash. Police say the call came in at 2:26 a.m. Police also said a second crash also happened at the
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Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens is inviting the community to celebrate International Orangutan Day on Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18. Zookeepers and education staff will hold events including chat and stage activities, games, an awareness table, and more. Birthday celebrations will also take place for Ibu
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — MUTTS Canine Cantina will hold its first ever ‘Cars & Canines’ event on Saturday, August 17. This is an event that will feature a car show, live music, vendors, a raffle, and drink specials. MUTTS Canine Cantina is partnering with El Paso Animal Services to have dog adoptions happen on-site
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Attorney General’s Office on Friday sent a letter to Canutillo Independent School District’s director of communications demanding he comply with the state’s Public Information Act. This, after failure to respond to open records requests –and even the attorney general’s own investigators, according to the letter. “Due to the district’s pattern
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — The Humane Society of El Paso is hosting their 31st Annual Happiness Happens Here Telethon presented by Mark Worley, this Saturday, August 17 on ABC-7. This event is the largest fundraiser for the organization, all proceeds will go to help provide food, shelter, medical care and socialization services to the 4,000 vulnerable
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EL PASO (KVIA) — Fentanyl is a drug that’s killing people in the El Paso and Las Cruces area at alarming rates. As officers continue to crack down on drug dealers, more people who’ve lost loved ones to fentanyl are also joining the fight. ABC-7’s Paul Cicala caught up with Jennipher Talamantes Guerra, a grieving
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Update: 10:20 P.M. – El Paso Fire says all nine patients were taken to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries. El Paso Police report that all lanes are open at this time. No word yet on what caused the rollover. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — At around 8:40 p.m., El Paso Fire Department
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Project Bravo and private partners are working to with the County of El Paso to place solar panels that create drinking water from water vapor present in the air in underdeveloped parts of El Paso County. Project Bravo’s AguasEsperanza program currently has four sets of SOURCE® Global Hydropanels in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The new $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will help researchers on a new study. The grant will provide stipends to four graduate students throughout its five-year duration. Researchers at The University of Texas at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — KVIA ABC-7’s Borderland Crimes Podcast was one of the dozens announced as a winner of the 2024 National Edward R. Murrow Awards. The winning episode was produced by KVIA evening anchor Stephanie Valle and chronicled the Nov. 2023 execution of David Renteria. Renteria had been convicted in 2003 of the
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — Ensuring a healthy pregnancy is a top priority for expecting mothers and taking the right steps early are critical. ABC-7 spoke to Dr. Violeta Maldonado a OB-GYN at The Hospitals of Providence East Campus, who advises women to begin taking prenatal vitamins at least three months before planning for pregnancy.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– In an effort to determine if school campuses are following the Texas EducationAgency’s (TEA) Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (SAAH) an audit was performed on 5 campuses. The audit found a total of 55,960 unverified/ No note no call absences, which translates into a loss of approximately $3,245,546 in state funding. The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — City of El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser is set to hold a news conference Thursday to address the city manager selection process. This announcement comes more than a day after ABC-7 asked the city for clarification on that process. The ask for clarification was due to a selection committee member
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 26-year-old Saul Miguel Gutierrez and 21-year-old Kayla Nunez each pled guilty to two charges today: manslaughter and accident involving death. Gutierrez and Nunez were arrested for the deadly multi-vehicle crash on I-10 at Hawkins in 2022 that killed Raymond Barron. Today, Gutierrez and Nunez were sentenced to 10 years of
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Update: The City of El Paso just announced that it is appealing the ruling on the Environmental Franchise Fee. “The City will be asking the 8th Court of Appeals to review the outcome of the 384th District Court’s recent ruling,” a city spokesperson explained. The spokesperson adds that the city is optimistic the court will
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by Claudia Lorena Silva, El Paso MattersAugust 13, 2024 The El Paso Independent School District potentially lost about $3.25 million in state funding during the 2023-24 school year over unexcused absences and poor attendance reporting, according to an internal audit of five campuses. The overwhelming majority of the losses came from Franklin High School, which
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water is the subject of an article in the August issue of Texas Monthly about the water utilities efforts to diversify and expand the region’s water supply. Part of Texas Monthly’s “Who’s Wasting Our Water” series, the article focuses on EPW’s work towards increasing water recycling, event to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector says they have seen a recent increase in attacks against Border Patrol agents. The El Paso Sector has seen 66 assaults against agents this Fiscal Year 2024 as of August 9. Fiscal Year 2023 saw a total of 104 assaults on El Paso
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