EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to a research team at Savings.com, and 54% of families will spend more than last year. Their research team surveyed more than 1,200 parents of school-aged children to better understand their families’ back-to-school burdens. The survey states 56% of parents are making personal sacrifices to afford their kids’ school expenses, with 8 out
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Contract bidding is now open for the Wyler Aerial Tramway’s revival. The El Paso State Delegation secured $20 million for the project’s initial phase. This includes improvements to the roadway, supportive infrastructure, shelters, hiking trails, an amphitheater, and additional parking. The delegation was led by Senator César J. Blanco, Representative
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — As the new school year kicks off at Ysleta Independent School District, parents and students are preparing for the transition back to classrooms. This time of year often brings a mix of excitement and nerves, with students facing academic pressures and social adjustments. ABC-7 spoke to Michael Enriquez, middle school
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Rescue mission of El Paso is a shelter for people who are homeless. They actively provide resources to residents to help them get their lives back on track. Teaching traits such as cooking allows residents to gain a sense of independence. One of the vocational rehab programs is Hallelujah BBQ.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today the El Paso history museum held a grand opening for their new exhibit titled “El Paso Homegrown: The Korean War.” The exhibit is the latest in the series that started in 2022. The history, culture and relationship between Korea and the United States are just some of the topics
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Oscar Hagelsieb, former Homeland Security Investigations assistant special agent talks to ABC-7 about what impact the arrest of a high profile cartel boss will have on the Borderland. Hagelsieb says in his experience, there will now be more violence on the Mexican side of the border as other cartel leaders fight
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Housing Opportunities and Management Enterprises (HOME) along with El Paso Community College (EPCC) will host the “EPCC Round Up” event on Saturday, July 27. This event seeks to provide resources and information to potential HOME students about the higher education opportunities offered at EPCC. The “EPCC Round Up” event
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s Border AIDS Partnership (BAP) will host their 5th annual “AIDS Walk Fundraiser” on Saturday, July 27. The annual fundraiser seeks to remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS and support those who currently live with AIDS. This event will take place in Memorial Park on 1701
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has obtained a complete hearing transcript of the first appearance of Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia before a federal judge in El Paso on Friday morning. He is noted in the transcript as having to use a wheelchair during the proceedings, and spoke only briefly. Zambada
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans report seeing a bright light in the sky, with some saying it’s a meteor. Daniel Paulus, is one of the many El Pasoans that experienced this rare sighting and here’s how he describes it: “It was a myriad of colors. A friend of mine said, I think it’s
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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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CNN By Emma Tucker, Polo Sandoval, Evan Perez and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The arrest of two leaders of the Sinaloa cartel in the United States on Thursday was organized by one of the two men arrested, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman Lopez organized his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. NAMI El Paso commemorated the month their 11th Annual Minority Mental Health Community Forum: “Self-Care for All; Inclusion & Diversity in Self Preservation.” It took place at the El Paso Community College Friday morning. NAMI El Paso said the event emphasizes the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA and ABC) — In his first ever appearance inside a U.S. courtroom, 76-year-old Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia required use of a wheelchair and spoke a total of 22 words, according to a transcript of the proceedings obtained by ABC News. The judge overseeing Zambada Garcia’s case, Anne Berton, read the
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EL PASO (KVIA) — As she glanced up with a look of admiration while still connected to medical devices alongside of her, 9-year-old Kareli Teran waved to UTEP basketall players who made a special visit to the El Paso Children’s hospital. They were part of a holiday-themed parade down the halls of the hospital, complete
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Gadsden Independent School District is in the process of installing advanced water filtration systems at multiple campuses around the school district. The systems are being installed by Waterhouse, a company based in El Paso. The new filtration systems have already been installed at Santa Teresa High School, Santa
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the El Paso Area Thursday from 6 AM to 9PM MDT. According to the TCEQ, atmospheric conditions are expected to produce high levels of ozone pollution in the El Paso area. Smoke from wildfires across the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For the first time in history, Southwest Airlines will ditch its open seating policy in favor of a more traditional boarding process. With the switch to assigned seating, the airline says they will “offer premium seating options to meet evolving customer preferences and increase revenue opportunities”. Southwest will redesign the configurations
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — A Borderland chef is gaining more national recognition following his second recent appearance on the Food Network. Chef Enrique Lozano was a participant on Tuesday’s episode of the cooking show “Chopped.” Lozano was named champion in the July 23rd broadcast of the show after putting his skills to the test
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health created the County mental health law plan (CMHLP) program, because they say the laws relating to persons with mental illness or intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) are complex and affect multiple individuals. The workshop took place Wednesday, July 24th from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. at the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s Border AIDS Partnership (BAP) will hold their 5th Annual AIDS Walk fundraising event on Saturday, July 27, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.. The event will be held at Memorial Park. BAP says it hopes to use the event to remember loved ones lost to AIDS and to
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The County of El Paso announced it will be hosting two free community cleanup events this coming Saturday in the Lower Valley and northwestern parts of the county. The county’s public works office will be offering no-cost disposal of unwanted items, with some restrictions on passenger tires, bulk trash, and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new type of scam is targeting El Pasoans via text. El Paso’s FBI office shared an example on x.com (formerly Twitter) of a message from “Texas Toll Services” threatening a $150 charge if the balance was not paid. https://twitter.com/FBIElPaso/status/1815741705754186047 Since March 2024, the FBI says it has received over
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D – TX-16) will not be attending the upcoming address to a Joint Session of Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him unworthy of the invitation to make it due to the conduct of the war in Gaza. In a released statement and a post
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — If you have seen an increase in your electric bill, there may be a reason. El Paso Electric attributes increases in bills are associated with more energy being used due to higher temperatures. Robert Heimer, director of customer care for El Paso Electric, says higher temperatures during this time of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — San Elizario Independent School District welcomed students back for their first day of the school year. ABC-7 spoke with several students excited to start a new year in the district. Today marks the start of the second year of 4-day school weeks for San Elizario ISD. Superintendent Dr. Jeanie Meza-Chavez
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County hosted the groundbreaking of the Fabens Airport Hangar Expansion Project. It happened on Tuesday, July 23rd at 9:00 a.m. at the Fabens Airport on 1611 Fabens Rd Fabens, Texas 79838. The County states they secured funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and from general funds for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso has put out a list of events being planed leading up to the fifth anniversary of the August 3rd shooting that killed 23 people and left dozens more injured, and sent shockwaves through the community. The list includes tributes the city is hosting along with
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by Robert Moore, El Paso MattersJuly 22, 2024 The man who admitted to the Aug. 3, 2019, Cielo Vista Walmart mass shooting is scheduled to be back in a state courtroom in September, more than five years since the shooting that killed 23 people and wounded 22 others. District Judge Sam Medrano has set a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso and the Downtown Deck Plaza Foundation invite the public to an open house community meeting to learn about the findings of the Phase I Feasibility Study for the Deck Plaza which will be over the I-10 in the Downtown Corridor. The open house meeting will
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