Texas Tech dental school breaks ground on new clinic in south-central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — The first new dental school in Texas in 50 years took a major step forward on Tuesday. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center…
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Deadline looms for El Paso landlords to apply for rent help for tenants hurt financially by pandemic
UPDATE, July 28: The deadline for El Paso landlords to apply for rental assistance to help tenants hard hit financially by the coronavirus pandemic…
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Annual El Paso Humane Society Telethon: Paw to paw competition
EL PASO, Texas — Instead of having an in-person fundraising event this summer, StormTrackers Nichole Gomez and Iris Lopez are doing something…
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El Paso reports 9 new virus deaths, 225 new cases
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced nine new coronavirus-related deaths and 225 new cases Tuesday morning. The…
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Anthony ISD implements unique meal service to ensure students receive food
ANTHONY, Texas (KVIA) — Nutrition is key to a successful start to the school year. With many school classes moving online during the pandemic, the…
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El Paso City Council votes to keep property tax rate at same level
El PASO, Texas — El Paso homeowners struggling finacially during the pandemic can rest assured their property taxes will not go up. El Paso City…
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Lower Valley residents get answers behind weekend’s muddy mess after hard rain
EL PASO, Texas — Residents in El Paso’s Lower Valley got answers Monday after their neighborhood became an impassable muddy mess over the weekend.…
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El Paso commissioners told of link between Covid victims and diabetes, high blood pressure
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso County Commissioners Court got a clear and detailed picture Monday on the link between Covid-19 victims and two of the…
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Humane Society of El Paso finds creative ways to fundraise during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — After closing its doors due to the pandemic, the Humane Society of El Paso had to find new ways to continue its annual fundraising…
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Ventilators are the ‘life support’ for Covid patients, but El Pasoans using them face grim future
EL PASO, Texas — “It’s life and death,” said Dr. Asad Omar with Las Palmas Medical Center. “Ventilators work by us putting a tube down the mouth…
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‘El Refinado’ seeks to give Borderland a refined dating experience
EL PASO, Texas — No question the Covid-19 pandemic can place a hardship on couples, making dating nearly impossible and putting a strain on even…
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El Paso leaders hold virus briefing, say park playgrounds are reopening & testing sites are extended
El Paso, Texas — El Paso city officials and health leaders held a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon to provide an update on the latest local…
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Horizon High teacher arrested by FBI on sex crimes charge has resigned
UPDATE: The Horizon High School teacher, Ricardo Ortiz, who was arrested last week in an FBI sting operation has resigned, according to the Clint…
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El Paso man charged in animal cruelty case, viral gun video is arrested yet again
EL PASO, Texas — A man, who has been arrested in connection with several high-profile cases, including animal cruelty, has been arrested again.…
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Paramedic hurt as ambulance flips over on I-10 in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — An ambulance flipped on its side in a wreck on Interstate 10 in east El Paso Monday afternoon, injuring one person. That ambulance,…
Continue Reading El Paso reports 6 new virus deaths; lowest single-day increase in new cases since June
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health on Monday morning announced six new deaths and 87 new cases across the county. The…
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‘The kids know we’re going through this too’: Clint ISD returns to school online
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Hundreds of Borderland students return to classes Monday, including those at Clint Independent School District. Students…
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El Paso man arrested in shooting during street race that killed 17-year-old girl in California
HOLLYWOOD, California — An El Paso man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed a 17-year-old girl watching a street race in…
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‘It’s not fair’: Non-Covid El Paso hospital patient transferred to nursing home Covid unit
EL PASO, Texas — After ABC-7 learned the several local hospitals are transferring Covid-19 patients to local nursing homes with special Covid-19…
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20-year-old Hanks High grad dies in car-semi crash in far east El Paso
UPDATE: Relatives on Sunday identified 20-year-old Rashon Peterson as the victim of Friday night’s deadly crash in far east El Paso. The family said…
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‘We’re on our way to no-kill here’: El Paso Animal Services working to reduce euthanizations
EL PASO, Texas — Texas is ranked number two in the nation for shelter pet deaths, but the state is making progress. That’s according to Best Friends…
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El Paso tops 13,000 virus cases as deaths rise by 3 amid growing ICU hospitalizations
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s coronavirus cases topped 13,000 on Sunday as the number of deaths grew by three more following the county’s deadliest…
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Mighty Mujer Triathlon cannot be stopped despite pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — Triathlons held prior to March of this year generally required athletes to be within close proximity of each other. But now in the…
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‘Happy to be alive’: El Paso great-grandma celebrates 100th birthday with parade
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso great-grandmother celebrated her centennial birthday with a parade her family will never forget. “Every year since she…
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State data shows El Paso area hospitals only have 8 ICU beds remaining
EL PASO, Texas — New data out Saturday from the Texas Department of State Health Services painted the bleakest picture to date of El Paso’s hospital…
Continue Reading Teen girl is El Paso’s youngest virus victim, among 3 new deaths to close out deadliest recorded week
EL PASO, Texas — A teenage girl, El Paso’s youngest victim of the coronavirus, was among three new deaths reported Saturday morning by health…
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Firefighters battle overnight house and garage blaze in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters battled an overnight house and garage blaze on El Paso’s east side. The fire broke out after 11 p.m. Friday along Rex…
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Virus patients being transferred from El Paso hospitals to nursing home ‘Covid units’
EL PASO, Texas — As space at El Paso hospitals gets tighter, ABC-7 has learned patients infected with coronavirus are being sent to two local…
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El Pasoans pack far east side parks amid pandemic, city says it’s limited on what it can do
EL PASO, Texas– Concerned ABC-7 viewers have called in complaints about far east El Paso parks being full of people on recent evenings. On the…
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Wet roads amid heavy rain causes multiple wrecks backing up traffic on El Paso highways
EL PASO, Texas — Rain-slicked roadways following up to an inch and a half of rain on Friday evening resulted in multiple crashes that snarled…
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