EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — At its meeting today, El Paso City Council adopted its Fiscal Year 2026 budget and established a new property tax rate. A city spokesperson says that the rate is the lowest in ten years, standing at $0.759649 per $100 of property value. The city says it expects to reduce its
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Proposed ordinance change could make it easier for El Paso residents to build casitas and add affordable housing units by Elida S. Perez August 19, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. The city wants to address a housing shortage in the city’s urban core by loosening restrictions
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has obtained documents detailing the cause of February’s Sun Metro facility explosion that killed two people. Another 11 people were injured in the explosion, according to investigators. The document, compiled by investigators with the El Paso Fire Marshal’s Office, states the explosion was caused by “a compressed natural gas
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – The Paso del Norte Health Foundation and United Way of El Paso County are collaborating to empower local nonprofit organizations. Laura Falco, Director of Marketing and Engagement, explains what board training is and how one can get involved.
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Cathedral High School returns to school this year, now marking 100 years since opening its doors. ABC-7 joined them Tuesday morning as part of our back-to-coverage. Cathedral High School will be highlighting their football team and swimming team, which has won 37 State Championships for Swimming. The school’s first football game will be on Aug.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Commissioners approved a property tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year at today’s meeting. The commissioners agreed to implement the tax rate that was in place two years ago. The “2024 Tax Rate” was $0.458889 per $100 of property value. This year, the “2025 Tax Rate,” had
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by Claudia Lorena Silva August 18, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. School districts throughout El Paso County, with one exception, made improvements in the Texas Education Agency’s A-F Accountability rating system last school year, the agency revealed Friday after releasing scores for 2024 and 2025. The El Paso,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department just released body camera video of the death of Xavier Hernandez. Officers tased Hernandez while he was standing on I-10 East near the Yarbrough exit on July 13, 2025. Hernandez died after the incident. ABC-7 obtained the video, which contains graphic images of the incident,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Portillo’s, the iconic Chicago-style restaurant chain known for its Italian beef, Chicago dogs, and famous chocolate cake is opening its first-ever restaurant in El Paso The new restaurant will be located at the corner of Montana Ave. and Loop 375 at Montana Commons and offer seating for about 120 guests
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Electric customers in Texas will get a credit on their next three monthly bills. A spokesperson for the electric company says that the average residential customer will get a $9.61 credit for September and October and a $5.42 credit for November. The refunds will be reflected in your
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Watch Congresswoman Escobar’s Press Conference here: FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar spoke to members of the press Monday morning after her “oversight visit” to Camp East Montana, the largest migrant detention center in the United States. The East Montana site, operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), began receiving detainees on
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UPDATE: According to El Paso Police, the motorcyclist that was airlifted to the hospital with life threatening injuries has been identified as 23-year-old, Luis Compeon Gallegos. At this point in the investigation, officials have revealed that a car driven by 26-year-old, Shawn Simeona, was “driving north bound and made a U-turn on Mesa and it
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CANUTILLO, Texas (KVIA)— Thursday marked the end of the chapter at Canutillo ISD. The police department’s very first K-9 retired. Officer Alis, a 9-year-old Belgian Malinois, had been with the district for the past seven years. She specialized in detecting weapons and narcotics. The officer has become like an extended family member for many within
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Hundreds are without water service in Northeast El Paso, according to the El Paso Water Outage map. The utility says it is impacting the Mesquite Hills area near Fort Bliss. The outage map says the impact severity is high, with anywhere from 500 to 999 customers being impacted. ABC-7 has
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UPDATE: A family of five face a total loss in a house fire in Far East El Paso on Monday morning. The following fire departments were on the scene responding to the fire: El Paso, Socorro, Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, Tribal, Fire Marshal, and Horizon City. The American Red Cross also responded to the displaced
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA)– According to ICE’s Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss, Texas, is a short-term, soft-sided federal detention facility for housing migrants who are in removal proceedings or who have final orders of removal. The facility currently has an operating capacity of 1,000, but the capability to expand to 5,000 beds. Protesters gathered outside Fort Bliss, calling for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– 49-year-old Suzano Carrillo Jr has suffered from kidney disease for 10 years. With his kidney only functioning at 8%, Suzano was in desperate need of a transplant. Not wanting his father to suffer anymore, Isaiah Carrillo decided to donate his kidney to give his father another chance at life. “Just this
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County will hold its final gun buyback this Saturday. A new state law will make buy back events illegal in Texas starting in September. Today county officials held a press conference detailing the events. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar was at the conference and says the buyback takes guns out
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso is warning of a new scam going around. The city says that scammers are posing as Planning and Inspections Department staff. “This particular phishing scam involves a fraudulent email, referencing existing projects, requesting payment for a so-called ‘City Compensation Fee’ and including misleading details as
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP is relaunching its press after nearly 20 years of inactivity. The university plans to use modern print-on-demand and ebook technology to distribute to Amazon and Barnes and Noble. UTEP also plans to make certain titles available in audiobook format on Audible and Apple Books. UTEP announced several titles to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Helen of Troy’s Board of Directors appointed G. Scott Uzzell as CEO, effective September 1, 2025. Uzzell has served as Corporate Vice President & General Manager of Nike North America and was a member of the Nike, Inc. Executive Leadership Team; President & CEO of Converse, Inc. for four years;
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso continues to see a decline in migrant encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border since the start of the year under the Trump administration. Border Patrol in the El Paso Sector, however, still reports a trend of stash houses for Fiscal Year 2025. According to Agent Claudio Herrera-Baeza, spokesperson for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Driving down some highways in El Paso, you may see weeds covering the median. The director of Environmental Services for the city of El Paso, Nicholas Ybarra, says with the rainy season underway the city workers are working overtime to keep up with the growing weeds. Ybarra says the city is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Every year, the City of El Paso contracts an independent auditor to conduct audits into 20 hotels. A recent report released in July found that 20 hotels owe the city in total $1,417,289.09 in Hotel Occupancy taxes. An additional 10 hotels also owe the city about $1.1 million, according to Edmundo
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have announced a new Ph.D. program for Biomedical Sciences. This new doctoral path will train researchers to tackle the diseases and disparities that hit the region hardest: diabetes, cancer, infectious diseases and neurological conditions. This will be the first Biomedical Sciences doctorate program in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The National Science Foundation has ended a UTEP-led grant that would have brought at least $15 million to the region. The grant would have gone towards the Paso del Norte Defense and Aerospace Innovation Engine. It was originally awarded in January of 2024, but was deferred in April of 2024
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Child Protective Services caseworkers are often sent in the middle of the night to rescue a child or help a family escape an abusive situation. Many times, children leave with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The Rainbow Room is asking for donations to help families in crisis. Items such as diapers,
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by Daniel Perez August 13, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. The National Science Foundation has officially killed the grant it awarded in January 2024 to a UTEP-led collaborative, which could have brought $160 million to the region. The NSF deferred the initial $15 million award for
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Stacker compiled a list of the best private K-12 schools in the El Paso metro area using data from Niche.
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Update: United States Magistrate Judge Laura Enriquez ruled there was sufficient evidence for Fort Bliss soldier Taylor Adam Lee’s case to go before a grand jury. Federal prosecutors allege Lee attempted to provide national defense information and “controlled technical data” without a license to an individual he believed was affiliated with the Russian government. The
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