UTEP accreditation in question following alleged clerical error
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP is blaming a clerical issue for its currently precarious accreditation status. The issue over the university’s…
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Sunland Park Mall sold, renamed The Shoppes at Solana
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The president of Starr Western Wear has purchased Sunland Park Mall in El Paso’s west side. Enoch Kimmelman told ABC-7 the…
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El Pasoans brace for the heat as the city breaks a triple-digit record
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans are feeling the heat as the long-duration heat wave continues pushing El Paso to set a new record today. The…
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Bishop Seitz celebrates 10 years in the Borderland
UPDATE: Bishop Seitz spoke with ABC-7 about his experience in the Borderland. “I love this community. I think we’re so… we have all of our moments,…
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Rescue efforts at Chuck Heinrich Park
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Members of the Combined Search and Rescue team are at Chuck Heinrich Park in Northeast El Paso after a call for help from a…
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150 El Pasoans receive free laptops
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 150 El Paso students and families received free laptops and discounted internet service Saturday thanks to a partnership…
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Witnesses recount shooting at high school party in El Paso’s Upper Valley
EL PASO, Texas — A teenage girl sat under a tree, crying on the phone, as El Paso Police swarmed the area. Other teenagers held each other and…
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El Paso Police gang unit investigate shooting during high school party in El Paso’s Upper Valley, 8 injured
UPDATE: 10:27 a.m. – El Paso Police say officers report seeing over a hundred people in the area, some running away as officers arrived. The…
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Fire damages central El Paso beauty salon
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A beauty salon caught in central El Paso Friday evening, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky. The fire happened at…
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Victims enraged, unsatisfied after federal judge sentences Walmart mass shooter
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Following the formal sentencing for the Walmart mass shooter, Patrick Crusius, family members of the victims and other…
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Injured hiker stuck on remote trail in El Paso’s Franklin Mountains
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Search and Rescue crews are trying to help an injured hiker who is stuck in the Franklin Mountains. The El Paso Fire…
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Truck driver dies after semi reverses, pins him to another trailer
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say 57-year-old Servando Beltran died after his semi truck pinned him to another trailer. Beltran’s death is…
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Families of Walmart shooting victims speak as judge sentences shooter to 90 life sentences
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The families of the Walmart shooting victims area speaking to ABC-7 as a federal judge hands down 90 life sentences. After…
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Juarez residents react to life sentencing of Patrick Crusius
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Residents south of the border were also impacted on August 3, 2019, when Patrick Crusius walked into the Cielo Vista…
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Watch: Part of the Franklin Mountains on fire, crews rushing to put out the blaze
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A spokesperson with the El Paso Fire Department says part of the Franklin Mountains is on fire right now. EPFD crews are on…
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Defense attorney details alleged mental illness that he claims caused Walmart shooter to carry out the massacre
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A federal judge has handed down a formal sentence to the Walmart shooter, Patrick Crusius. The judge sentenced him to serve…
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July is Parks and Recreation Month, City of El Paso invites community to free activities
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso Parks and Recreation Department is inviting the community to take part in Parks in Recreation Month…
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El Paso D.A. committed to seeking the death penalty in state trial of Walmart shooter
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks said he was committed to seeking the death penalty in the state trial against the…
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Star on the Mountain back on following vandalism
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s iconic Star on the Mountain will light up the side of the Franklin Mountains once again. Last week, the El Paso…
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Midland Reporter-Telegram says former El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez up for the same job in Midland
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez is the finalist for the same position in Midland, Texas. That’s according to the…
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Walmart shooter nodded ‘yes’ when asked if he regrets the massacre
Update 3:30 p.m.: ABC-7 crews watched as Dean Reckard, the son of a Walmart shooting victim, asked Crusius if he regrets carrying out the massacre.…
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Texas wildlife sanctuary offers to take in Benito the Juarez giraffe
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — After hundreds, if not thousands of borderland residents have shown their concerns about the current conditions Benito is…
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Victims, families speak directly to El Paso Walmart shooter for the first time during sentencing hearing
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Families who lost loved ones and victims of the Walmart shooting read emotional statements addressing the shooter Patrick…
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Fire burning two Northeast El Paso homes
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire crews are responding to a fire on the 10300 block of Preston Drive. That is in Northeast El Paso. Two houses…
Continue Reading See new sketches of the Walmart shooter from the first day of his sentencing hearing
A closeup sketch of Patrick Crusius Update 5:26 p.m.: ABC-7 is receiving new sketches from inside the courtroom. Victim Kaitlyn Melendez gives her…
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Deported Army veteran back on U.S. soil after 16 years
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ricardo Munoz clutches an American flag, his U.S. Army hat resting on his head while he stands under the El Paso sun. It’s a…
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Happening today: Barnett Harley-Davidson hosts 35th Annual Blood Drive
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Join Barnett Harley Davidson for its Annual Summer Blood Drive. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs…
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City Council discussing streetcar service, Chief Internal Auditor and fire code
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso City Council has voted to officially appoint Edmundo Calderon as the CIty’s Chief Internal Auditor. The agenda item…
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Federal sentencing hearing for El Paso Walmart shooter begins Wednesday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Starting Wednesday, July 5, the federal sentencing hearing for Cielo Vista Walmart shooter, Patrick Crusius, begins.…
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Fireworks cause brush fire blocks from UTEP campus in West El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A brush fire broke out on the 2400 block of Campbell Tuesday afternoon, just after 1:30 p.m. That’s just blocks from the…
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