JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Mexican Federal Government, through its Federal Environmental Protection Agency (PROFEPA), announced on Monday that there are no final agreements for Benito the giraffe’s move to Puebla yet. On Monday, ABC-7 reported the Chihuahua state government’s announcement saying Benito is set to move to the African Safari Wildlife Conservation Park located
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — To help alleviate the current winter blood shortage, donors will have a chance to win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle when they donate blood this upcoming weekend. Barnett Harley-Davidson’s 36th Bi-Annual Drive is happening Friday, January 12th through Monday, January 15th. Those interested can visit the Barnett Harley-Davidson in El Paso, 8272
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Special Traffic Investigators with the El Paso Police Department are at the scene of a crash on the 5000 block of Tetons. That is near the intersection with Mount Whitney, in the northeast. Police say that two cars were involved in the crash. They are going to provide more information
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A crash involving an El Paso Independent School District school bus sent one person to the hospital with minor injuries. The El Paso Fire Department says there were no children on board the school bus at the time of the crash. The collision happened at 9870 Gateway North. An EPISD
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso teenager has been reported missing and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking for community assistance in locating him. Joaquin Velarde was last seen at his house Sunday afternoon around 2:38 PM. Velarde was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, camouflaged gray/white jeans and white tennis shoes.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Fiscal Year 2024 Multiyear Capital Plan will be discussed by El Paso County Commissioners and they are asking for public input. The discussion will take place after the lunch hour of the regularly scheduled commissioner’s meeting on the third floor of the El Paso County Courthouse. “We are preparing
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Craft beer fans in El Paso now have a new spot! Deadbeach Brewery’s Regional Craft Brewery celebrated its grand opening Tuesday, January 2nd. The new location, which is now in south central El Paso, has been “in the works for many, many years” according to Deadbeach’s marketing director, Veronica Hernandez.
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Update: Anthony ISD, Canutillo ISD, Clint ISD, Socorro ISD, Ysleta ISD and IDEA Public Schools will start classes at the regular time. Update 9:33 PM: The Anthony ISD is monitoring weather conditions and will make a decision on possible school delays in the morning between 5:30 – 6 a.m. Parents and staff will be notified
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UPDATE: All lanes are now back open. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – A tractor trailer collides with a Texas Department of Public Safety unit just after midnight Friday, according to a spokesman with DPS. The driver of the semi is being evaluated by fire medical personnel at the scene. El Paso Police say officers responding
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 3-year-old child was taken to the hospital in serious condition Friday after officials said the child nearly drowned at a South-Central El Paso home. The El Paso Fire Department said it was called out to the 400 block of Nino Aguilera at 1:05 p.m. No other information is available
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With major weather changes coming this Sunday evening, TXDOT announced today that this weekend’s 33-hour-long closure for the I-10 Widening West project has been expanded to 48 hours and will begin at 6 a.m. Saturday. The extension will allow construction crews to pour concrete sooner and give it more time
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor said Friday that the state’s five Republican electors cannot be prosecuted under the current law for filing election certificates that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential race. However, Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A $9.9 million federal grant was awarded to the City of El Paso to improve roadway safety and prevent collisions resulting in deaths and serious injuries. City officials said they will use the money to improve safety along N. Yarbrough Dr. in East El Paso. The area has the region’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new El Paso ordinance requiring public establishments with single-stall bathrooms to transform them into gender-neutral bathrooms is now in effect. City Council approved the measure last year. The initiative is being kick-started with a $500 grant from the Galileo Church, based in Fort Worth, Texas, for the purchase of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Some hospitals across El Paso are seeing an uptick in respiratory infections right now. Some of the most common illnesses include RSV, COVID and the Flu. Dr. Edward Michelson, the chief of emergency medicine at University Medical Center, said every winter there is a rise in respiratory illnesses. “The last
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Cannabis sales are soaring in a small city just west of the state line. According to recent numbers, Sunland Park dispensaries sold a whopping $32 million in cannabis merchandise, from marijuana in leaf form, to gummies, oils, and creams. Once New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Cannabis Regulation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 confirmed with El Paso City officials, the emergency shelter at the former Morehead Middle School will end operations for the foreseeable future due to a decrease in encounters in the El Paso Sector. “When we opened up the facility at Morehead, that was looking at those those large numbers,”
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is proposing a nearly 10% general fund spending increase for the coming fiscal year to shore up housing opportunities, childhood literacy and health care access, with additional payouts for electric vehicles purchases. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday published the $10.5
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Motorcycle thefts made a jump by more than 30 in 2023 compared to 2022, according to data from the El Paso Police Department. Stephen Plummer with the El Paso Police Department’s Auto Theft Task Force reported that 2022 saw 74 incidents, while 2023 saw 107, a 33 incident increase. Plummer
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — The Opportunity Center for the Homeless is preparing for an increase in demand as cold temperatures hit the Borderland. The shelter’s deputy director, John Martin, said they are used to seeing an uptick because of these weather conditions. “Typically this time of year, outside of the migrant impact that we’ve
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez’s Human Rights Department, through the Migrant Assistance Office, assisted 107 people in December. 48 migrants were given discount vouchers on buses to return to their home countries. The city’s director of human rights, Santiago González Reyes, explained that Juarez is trying to help the migrants return to their homes
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 48-year-old El Pasoan David Rene Arredondo pleaded guilty today to eight federal counts connected to the “breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia said Wednesday. “His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S.
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Residents of Santa Teresa and Sunland Park may be close to finding out what exactly led up to a mishap that caused high amounts of sulfuric acid to pour into their drinking water supplies last month. The New Mexico Environment Department says their Drinking Water Bureau has been investigating
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol agents in the El Paso Sector were the busiest in the country in fiscal year 2023. In that fiscal year, Border Patrol in El Paso recorded 427,471 migrant encounters. That fiscal year ended at the start of October 2023. ABC-7 reached out to U.S. Border Patrol to learn
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Public Libraries are once again offering library patrons the opportunity to pay outstanding fines by donating canned or non-perishable food donations as part of the Food for Fines program. The program will run between January 2 and January 20 during regular working hours. Patrons may take
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The community gathered Tuesday, for U.S. Navy Veteran Peter Botello, who was laid to rest with no family in attendance. Benches usually filled by family members were empty, but Botello was not alone. Fellow veterans from the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and representatives with the El Paso County Veteran Services,
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Monday, the National Institute of Migration in Mexico published a statement saying they recorded more than 40.8 million legal entries in 2023. Through its Beta Group, the institute assisted 230,877 migrants who entered the country illegally. The report also says that in coordination with national and international safety agencies, Mexico
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and new goals be at the top of mind. For millions of Americans, the top three resolutions this New Year are to improve physical fitness, improve finances — and get better mental health, according to Forbes Health. In their survey this year, respondents listed positive
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A giant green chile pepper, the color of which was picked by Las Cruceans, ushered in the start of 2024 as it dropped from the sky. According to creator Russ Smith, over 5,000 people poured into the Plaza de Las Cruces, and voting numbers for the color of the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As thousands of people around the world get ready to celebrate the New Year, animals like ‘Ice Cube’ are ready for a home. Ice Cube is a large-sized, one-to-two-year-old mixed dog that employees at El Paso Animal Services believe has some German Shepherd and Pitbull in him. He is very
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