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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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso’s Capital Improvement Department is ending the year reminding the community of road safety with their new informational videos. These videos highlight tips for pedestrians on crosswalks, and bicyclists riding on El Paso streets. It shows how to properly navigate traffic lanes and roundabouts as a
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Update: The Sunland Park Fire Department says 4 people have been taken to the hospital, calling the crash “serious.” They add they assisted the El Paso Fire Department with the response efforts. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Four people were sent to the hospital following an early Saturday morning crash near the Texas-New Mexico state
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The I-10 Widening West Project is adding a third lane to I-10 between Mesa and Vinton. The 3 1/2 year project started at the end of May 2022 and is projected to be completed by the end of Summer 2025. In order to add that third lane, bridges have to
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — More migrants have been arriving at the border recently, some saying they are still traveling on top of trains overnight. On Thursday, ABC-7 witnessed the arrival of hundreds of migrants to the Border Safety Initiative #36 gate, located in El Paso’s Lower Valley. The City of Juárez, through its Human Rights
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Racing returns to Sunland Park Friday, January 5, 2024. The 64th live racing season opens at 12:25 p.m. and will run through Sunday, April 7. On opening day visitors can catch two thoroughbred stakes races, the $100,000 New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap as well as the $65,000 KLAQ
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to a new report by the Associated Press, thousands of migrants have been arrested for trespassing since 2021. The AP reports 10,000 migrants have been arrested on misdemeanor trespassing charges under Gov. Abbott’s “arrest and jail” operation. Texas started the operation two years ago to arrest migrants for trespassing.
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — In a Thursday morning news conference, Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador explained some of the agreements he discussed with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and White House Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall. President López Obrador said the U.S. government agreed to open and restore
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Migrants continue to travel on foot just south of Ciudad Juárez, moving towards the U.S.-Mexico border. More migrants are still traveling on train, and are being dropped off in different cities across the state of Chihuahua or in other southern states in Mexico. ABC-7 made the trip to Samalayuca, Chihuahua, a
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Update: Police arrived at the scene at 4:30 Wednesday morning. A police spokesperson said a woman had shot her spouse. The man died. The Crimes Against Persons Unit continues to investigate the shooting as a domestic violence case. Police have not arrested anyone in connection with the shooting, the spokesperson explained. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A state cabinet secretary and former economist to the Legislature was selected Wednesday to oversee New Mexico’s $49 billion nest egg of savings and trust accounts at the State Investment Council. As state investment officer, Albuquerque native Jon Clark will oversee financial assets including the New Mexico land grant permanent
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ANTHONY, New Mexico (KVIA) — 25-year-old Jasmine Garcia is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of abuse of a child, one count of criminal damage to property, and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer. ABC-7 learned from court documents that Garcia allegedly smashed her ex-boyfriend’s car with a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Music has a long history with therapy and improving the mind, and today, an El Paso teenager is sharing his story of how music helps him live with his anxiety. What’s more, he’s sharing his music with others — hoping it will help others find peace. Julián Kalel Almanzán, 17,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Seventeen-year-old Julián Kalel Almanzán is a Junior at Coronado High School who plays the guitar. He is putting on a benefit concert in support of migrant families that are spending time along the border during this winter season. The benefit will also provide donations for refugee migrants. ABC-7 spoke with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Greetings! Amidst the Pie Season buzz, enthusiasts are singing praises for holiday favorites like the toffee apple, pecan, and pumpkin pies. You can connect with a local pie expert from Village Inn for tips on sweetening up festive gatherings. Have you ever wondered about making the perfect holiday pie? Dive
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso and the El Paso Police Department are asking for the community’s help with any information in the murder of 44-year-old Fernando Martinez. Murder which happened twenty years ago on Christmas Eve. Martinez was found murdered inside his business, Saygo Bakery Equipment Service, located in Northeast
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Opportunity Center for the Homeless hosted a small Christmas celebration with migrant kids, giving away toys and lunch for those in need. ABC-7 spoke with the center’s Deputy Director, John Martin, who told ABC-7 the main goal of this event. “Well, it’s Christmas Day and we feel that everybody
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Within a span of just a few years, Theo Boyd lost her mother in an accident, her marriage fell apart and then her father committed suicide. Her grief from these events was heavy, and now she’s written a book outlining her journey to deal with her grief. She tells ABC-7’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– The Notre Dame Fighting Irish arrived in El Paso Sunday afternoon just days before the 90th annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl game. The team from Indiana was quickly greeted by mariachis and folklorico dancers. Football players and other members of the team were able to enjoy arrival festivities. Members of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Some members of the Las Cruces community remembered a man who went missing earlier this month. Back on December 4th, Abel Tarin went missing. Ten days later the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office found Tarin dead. Now authorities are investigating his death as a homicide. Loved ones held a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -In observance of the December holiday season, the City of El Paso has provided a list of facilities that will be closed. City of El Paso administrative offices will be closed on Monday, December 25, 2023, and Monday, January 1, 2024. The City will host a regular City Council meeting at
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The holiday season is bringing longer wait times than usual for borderland residents crossing to Juárez or El Paso every day. Usually, people tend to cross for their jobs, school or even to visit a family member on either side of the border. With the recent holiday shopping, people have been
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Tonight, on ABC-7 Xtra, Mental Health Correspondent Avery Martinez takes us on a tour of the Southwest Brain Bank at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso — where they conduct research on donated human brains to understand the connection between physical brains and mental illness. These researchers hope that
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El Paso, TX (KVIA)- A Pacific storm system will move into the borderland, bringing rain this afternoon and evening. Temperatures will remain in the mid and upper 60s. The precipitation will start midday Friday across the Gila, then spread eastward Friday night into Saturday morning. Stay with the ABC-7 StormTrack Weather team for updates and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Dec. 21, the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, Centro San Vicente Family Clinic, and Emmanuel’s United Methodist Church organized this year’s “Light Up the Night” event, which sought to memorialize those in the homeless community who died this year. This was the event’s 10th anniversary. In 2023, 38 homeless
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A New Mexico man is charged with multiple crimes after an alleged robbery. Guillermo Flores Jr. is charged with aggravated burglary, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, false imprisonment, larceny, and impersonating a police officer. Courtesy: Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office Court documents
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Jail records show that 19-year-old Christina Marie Baker and 27-year-old DeJesus Hernandez are each charged with two counts of abandonment of a child and one count of abuse of a child. Courtesy: Dona Ana County Detention Center Officers with the Sunland Park Police Department arrested Baker and Hernandez on
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces resident Michael David Fox will spend just over a year in prison and pay a $4,000 fine after he threatened a Texas Congresswoman. Fox plead guilty to a charge of interstate transmission of threatening communications in September. Court documents state that on May 18, 2023, Fox called a
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UPDATE – Diane Snyder, a victim of a fake DEA agent phone scam, spoke about what she was told when the scammers contacted her earlier this year. “Immediately, I started getting, I’m from the DEA, This is my number. This is my name. We are going to arrest you for a drug trafficking,” said Snyder. She eventually
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 28-year long battle boils down to only 48 hours for one El Paso victim of sexual assault awaiting justice. On Wednesday, ABC-7 sat down with Jeremiah, a victim of this crime in 1995. Arturo Blanco is accused of sexually assaulting him. Blanco was arrested in Colorado in Sept. 2023 after being
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