EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chamber announced ten total new additions to its Foundation and Community Advisory Boards Monday. According to the chamber, there are five new members of its Foundation Board, and two new members of the Community Advisory Board. All new additions are listed below: Foundation Board Additions Dr. Patricia
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Shots were fired in Northeast El Paso Monday night just after 8 p.m. after reports of a vehicle stolen, says El Paso Police. No person or vehicles were hit. Officers detained one person. It happened on the 9200 block of Dyer Street.
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Update: Gadsden ISD, which had temporarily transitioned some campuses to remote learning during the water issues, is now returning those schools to normal schedules. A spokesperson released the following statement: “GISD campuses – La Union Elem., Riverside Elem., Desert View Elem., Santa Teresa MS, GAC On-Track PreK, Santa Teresa Elem.,Sunland Park Prek, & Santa Teresa
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 watched as a line of people stood wrapped around the Sun Bowl Association office in West El Paso Monday morning. People were rushing to buy their tickets to see the match between Notre Dame and Oregon State after organizers warned tickets could sell out in 24 hours. Officials with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso is trying to attract Meta to the Borderland. The City, County and Borderplex Alliance are working together to support the tech-giant’s building of a “new hyperscale data center” in the Sun City. The proposed project would represent an estimated $800 million investment, the city said in a statement.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today, the names of five artists set to work on the El Paso County Healing Garden will be revealed by county officials. They will all add their pieces to the southern wall of the Healing Garden at Ascarate Park. This mural work is part of Phase II of the project,
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — La Union Elementary is now added to the list of some Gadsden Independent School District campuses transitioning to remote learning due to the water quality concerns. Officials with the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority provided an update on the quality of the water in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
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Update: The Gadsden Independent School District announced Saturday that some of its campuses will transition to remote learning due to the water quality concerns. Read the full letter below: CRRUA-WATER-ISSUE-PROMPTS-MOVE-TO-VIRTUAL.docx-3Download SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Officials with the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority provided an update on the quality of the water in Sunland
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The City of Las Cruces is set to host its annual Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration Saturday, Dec. 2. It’s happening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Plaza de Las Cruces, located at 101 N. Main St. The lighting of the Christmas tree is scheduled at 7 p.m. You
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans can enjoy some holiday cheer at the Paso Del Norte Hotel in Downtown El Paso this weekend, including visits with Santa Claus, a tree lighting, live music and more. The event is free and open to the public, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. A more detailed schedule is
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Residents in the City of El Paso are invited to gain a free inside look at Municipal Government through the 17th Annual Neighborhood Leadership Academy. Participants interested in learning how city government works, will receive first-hand information about city services and programs through comprehensive presentations from city department leaders, and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of Socorro will be having the annual Winterfest celebration Friday night. The event kicks off with a holiday parade at 6:30 p.m. The parade will begin at Sanchez Middle School at 321 N. Rio vista Rd., and will travel down that street to the Rio Vista Community Center
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — The annual Sunland Park holiday tree lighting will take place Friday afternoon. The public is welcome to enjoy the festivities at 1000 McNutt Rd at 5:30 p.m.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After U.S. federal judge Alia Moses denied Texas’ request to stop federal government officials from cutting concertina wire on the border, the office of the Texas Attorney General sent out a statement appealing the decision. The statement says in part, “The state of Texas requested that the court preliminarily enjoin
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — Donald Fowler, from Ohio, is facing charges for making allegedly racially-charged threats to the Doña Ana County District Attorney. Fowler allegedly called DA Gerald Byers about an officer-involved shooting between a Las Cruces police officer and Teresa Gomez. She was shot by Officer Felipe Hernandez when she tried
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Shop local this weekend and participate in the 4th Annual Buy El Paso Day, sponsored by the City of El Paso and the Better Business Bureau El Paso. This Saturday, December 2nd, Buy El Paso Day will feature more than 50 local businesses with items for anyone on your shopping list,
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Update: El Paso Fire says they saved two teenagers and a dog. They had been exploring the sewer when they got stuck. This afternoon, crews successfully rescued, with no injuries, two people and a dog at Phoenix and Del Monte. Apparently, two teenagers were exploring the sewer system with their pet dog when they eventually
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)– The District Attorney for the Third Judicial District in Doña Ana County, Gerald Byers, clarified Thursday why criminal cases continue to be dismissed. The District Attorney said a new rule by the New Mexico Supreme Court is to blame. The rule was announced for Southern New Mexico in June. Byers
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — FirstLight Federal Credit Union has awarded $5,000 to eight El Paso college students attending Western Technical College. FirstLight Federal Credit Union’s annual scholarship program is aimed at supporting and empowering college students in their pursuit of higher education. These scholarships are designed to alleviate the financial burden associated with tuition
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has asked the Republic’s Senate for their approval and authorization to have members of the U.S. military enter the country to give training to members of the Mexican military. Through an oficio or official letter, the president explains that the U.S. military will participate in
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Update: Students that shared their projects Monday said they learned a lot both inside, and outside the classroom. “Just having that different cultural background just brings a lot of different perspective. Their upbringing being different from ours,” said Juliana Trujillo, an NMSU student. “Before I came here, I had a phobia about language barriers because
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say there is a heavy law enforcement presence around Franklin High School in West El Paso. Homeland Security Investigators, El Paso Police, and EPISD Police were directing traffic near the school. An EPISD spokesperson says the law enforcement presence is not connected to the high school campus
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– A criminal justice professor at NMSU gave ABC-7 insight about gang culture and safety protocols in jails and prisons after an inmate at the El Paso County Jail Annex was murdered inside his cell Sunday night. A witness told investigators the motive behind the murder was gang related. Six fellow inmates
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Retired Officers Wives Club invites the wives and unremarried widows of officers and warrant officers from any military branch to join their organization. The club meets for lunch and a program on the third Thursday of every month (the second Thursday in December) at the Centennial Club on east
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso invites our Borderplex community to its campus as it concludes its 10-year anniversary with the Lighting Campus for Hope event on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Local title company Lone Star Title is the presenting sponsor of Lighting Campus for Hope.The free event
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Update: ABC-7 has obtained court documents detailing Torres’ murder. The documents state that a detention officer walked into Torres’ cellblock and found him lying on a bottom bunk covered in a blanket. When the detention officer pulled back the blanket, he found Torres with his head wrapped in a bloody plastic bag and earphones around
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — High school artists in El Paso are invited to celebrate Earth Day 2024 by participating in the City of El Paso’s Environmental Services Department (ESD) Dumpster Art Contest. The department says art design should be reflective of El Paso’s unique culture while promoting an environmental-friendly lifestyle. “The contest provides an
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UPDATE: As of Friday, December 1, the confined express lanes at the Paso Del Norte Bridge are now open. JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua state officials announced that they will open the new confined lane at the Paso Del Norte Bridge this Friday, Dec. 1 at 8 a.m. This new lane will be for users
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s U.S. Postal Service processing facility may see changes coming in the near future. USPS says they’re evaluating transitioning El Paso’s processing and distribution center into a downscaled local processing center. This means that “destinating” mail, which is mail arriving for its final delivery, will continue to be processed
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Community College (EPCC) will hold closing ceremonies and awards today for the 22nd annual K-12 Art Exhibit. The closing reception will be held Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the EPCC Administrative Services Center (ASC), located at 9050 Viscount Blvd. in the Building A Auditorium. The
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