EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One man has been rushed to the hospital after being stabbed Sunday afternoon. El Paso Police were called out to 7015 Alameda, near a permanently closed Goodwill store. The man’s injuries are considered non-life threatening, and has been taken to a nearby hospital by first responders. Police are reporting that
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — One person is dead and another seriously injured after an officer- involved shooting in Dona Ana County early Sunday morning. According to officials, at around 1:25 am two Dona Ana County Sheriffs Deputies were at the Circle K located on Thorpe Rd. at I-25 in Dona Ana when they saw a truck
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Animal Rescue League of El Paso is asking El Pasoans to stop dumping animals on their doorstep, especially in sealed boxes. This comes after yet another animal was left outside the shelter’s doors in an insulated box Friday morning. Kennel Manager Loretta Hyde showed ABC-7 the box two women
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –Triple-digit temperatures have become the norm by now in El Paso but that doesn’t make them safe. Humans and animals can overheat in hot weather, just like the kind we’ve been experiencing in the borderland, including the animals at the El Paso Zoo. “The heat can be certainly stressful for anybody,” said, Carrie Trudeau
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Tequila, Taco & Cerveza fest is taking place in Las Cruces, NM Saturday, July 15. You can expect to see luchador fights, live music, car shows, local artists, and tacos! Gates open at 6pm and will go on until midnight.. The main entrance is between RAD Retrocade and the Boneyard
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ANTHONY, New Mexico (KVIA) — A woman has become homeless after her mobile home caught fire in Anthony, New Mexico. Adriana Luna told ABC-7 said she lost everything inside her home, including clothing items and furniture. The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon after electrical issues. Doña Ana County Fire officials confirmed the home was a
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Update: El Paso Police identified the victim in the crash as 25-year-old Sarah Joy Martinez. Investigators say she lost control of her car during a heavy rainstorm. She spun out of control, hitting a guardrail and stopping in the far right lanes of I-10. They say an on-duty Border Patrol agent pulled over to help
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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested 45-year-old Roswell resident Jose Saldivar on a felony count of “Smuggling Illegal Aliens,” according to jail records. The U.S. Department of Justice defines this charge as when a suspect knows “that a person is an alien, [and] brings to or attempts to bring [that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso was established as a standalone university within the Texas Tech system in 2013 and had an immediate impact on the medical community in the borderland. Since then it has changed the way borderland residents view medical education and healthcare needs. This Sunday on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico law enforcement officers charged 38-year-old Zachary Tarin with one count of felony exploitation of a child. Court documents state officers showed up to Tarin’s home with a search warrant on March 17, 2022, suspecting him of having child pornography on his cell phone. Officers report watching Tarin
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — 47-year-old Bobby Charles Crawford, the man involved in a June officer-involved shooting, is now in law enforcement custody in New Mexico. The shooting happened on the East Mesa on June 21, 2023 when New Mexico State Police and Las Cruces Police Department officers tried to perform a traffic stop.
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — With a recent spree of fires happening in Juarez, residents across the Borderland have raised concerns about the smoke caused by those fires, as well as the continuing heat wave that has put us under an ABC-7 First Alert. More than eight fires at the Juarez landfill, the recent fire at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso Environmental Services Department is now hiring for entry-level and other positions. Job seekers are invited to attend the fair on Friday, July 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 7968 San Paulo Drive in the Lower Valley. The City’s Human Resources department will be
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Six local nonprofits are ready to participate in the 2nd Annual Gator Tank. The Paso del Norte Community Foundation announced that The Boys and Girls Club of El Paso, El Paso Jazz Girls, Fab lab El Paso, Femme Frontera, Nami El Paso, and Paso del Norte Center of Hope will all participate in this year’s competition. Gator Tank
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Celebrate all your summer reading achievements with the summer reading bash Thomas Branigan Memorial Library will host an after-hours party from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, July 14, located at 200 E. Picacho Ave. The reading bash will feature games, learning activities, and prizes, all on the library’s first floor. This
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Thomas Branigan Memorial Library invites the community to create tiny book pins to wear or share. The crafting session will be held Tuesday, July 18, at Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave., in the Roadrunner room. It will start at 3 p.m. Supplies will be provided or participants can bring
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HARLINGEN, Texas (KVIA) — Investigators with the Harlingen Police Department say 18-year-old El Pasoan Felix Xavier Robles kidnapped a 13-year-old girl. Police say Robles had been speaking with the girl over the internet. On July 8, investigators say Robles drove to Harlingen, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley and picked up the girl from her
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SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Virgin Galactic announced on Thursday that its next mission flight window will open August 10. The upcoming mission marks the company’s seventh spaceflight out of Spaceport America in southern New Mexico and second commercial spaceflight. Three private, paying passengers will be aboard. ABC-7 is working to learn who those
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Rosa Ortega, a Las Cruces resident, says she was attacked by a man in broad daylight, while walking to her neighborhood grocery store. She says the attack happened Sunday, July 9, around 10 a.m. Ortega has lived in the area off Valley Drive for 55 years. She says she
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The next time you visit the Fairgrounds in Doña Ana County, you will be greeted with a beautiful art piece depicting the beauty of the desert area. It’s the brainchild of county workers, who wanted to create something residents could be proud of. The piece took 156 hours, or
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Saturday, a daycare worker in Juarez was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a minor back in June. Naomy Yamile R.P. was arrested and booked at the Women’s Social Reintegration Center number 2 in Juarez. On Wednesday, César Gustavo Jáuregui Moreno, Chihuahua’s Attorney General, announced in a news conference that he
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso is raising a glass for Blazing Tree Brewery, a local business that won a gold metal in the US Open Beer Championship. Blazing Tree Brewery is located on 11426 Rojas Drive in East El Paso. After three consecutive victories, this year’s gold medal was secured by the brewery’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Gun violence awareness is hitting the road. Families of victims from the Uvalde, Santa Fe, and Parkland school shootings stopped by the borderland at The Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center on Wednesday. This cross-country bus tour is aimed at getting lawmakers’ attention. The bus tour is organized by Manuel and Patricia
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) —The community is invited to learn the basics of a graphic design website. Thomas Branigan Memorial Library is hosting a Canva basics training seminar located at 200 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM. on Wednesday, July 19. It will start from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the computer training room on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Thomas Branigan Memorial Library invites the community to join Murderous Reads. This group will read and discuss books from different mystery series each month. Murderous Reads will meet on the third Wednesday of each month, from 1 p.m. in the conference room on the second floor of the library. You can
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New York (CNN) — Grocery prices stayed steady in June after ticking up in May, offering some relief to shoppers. In that time, menu prices rose 0.4%, continuing a slight upward trend over the past few months. Together, food prices rose 0.1% for the month, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Wednesday by
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police have confirmed that 6 people were injured, one fatally, in a shooting in east El Paso. The shooting happened at 1160 Airway Blvd. just after midnight. Police say an argument began at the Duck’s Bar, which made its way into the parking lot. Investigators say multiple people
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FABENS, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 17-year-old Alan Daniel Gutierrez on July 11 on a burglary charge. Officials accuse Gutierrez of burglarizing the Beans & Burritos coffee shop in Fabens on July 8. Deputies took Gutierrez into custody on the 19000 block of Cielo Drive in Tornillo. They booked Gutierrez into
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SILVER CITY, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State Police arrested 29-year-old Joseph William Costello for the murder of Stephen Timmons, a mountain biker who was found with gunshot wounds in the Dragon Fly Trail system near Arenas Valley, outside of Silver City, on June 26, 2023. At first, investigators did not have any suspects,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to officials with El Paso Animal Services, since the Fourth of July weekend, beginning July 1, over 400 lost animals have entered the center’s system. Michele Anderson, Public Engagement Officer for El Paso Animal Services, said the shelter has seen this pattern in previous years. She tells ABC-7 they
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