EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The woman charged with shooting an Uber driver on US-54 near Loop 375 is due for a bond hearing on Friday, June 23. The hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. 48-year-old Phoebe Copas is charged with Aggravated Assault after investigators say she shot her Uber driver, Daniel Piedra, on June 16. Police
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Two Juarez police officers have been charged with aggravated kidnapping of two migrants. Officials say this happened on May 9. According to the Chihuahua State Attorney General, it happened around 6 p.m. at the Juarez International Airport when two migrants who had just arrived from Mexico City were waiting for an
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UPHAM, New Mexico (KVIA) — Students and instructors from more than 150 institutions around the world gathered at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico Wednesday for the Spaceport America Cup competition. The event is described by the spaceport as being “the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket engineering conference and competition.” The countries competing in Wednesday’s event
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Fourth of July celebrations may look a little different in the City of Sunland Park this year, officials with the Sunland Park Fire Department said residents can expect to see an increased list of fireworks you’re allowed to pop. According to Daniel Medrano, Fire Chief with the Sunland Park
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by Elida S. Perez, El Paso MattersJune 20, 2023 City Manager Tommy Gonzalez will get an approximately $890,000 payout as his severance package after being fired earlier this year. Gonzalez’s severance package is calculated based on his employment contract which was terminated in February. Gonzalez’s pay has grown to about $442,000 a year, which includes
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A plan and timeline to help reduce speeding issues on Emory Road is expected within the next few days, City officials said, after a man and his dog were killed last week when they were hit by a speeding car in the Upper Valley. El Paso Police said 32-year-old Cody
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police have locked down an area near Mesa and Executive in West El Paso. A spokesperson says a person claims that another person threatened them with a weapon. Officers were called out to secure the situation. This is all happening near the Mesa Inn on the 4100 block
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The director of the El Paso Zoo tells ABC-7 that he welcomed 12 new prairie dogs a few days ago. This comes after officials with the USDA discovered in April of 2023 that all of the Zoo’s previous prairie dogs had disappeared. These new prairie dogs come from Sedgwick County
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to newly obtained court documents, 48-year-old Phoebe Copas has been charged with Aggravated Assault after investigators say she shot her Uber driver on June 16. Police say Copas, who is not from El Paso, was riding in the Uber on her way to Speaking Rock Casino to meet her
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to court documents newly obtained by ABC-7, Cody Reid Lesher is charged with Intoxication Manslaughter after police say he drove his Maserati into a gas meter, then rolled over, hitting Alfredo Dominguez. The victim was walking his dog at the time of the crash. Both Dominguez and the dog
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Migrants in Juarez continue to stage themselves at Chamizal Park and next to the city’s temporary shelter near the Stanton-Lerdo Bridge. ABC-7 spoke with Santiago Gonzalez, the city’s human rights director, about this situation. He said currently city shelters are at their 60-70% capacity. ABC-7 is working to learn how many
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by Claudia Silva, El Paso MattersJune 19, 2023 Teachers and staff at Canyon Hill Middle School are having to reapply and interview for their positions if they want to stay there, as the El Paso Independent School District begins “redesigning” one of its lowest performing campuses. EPISD assistant superintendent Mark Paz said administrators took the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Police are investigating a death in Northeast El Paso. It happened at 4549 Sky Hawk Avenue that’s near J.M. Whitaker Elementary. First responders say the call came in Tuesday at 4:25 am. A police spokesperson says it is an elderly woman. Police are currently investigating the death. This is a
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton said Monday she will “carry out my duties” ahead of the historic impeachment trial of her husband, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, but did not outright say whether or not she will recuse herself on a vote to remove him from office. Breaking weeks of public
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UPDATE: An official from the El Paso Sports Commission confirmed the old stones are not graves. “What happened is that there was an animal shelter that was there initially, that was demolished as a part of working with the county, so that way we could add more parking,” said Antonio Rodriguez, Director of Events for
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Update: According to a police spokesperson, the Gang Unit stopped the car just before 10:30 Monday morning. He says several people were riding in the car and officers detained two people. Officers are still searching for another person who ran away. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police conducted a traffic stop in East
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The migrant situation in Juarez changes daily. Some migrants stay at El Chamizal, while others camp close to ports of entry. ABC-7 reported over a week ago that migrants were staying at El Chamizal, next to the Bridge of the Americas, waiting to be granted access to the U.S. Other migrants
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – People living along the borderland will be seeing temperatures in the triple digits as the week progresses. According to KVIA Meteorologist Nichole Gomez, temperatures will be in the 100s all week, reaching a peak of 108 degrees Fahrenheit this coming Sunday. Many residents will be reaching for the County’s cool
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A semitruck jackknifed along I-10 east near the Viscount exit Monday morning. Emergency crews were called out just before 11 a.m. ABC-7 has a crew heading to the scene. We are working to learn what caused the crash and if any injuries have been reported. Check back for updates.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– El Paso Fire crews responded to reports of a person in a canal early Monday morning, that’s according to El Paso Fire Department’s Twitter page. It happened near the intersection of Cesar Chavez Border Highway and Yarbrough Dr. El Paso Water Rescue team successfully rescued one person from the canal. That
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Two students from New Mexico State University are appearing in a competition in Georgia starting Monday that’s been described as hosting “the best and brightest college students from around the country.” Guillermo Delgado, from Chaparral, and Kenny Hernandez, from Moreno Valley, California, are both representing NMSU in the SkillsUSA
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Many city services in El Paso will be closed on Monday, June 19th due to the observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday. The city says all administrative offices will be closed, including the following services: Greater El Paso landfills & convenience centersCOVID-19 vaccination clinicsMunicipal court and bond officesMuseum of Archaeology,
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UPDATE: El Paso Police say two men in their late teens to early 20s died after the Cadillac CTS they were in, along with 7 other passengers crashed early Sunday morning. Special Traffic Investigators say the driver was speeding along the 500 block of Country Club Road in the Upper Valley when it came upon
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Residents of an Upper Valley neighborhood are calling for speed bumps to be put on their street after a man and his dog were killed by a drunk driver Friday night. “Our entire community is kind of upset because we’ve always said we needed speed bumps, but we’ve never actually
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Terry’s Heart Foundation organized their inaugural classic car show in Northeast El Paso Saturday morning. Two friends, Sabrina Newman and J’me Phelps, joined forces with one goal in mind, to make a difference for children in need in the community. “This is going back 16 years, and no one knows
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police said a suspected drunk driver hit and killed a man walking his dog in Upper Valley Friday evening. Special Traffic Investigators say 32-year-old Cody Reid Lesher was speeding and heading southbound on Emory Road in a 2015 Maserati southbound when he lost control of the car crashing
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – The Parks and Recreation Department will host their “Kids Expo 2023″ Saturday. It is happening from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at Plaza De Las Cruces, located at 101 N. Main St. The event is free to the public. It celebrates the summer with games, contests, giveaways, vendors, and music. At the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — 27-year-old Adam Alexander Torres will spend the next 24 and a half years in prison for the murder of Rogelio Baeza outside a Las Cruces bar in 2019. Court officials say on June 28, 2019, Torres drove up to the Halo Lounge on the 2400 block of South Locust
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UPDATE: A 52-year-old El Paso man was critically injured following a shooting on U.S. 54 near Loop 375 Friday. According to EPPD officials, the man is an Uber driver. He was driving a 48-year-old woman from Kentucky. At some point, the woman shot the driver for an unknown reason. There were preliminary reports of a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police Chief Miguel Dominguez is retiring at the end of the month. Dominguez became chief in November of 2020 after former Chief Patrick Gallagher retired. Before that, Dominguez served as Chief of Field Operations for two years and Deputy Chief of Investigations and Administrative Support Services for
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