EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has learned the county of El Paso is working with Los Misioneros bus company to transport migrants to other parts of the U.S. According to officials, the local bus company has transported approximately 2,400 migrants to Houston so far. Last week, the company chartered 57 bus rides to Dallas. On Wednesday,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Thursday, May 25, is the 5th Annual National Stop the Bleed Day. Here in El Paso, workplaces and schools are giving trainings on how to control major bleeds. It could be someone who goes to one of these trainings that saves your life, experts say. On Thursday afternoon Montwood High
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SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Virgin Galactic is blasting off from southern New Mexico Thursday. The Unity 25 crew was announced earlier this month, which includes Las Cruces native Jamila Gilbert. The flight will not be livestreamed. However, Virgin Galactic will be tweeting updates throughout the day. Take-off! VMS Eve and VSS Unity have
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A Texas House committee heard stunning testimony from investigators Wednesday over allegations of a years-long pattern of misconduct and questionable actions by Attorney General Ken Paxton, the result of a probe the committee had secretly authorized in March. In painstaking and methodical detail in a rare public forum, four investigators for the House General Investigating
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Wednesday, the National Weather Service El Paso Office will host an Integrated Warning Team (IWT) meeting at the Tech H2O Center in east El Paso. At IWT meetings, members discuss high-impact weather events in the region to make sure everyone is prepared for extreme weather events. Essentially, they are
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department has announced the upcoming opening of a new 50-meter community pool, known as the Las Cruces Natatorium. This new facility, located at 1405 E. Hadley Ave, is set to open its doors on Saturday, May 27, 2023. The Natatorium will
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UPDATE – State Representative Joe Moody spoke to ABC-7 about the ongoing work with just a few days left in the legislative session. He spoke to the progress made by lawmakers in response to the Uvalde mass shooting, and the area where he still believes progress can be made. “We have done a fairly good
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The famous Juarez fair will kick off this Thursday, May, 25 and it will run until July 9. A new feature the Feria this year is that the second half of the fair will take place in a new, different location. From May 25 to June 18, the fair will be
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(CNN) — Many adults in the United States say they still have not heard of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which was launched in July. A survey released Tuesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts suggests that only 13% of adults in the United States are aware of the national 988 lifeline and how it is intended to connect mental
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(CNN) — The Republican-controlled Texas State House failed to advance a controversial bill on Tuesday that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Senate Bill 1515 was effectively killed early Wednesday morning after House lawmakers did not meet a midnight deadline for a vote that would have advanced the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man who had been missing since May 1 has been found. 28-yer-old Victor Manuel Flores Jr. was found just before 4 p.m. Tuesday. You can read our original article here. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office was asking the community to help locate Flores after his father reported him missing
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EL PASO, Texas — June is National Cancer Survivor Month and the Rio Grande Cancer Foundation wants cancer survivors to kick up their heels and have some fun at their 2nd annual “Give Cancer the Boot” line dance party. Participants will learn the ‘boot scoot boogie’ Saturday, June 3 at Cielo Vista Mall from 12
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Tuesday, the El Paso Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Unit took 25-year-old Jesus Javier Lopez into custody. Officials say investigators received a tip about Lopez’s whereabouts. He was arrested on the 5200 block of Joe Herrera Drive. That’s north of Nations Tobin Park. Officials say they booked Lopez into the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A car rolled over along Montwood at Catnip in east El Paso. El Paso Police tell ABC-7 that the crash happened just after 10:30 Monday morning. A crew is at the scene right now. Special Traffic Investigators are on scene looking into the cause of the crash. Nobody was taken
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Migrants who were still camping outside of Juarez’s city hall were asked to move to a new facility created by the city on Monday afternoon. The plan was to have these migrants move to a more secure location, with food and cleaner surroundings compared to the circumstances they were living in
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s Offices is asking the community to help locate 28-year-old Victor Manuel Flores Jr. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Flores was reported missing by his father on May 22, 2023. They also say the father last saw his son on Monday, May 1, 2023 at his home.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here a list of road closures scheduled for Tuesday, May 23 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in El Paso, click here. For a look at more information from TxDOT, click here. For updates in Las Cruces, click here. For look at road closures for the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested 24-year-old Valeria Mena, charging her with Intoxicated Manslaughter. Officials say early Sunday morning Mena was driving north on Joe Battle when she allegedly ran a red light at Edgemere and hit another car. First responders found the passenger of that other car, 28-year-old Steven Anthony Hernandez,
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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — Law enforcement officers took an El Paso fugitive into custody early Monday morning. 34-year-old Sergio Florentino lives in the Lower Valley in El Paso, according to jail records. Dona Ana County Detention Center records show Florentino was taken into custody at the Border Patrol checkpoint on I-25. He
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to the Stillwater Police Department in Oklahoma, law enforcement officers in El Paso arrested 28-year-old Alexander Michael Stephenson on two child pornography charges. Just before his arrest, Stephenson was scheduled to deploy in Africa as a member of the Oklahoma National Guard, according to a spokesperson with the Stillwater
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoan and NFL star Aaron Jones and his A&A All The Way Foundation have partnered with ashes-to-diamond company Eterneva, to give memorial diamonds to families who have lost a loved one in the military. Eterneva uses the ashes, hair, or other token items of a loved one to create
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SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) — San Elizario Independent School District is preparing to transition to a 4-day school week this upcoming school year. Starting this July, students will attend school only Tuesdays through Fridays. SEISD students and staff will have Mondays off. This will be the first time a school district in the Borderland has
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UPDATE: (9:02 a.m.) El Paso Water said crews are working to repair an eight-inch water main break in west El Paso. The utility said customers will likely be without customers for several hours. A water tank is located for residents to use at the Saint Roger’s Apartments on the 1700 block of Mesa. It’s unclear
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EL PASO, Texas — From west to east El Paso, to Southern New Mexico there’s a construction project in almost every part of the Borderland. Here’s a complete list of TxDOT’s and Las Cruces road closures May 22 to May 26. For updates in El Paso, click here. For a look at more information from TxDOT, click
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is dead following a car crash in east El Paso early Sunday morning. El Paso Police confirmed the call came in at 2:53 A.M. It happened at the Edgemere exit at Loop 375. Police say 2 vehicles were involved in that crash. They add special traffic investigators (STI)
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is dead and multiple others are seriously injured after a car crash early Sunday morning in northeast El Paso. The crash happened at the 10005 block of Dyer. That’s not far from the intersection of Woodrow Bean Transmountain Dr. El Paso Fire dispatch officials say the call came
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Army Times reports a sergeant at Ft. Bliss is charged with murder in the death of her husband, a fellow Ft. Bliss soldier. When 29-year-old Sgt. Hector A. Cervantes was found dead on Christmas Day in 2019, investigators believed he had committed suicide. They say he was found with
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Update: Ysleta ISD released a statement Friday afternoon. “Shortly before 4 p.m. today, a fire was reported in the home dugout of the baseball field at Parkland High School,” a spokesperson says. “The El Paso Fire Department was immediately notified and extinguished the fire within 15 minutes. There were no injuries to students or staff,
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SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) — San Elizario Independent School District will adopt a 4-day school week for the 2023-2024 school year. That starts in July. The school year will run from July 25, 2023 to May 31, 2024. Students will have to attend school for more hours each day, but in exchange they get a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Independent School District sent a message to Coronado High School parents regarding lockdown protocols at the campus. The campus was on lockdown at 12:01 p.m. and lifted by 12:15 p.m. The district said the protocols were initiated as an over abundance of caution after an incident near the
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