JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Local Juarez and Chihuahua state officials have had several meetings this week ahead of the lifting of Title 42. Juarez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar mentioned the state and the city know about a new influx of migrants coming to the border in the next few days. On Monday, a group of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Leaders in Washington D.C. are working to create solutions on the expected surge in migrants when Title 42 is lifted in the coming weeks. The Biden Administration has announced that they will be setting up regional processing centers to help migrants apply to come to the United States. Secretary of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso natives Aaron and Alvin Jones will host their second annual A&A All the Way Foundation Charity Softball Game Thursday, June 29. The event will happen at Southwest University Park in downtown El Paso. The Home Run Derby begins at 6:30 p.m. The softball game starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Update: The owner of Wild on Ice confirms to ABC-7 that the racehorse was euthanized Thursday morning. It suffered a hairline fracture, putting it at higher risk for a full break. SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The winner of this year’s Sunland Derby, Wild On Ice, will miss the Kentucky Derby after a leg injury this
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UPDATE – Some residents in El Paso’s Lower Valley are asking increased law enforcement presence in their area, especially with the upcoming lifting of Title 42. Residents in areas of the Lower Valley heard presentations from Border Patrol and Texas DPS, with neighborhoods are pushing for a heavy law enforcement presence. One resident of the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Public Schools is adjusting its schedule for the next school year. House Bill 130 increases the required number of instructional hours for elementary students in New Mexico. That means that for the 2023-2024 school year, students will have to complete 1,140 hours. Previously students were required to attend
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7’s Saul Saenz reports from the border as he rides along with agents looking for migrants crossing the border illegally. Officials say human smugglers are using new tactics to evade capture. Saul saw some of those new tactics in use during his ride along. Our crews also captured video of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso police plan to put up more than 300 surveillance cameras around the city starting next month. The project was approved by city council last May. It uses $7 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. Police began installing cameras in downtown El Paso in 2016, and the additional
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State University says it plans to launch a task force to prevent hazing. The university’s basketball team has been embroiled in controversy since two players claimed they had been sexually assaulted by some of their teammates. “NMSU has taken extensive measures, including, without limitation: recalling the entire
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new judge has been appointed to oversee the murder trial of Moises Galvan. This is the third judge assigned to the case since the alleged crime more than 6 years ago. Galvan is accused of murdering R.J. Franco at an East El Paso bar in 2017. He claims that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar has been named as one of seven co-chairs of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. Escobar is the only Texan and only border representative named to the campaign’s leadership team. Biden announced that he is running for re-election Tuesday. The announcement was made in a video
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NEW YORK — The co-founder of a fundraising group linked to Steve Bannon that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on Wednesday for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors. Brian Kolfage, a decorated Air Force veteran who lost both
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juan Carlos Meza is the head of the Beta Group in Juarez. Wednesday he was charged in connection to the fire that killed 40 migrants and injured dozens more in late March. In a morning news conference and in a peaceful protest, Meza’s family and local religious groups gathered to demand
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 was invited for a behind-the-scenes look at the El Paso Zoo’s new baby giraffe Wednesday. The baby’s story begins about 15 months ago, when mom Gigi started her pregnancy. Giraffes have a notoriously long gestation period. While they waited, the zoo says it had to baby-proof the enclosure. The
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Visit Las Cruces is hosting the ¡Mira! Las Cruces Festival April 29, 2023. The outdoor event is happening along Downtown Main Street and Plaza de Las Cruces from 2 to 10 PM. Admission is free. Deming, New Mexico native Frank Ray will be headlining, with additional musical performances from
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FABENS, Texas (KVIA) — Emergence Health Network is expanding its in-school services. It now works with the Fabens Independent School District to provide mental health services at Fabens Middle and High Schools. The network already has a partnership with El Paso and Canutillo Independent School Districts. “The goal of this collaboration is to improve access
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Surveyors, paleontologists, and students from El Paso-area high schools gathered at the base of Mt. Cristo Rey Wednesday to witness new technology first-hand that will help detect ancient fossil sites. Researchers used drones to map and survey the land to help identify fossil sites, including dinosaur footprints, that may
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Rudolph Honda is donating $30,000 to El Pasoans Fighting Hunger (EPFH) food bank. The food bank says the money will go towards feeding hungry people. EPFH CEO Susan Goodell says the non-profit has dealt with food supply challenges over the last year. Goodell says she is grateful to Rudolph Honda
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State University is celebrating the new Papen-Aprendamos Autism Diagnostic Center. The center is housed within the College of Health, Education and Social Transformation’s O’Donnell Hall. The university hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new center, as well as the Aprendamos Intervention Team, P.A. Lecture Hall Wednesday. Both
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso City Council members passed a resolution Tuesday to look into issuing municipal identification cards. The measure was passed unanimously. Several El Paso residents spoke before the vote. Many of those who spoke were immigration advocates, including representatives from the Border Network for Human Rights. Many advocates in El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso city auditors are looking into the use of taxpayer-funded purchasing cards. City representatives are given gas and purchasing cards to use on work-related items. Now representative Art Fierro argues there are no checks and balances systems or policies to hold council members accountable in how they use these
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — You’re invited to the city of El Paso’s Mindful Fiesta, celebrating Cinco de Mayo. The event if part of National Mental Awareness Month. The city wants to create a stigma-free environment to discuss mental health issues. Mindful Fiesta is happening May 5, 2023 at Album Park in East El Paso.
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — High School students from Las Cruces had the unique opportunity to tour the William Beaumont Army Medical Center this week. On the tour they learned about the U.S. Army’s medical professions. “We just want to bring exposure to the Las Cruces Public School District and show the Army is not
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Montwood High School senior will soon be interning at Amazon. In addition to that new opportunity, Gael Sustaita is also receiving a $40,000 scholarship. That money will allow Sustaita to study computer science or engineering at a university of his choice. It’s called the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship. When
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A group of frustrated residents who live in and near Grey Fox Estates, Tres Hijos Estates, and Saddle Creek Estates north of Las Cruces expressed their concerns about a cannabis farm in a residential area to county commissioners Tuesday. ABC-7 reported the frustration and concern of these same residents
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man is facing aggravated assault charges after police accused him of shooting a woman. The shooting happened on the 4400 block of Hueco Avenue in Central El Paso on April 2. Officers were called out on reports of family violence. When officers arrived on the scene, they
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An important fossil fuel region near the Borderland is getting busier. FireBird Energy II and Quantum Energy Partners are working together now. $500 million is being invested into the companies, allowing for increased oil production in the Permian Basin. The region spans from West Texas to southeast New Mexico and
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A hearing for accused National Institute of Migration commissioner Francisco Garduño started Tuesday morning. Garduño arrived at the federal court in Juarez around 7:30 AM. The hearing was scheduled to start at 9:15. Mexico’s attorney general’s office is trying to charge Garduño with illegally exercising his public power. Last Friday, a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to a new list put out by Betting.com, El Paso has the second-cheapest pizza in the country. In first place is Detroit, Michigan where customers are paying $13.39 for an average 14-inch margherita pizza. The website says it got its data from GrubHub sales. Here in El Paso, however,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Community Foundations Plaza Classic Film Festival is bring back their screenwriting competition for a second year. The competition is open to anyone 18 and older. Requirements for submission must be a feature-length script of no more than 120 pages. There are no genre restrictions. Screenplays must be
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