Barricaded person triggers police standoff in west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A person barricaded inside a west El Paso home triggered a standoff with El Paso police on Wednesday night. The incident unfolded…
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El Paso motorists again battle flash floods on roads
Click here for ABC-7’s Traffic Track Map EL PASO, Texas — Heavy rain falling across El Paso on Wednesday afternoon triggered a Flash Flood Warning…
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West El Paso residents assess flood damage, clean up
EL PASO, Texas — Residents in Smeltertown, a small west El Paso neighborhood just north of Paisano and Executive, are picking up the pieces after…
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Flooding raises questions about El Paso’s storm drainage
EL PASO, Texas — Multiple areas of El Paso have experienced flash floods in recent days, which is something many El Pasoans say they thought…
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Anthony trucker convicted of taking boys on sex trips
EL PASO, Texas – A 59-year-old Anthony truck driver has been convicted of taking young boys along on long-haul trips across the country for sex,…
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39-year-old Austin hiker killed on Franklin Mountains was wife, teacher & mother
EL PASO, Texas — The husband of the 39-year-old Austin woman who died hiking in the Franklin Mountains amidst Monday’s heavy rains said she was…
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Marijuana is now legal in New Mexico: What you need to know
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico legalized the possession of recreational cannabis on Tuesday and allowed hobbyists to start growing…
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Woman dies after being swept away on Franklin Mountains
EL PASO, Texas — A 39-year-old woman was found dead by El Paso Fire Department search and rescue crews Monday evening in the Franklin Mountains…
Continue Reading El Paso motorists battle high water amid flash floods on roads
EL PASO, Texas — A Flash Flood Warning was in effect for El Paso until 7 p.m. Monday after heavy rainfall deluged the Borderland throughout the…
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Police search NMSU campus for robbery & shooting fugitive
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Police searched unsuccessfully with dogs along the New Mexico State University campus on Monday night for a wanted…
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State Supreme Court OKs recall of Trump cowboy Couy Griffin as Otero commissioner
SANTA FE, New Mexico — An effort to recall the founder of Cowboys for Trump from his public office as a county commissioner can move forward under…
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Driver dies, 2 others hurt as SUVs collide in northeast El Paso
UPDATE, June 28: An driver involved in a collision in which his SUV ended up wrapped around a utility pole has died of his injuries, police said…
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1st look at new William Beaumont Army Medical Center
EL PASO, Texas — Officials held a news conference Monday morning to offer a first look at the new William Beaumont Army Medical Center, which is…
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WATCH: Borderland storms with rain, wind, hail result in floods
EL PASO, Texas — Thunderstorms with heavy rain, strong winds and hail arrived Sunday afternoon and evening as a cool front moved into the…
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Thousands lost power in El Paso area on stormy night
HORIZON CITY, Texas — Over 3,700 homes and businesses in the Horizon City area and another roughly 1,500 in central El Paso were without power at…
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Non-profit seeks to raise $10k to make 3-year-old El Paso cancer patient’s dream come true
EL PASO, Texas — A 3-year-old El Pasoan is battling cancer and there’s a group out there trying to make dreams come true for him and his family.…
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Group says rebar, trash in Ascarate Lake makes it dangerous for outdoor enthusiasts
El PASO, Texas — A group calling itself Save the Lake contends that rebar and trash in Ascarate Lake is making conditions dangerous for outdoor…
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‘El Paso for me is like a 2nd home’: Famed Belarus pianist visits Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — Renowned pianist Dzmitry Ulasiuk, from Belarus, gave a series of concerts earlier this week across the Borderland. ABC-7 was able…
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Farm equipment fire contained in Sunland Park before it could spread further
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A piece of farm machinery went up in flames Saturday afternoon in Sunland Park, producing a highly-visible smoke plume…
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Motorcyclist hurt in collision with car along I-10 in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was injured Saturday afternoon in a collision with a car along Interstate 10 in east El Paso. The crash happened…
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Armed robbery ends with man shot, hurt near Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — An armed robbery turned into a shooting in Dona Ana County late Friday night, the Sheriff’s Office said. The incident…
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Harris met with jeers from pro-Trump demonstrators on El Paso border trip
EL PASO, Texas — Even before Vice President Kamala Harris’s plane landed in El Paso on Friday morning, protesters had already started to gather…
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El Paso scales back reporting on Covid deaths, cases citing ‘data stabilization’
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso public health officials announced Saturday that they would begin scaling back on the reporting of Covid-19 deaths and…
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WATCH: Vice President Harris in El Paso for border visit
EL PASO, Texas — Vice President Kamala Harris visited El Paso on Friday to tour the Borderland, following dogged GOP criticism for not having…
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Migrant woman stuck atop Sunland Park border wall rescued during Harris visit
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A migrant woman who was stuck atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Sunland Park had to be rescued by firefighters on…
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HHS secretary coming to El Paso to visit Fort Bliss migrant facility
EL PASO, Texas — On the heels of a trip Friday by Vice President Kamala Harris to El Paso to tour the border and discuss immigration issues, came…
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No new El Paso Covid deaths Friday; 8 so far for the week
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso public health officials on Friday reported no new Covid-19 deaths in the county, leaving the pandemic fatality total at…
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Las Cruces motorcyclist critically hurt, hit by car that ran red light
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A motorcyclist was critically injured Friday afternoon in a crash in Las Cruces. The collision involving a motorcycle and a…
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Police seek violent carjacker in brutal west El Paso attack
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police put out a call for help on Friday to find the man responsible for a “violent carjacking” earlier this month that…
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Man arrested trying to smuggle cockfighting equipment through El Paso port of entry
EL PASO, Texas — A California man was arrested at an El Paso port of entry trying to smuggle cockfighting equipment across the U.S.-Mexico border,…
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