EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Local veterans were honored for their service by members of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). The 346th Veterans Court held their Annual Recognition Luncheon recognizes the sacrifice and service veterans gave to their country. During the event CIT commended the court for their effort in providing
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- Police responded to a shooting outside of a west El Paso bar Friday night. Police say it happened at 1035 Belvidere street outside of Westside’s 3rd Hole bar and grill. The call came in just after 10 p.m. Officials say officers responded to the scene and found that nobody had been
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A $39 million project that was approved by voters in 2019 is finally underway in far east El Paso, and officials say it will create shorter wait times for police response. A new regional command is being built near the intersection of Tim Foster and Pebble Hills, and will serve
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — In its fifth edition, the ‘Feria del mole’ will have over 70 vendors with different types of ‘mole,’ Mexican handcrafts, candy, and other things. The fair will happen at the ‘Paque Central’ on one of Juarez’s most famous avenues. It is celebrated to support and assist the economy of different Mexican
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On March 23 2003, 37-year-old-Chief Warrant Officer 3 Marc Nash was in a 12-vehicle convoy for the 507th Maintenance Company stationed out of Fort Bliss, TX. They were making their way through the Iraqi desert, in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The convoy was mostly made up of
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EL PASO, Texas (El Paso Matters) — It will cost the city of El Paso about $150 million to implement the Climate Charter if voters adopt the measure, according to a consultant hired by City Council to estimate the cost to enact the policies designed to address climate change in the borderland.The city revealed the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection said groups of recently apprehended migrants in the Canadian-U.S. Border have been transferred to the El Paso Sector. Migrants are being flown to different sectors in Texas to help address a rise in illegal border crossings through Canada, as first reported by Reuters.
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Earlier this month, Juarez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar announced this year, the Borderland won’t have “corridas de toros.” According to puentelibre.mx, a Juarez media outlet, Mayor Pérez Cuéllar said no permits were issued this year for bullfights. Last year, Mayor Pérez Cuéllar denied the permit to conduct “corridas” during Easter because
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UPDATE – El Paso Water stated this incident is not a line break, rather a blockage that can be prevented “EP Water has asked the public to refrain from bumping rags and wipes into the sewer…because that’s what clogs the sewer mains up,” said Felipe Lopez, Chief Operations Officer for Distribution and Collection. Customers can
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Members of the 5th Battalion, 52nd air defense artillery regiment joined dignitaries on Fort Bliss this morning to mark 20 years since members of the 507th Maintenance Company were ambushed and taken hostage by Iraqi forces in Nasiriyah. The moving ceremony started at 6 a.m. Thursday, with the lighting of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to the Borderland to engage with the workforce and meet with stakeholders Wednesday. Details about his visit were not disclosed to the media. El Paso County Judge, Ricardo Samaniego, told ABC-7 he was disappointed that city officials were not included during
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – (KVIA)Business owner, Mike Garcia, is facing a pesky tumbleweed problem after a recent wind storm blew in a sea of tumbleweeds from his neighbor’s grain farm. The amount of tumbleweeds is so troublesome that even his horses became trapped by them. Garcia said, “We always have winds this time of
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EL PASO, Texas— Since One Direction’s indefinite hiatus in 2016, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have all taken very different paths. Now one member of the world-renowned band, Louis Tomlinson, is ready to talk about his experience after leaving the group, with a new documentary titled “Louis Tomlinson: All of Those
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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said Holguin was calling for the Mayor Pro-Tem (MPT)’s resignation. Holguin was in fact calling for the Mayor’s resignation in the letter. ANTHONY, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Board Trustee is asking for the Anthony Mayor’s resignation after Flores allegedly requested a resident be escorted out of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The National Guard continued setting barbed wire near the Rio Grande Tuesday morning. Members of the Texas National Guard worked across the Rio Grande in the area near UTEP. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first deployed national guardsmen in December after a surge of migrants coming through the southern border.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to El Paso Water Spokeswoman, Denise Parra, the utility company is looking to acquire 22 homes in the Magdalena neighborhood, behind Rosa’s Cantina in West El Paso. Parra told ABC-7, this neighborhood has seen significant flooding throughout the past years and after making temporary fixes to the area, they
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited El Paso Tuesday to meet with local officials and stakeholders. Secretary Mayorkas was in Arizona Monday. The meeting was closed to the media, and the department declined ABC-7’s request for an interview.
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Juarez officials are planning to open a new shelter in the “Anapra” area with more migrants coming to the border. Since last week, more migrants have arrived in Juarez by train, increasing the capacity at the city’s and federal government’s shelters in our sister city. ABC-7 spoke with the city’s Director of
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The 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss will be holding a round table to hear directly from Fort Bliss senior leaders. They will discuss current initiatives and campaigns on the installation. Fort Bliss officials say they want to raise public awareness and understanding of the Army and Fort Bliss in the El Paso and the surrounding
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — One of the southbound lanes of Roadrunner Pkwy between Calais Ave and Mission Rd. will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday for the installation of new ADA ramps. RoadRUNNER Transit routes will not be affected. For more information, call 575-528-3098. The TTY number is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The cause of a house fire that injured three children and killed a dog in the lower valley Friday has been determined. El Paso Fire officials said the fire was caused by an unintentional ignition of a readily ignitable combustible gas. One child suffered second-degree burns, and two others were
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Las Cruces city council will vote on giving on giving nearly $900,000 in local economic development funding for 828 Productions, a California-based film production company that decided to open headquarters in Las Cruces last year. The company announced they would be building studios in Las Cruces last August,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — You may have noticed the letter “H” marked on cars seemingly abandoned on the sides of roads throughout the city. A rumor is circulating online that the “H” stands for hospital, and means the owner will come get it once they are released from the hospital; something police officials told
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Members of the El Paso Boxing Hall of Fame grace a wall of the De Soto Hotel downtown. A reminder to the community of the cultural impact the sport played in the Segundo Barrio for so many years. On Tuesday, El Paso City Council approved an updated plan to renovate
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UPDATE 4:36 p.m: An undocumented non-citizen died following a morning rollover crash in west El Paso, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. He was identified as a 26-year-old resident of Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico. According to DPS, a Texas DPS Trooper attempted to stop the driver of an Infiniti this morning around 5:20 a.m.
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UPDATE 4:02 p.m: El Paso police say the pedestrian who was hit and killed Thursday night was not using a designated crosswalk. The still unidentified man was crossing North Mesa when he was struck. Police say the driver did not see the pedestrian but attempted to avoid hitting the man. Police say the driver remained
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EL PASO, Texas— In the Catholic faith, eating meat is generally not allowed on Fridays during lent. But some Bishops are granting an exception nationwide for this Friday, Saint Patrick’s Day. Here in El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz is also granting the exception. Bishop Seitz released a statement on the Diocese’s Facebook page he says, “This
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After the Rodey Law Firm found no failure by the NMSU administration, NMSU students weighed in on how the ordeal was handled. According to the report released Thursday, neither the NCAA nor the WAC has indicated that NMSU’s conduct in connection with the incident violated NCAA or WAC governing rules.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – During Tuesday’s El Paso City Council meeting, a speaker proposed an ordinance to combat what he says is a huge problem among unlicensed drivers causing accidents. Steve Fischer is a former Willacy County District Attorney and part-time judge in El Paso. Fischer said in the past five years, 100,000 accidents
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Scott Cohen is a cook and an artist from Maryland that has traveled to places around the world helping those in need. Recently he visited our sister city, Juarez, to serve as a volunteer cook in convents and migrant shelters. Scott also traveled to Ukraine as the war was erupting
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