EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The driver of a car crashed into a Northeast El Paso restaurant Saturday night. The collision happened at the Tejas Café on 9757 Dyer St. shorty after 7 p.m. Our ABC-7 crew on the scene was able to learn that no one was inside of the restaurant during the time
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police continue to investigate the death of a teenage girl found dead in an alley on Coyote Trail in Far East El Paso. Information is limited, and no suspects or motive has been released by police. Dispatch audio, officials inside the El Paso Fire Department and ABC-7 crews
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police officers responded to a shooting in Far East El Paso Thursday.. The shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. on the 14300 block of Coyote Trail. According to police officials, a female teenager was found dead in an alleyway in the Coyote Trail area. Crimes Against Persons is investigating. Police
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Green Bay Packers fans can stop worrying about the status of one Aaron this offseason. Running back Aaron Jones took a pay cut for the 2023 season to remain with the club. ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted it Friday morning the Packers and Jones agreed on a reduced salary of $11 million this season, per agent Drew Rosenhaus. The
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — About 15 miles northwest of the Doña Ana County International Jetport lies a rare geological feature. Kilbourne, or Kilbourne’s Hole, is a maar volcano that formed anywhere from 200,000 to 1.2 million years ago. While that may sound like a light year away, the geological world considers that time
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– — The shooting at the Cielo Vista mall is stirring up memories of another traumatic shooting three years ago in El Paso. 23 people were killed back in 2019, when a gunman stormed the Cielo Vista Walmart. It happened near yesterday’s shooting. The incident is being investigated as an act of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Wednesday around 5 P.M., a shooting occurred at the Cielo Vista Mall, leaving one dead and three others injured. Multiple shots were fired inside the mall’s food court, causing panic for everyone inside the mall at the time of the shooting. As police searched for the suspect, hundreds of
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EL PASO, Texas—We have obtained audio of first responders before they arrived on the scene. At around 5:14 PM to 5:44 PM local time El Paso City, County Fire, and Emergency Medical Services were communicating about the active scene. This is a transcript from broadcastify.com, a platform that streams live audio from public safety, aircraft, rail,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, a strong cold front moved through Las Cruces and El Paso. Weather data shows from 7 to 8 a.m. there was a seven-degree temperature drop, combined with gusts up to 53 mph recorded at El Paso International Airport throughout the morning. This weather data is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water is beginning a new program to called the ‘ServLine® Water Leak Protection Program.’ The cost will be $0.98 for residential customers per month and $1.42 for non-residential single occupancy customers per month. El Paso water says the program “will help EP Water customers with high water bills that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 17-year-old was found with a total of 192 prescription pills, almost 2.5 ounces of marijuana, and 12.5 grams of THC after Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office smelled a strong odor of marijuana during a traffic stop. Brianna Gonzalez was pulled over on the 14500 block of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Solar panels will double as shaded parking on the short term parking lot at the El Paso International Airport with federal funding. When complete, the $1.7 million project will generate 1.5 megawatts of renewable energy for the airport, which will offset the 2.1 megawatts used every year by the airport.
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UPDATE (5:11 p.m.) ABC-7 just learned that NMSU men’s basketball head coach Greg Heiar has been fired, according to an NMSU spokesperson. A news conference with NMSU officials will be held Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. NMSU Chancellor Dan Arvizu issued a statement to the NMSU community, saying, “Earlier today, I made the decision to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Museum of Art is currently home to a traveling exhibition called “There Is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art.” It was curated by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. It’s open to the public from February 3, 2023, through May 14, 2023. Housed in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The co-owner of a popular El Paso restaurant is in dire need of a kidney donation. Frances Duran is the co-owner of L&J Cafe. Her daughter, Vanessa, announced on Facebook Friday that Duran is now in kidney failure after suffering from chronic kidney issues for “some time.” She says her
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EL PASO, Texas— The Early College Academy in the Clint Independent School District was recognized as the top high school in the El Paso area. It also earned the Gold Ribbon from Children at Risk, a Texas research and advocacy non-profit organization. The organization analyzed public schools for the 2021-22 school year. In the high
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Several migrants were apprehended in West El Paso near the off ramp of I-10 and Executive Monday morning, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. DPS officials confirmed they were called out to assist Border Patrol This comes as El Paso has seen a significant rise in stops usually
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Sunland Park Fire and the Doña Ana County Fire Department responded to a house fire overnight on the 5800 block of Ridge Drive. It appears the garage of the house took the brunt of the damage, and there were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is not
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — EPPD said a drunk driver fought El Paso Police Officers and took a taser from one officer shortly before midnight Saturday. Police said in a release that officers responded to a call of a drunk driver driving westbound on Pebble Hills and striking the curb. When police found 29-year-old Jose
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — NMSU athletics starts the week off reeling from a weekend whirlwind after an abrupt suspension, followed by serious allegations of hazing involving the repeated sexual assault of one of the team’s players by three of his teammates. As the community continues to ask questions, ABC-7 is reaching out to authorities
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of the first things a newborn baby girl did in her life; help her parents get engaged at the Hospitals of Providence – and just in time for Valentine’s Day. Shortly after Viridiana Navarro and Octavio Lizarde welcomed their daughter Amayrani into the world on Saturday, Lizarde dressed his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 20-year deported Vietnam Combat Veteran will be crossing the Cordova Bridge to El Paso Monday to access his earned benefits at the Veterans Affairs (VA) in El Paso after years of waiting for treatment. José Francisco Lopez is the Director of the Deported Veteran’s Support House-Juárez Bunker. His knees
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico – Alamogordo Public Schools have placed their superintendent, Dr. Kenneth Moore, on paid administrative leave, according to a press release from the district. Dr. Moore is facing a lawsuit and is under investigation, as first reported by Alamogordo Town News. Alamogordo Public Schools have stated that they have named Pam Renteria the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After a police report related to the suspension of the New Mexico State University basketball team revealed serious allegations of sexual assault against three of the team’s players by one of their very own teammates, community members in Las Cruces are reacting. “Oh my God. That’s absolutely awful. Nobody
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Incident Report #2023-1202_Redacted (1) by YVONNE on Scribd LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — According to a police report by NMSU Police, one member of the NMSU Men’s Basketball team was ‘hazed’ in the NMSU Men’s locker room at the Pan American Center by three members of the team for the past six months. The
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Aggies fans are reacting after sources close to NMSU confirmed the university’s men’s basketball game on Friday was suspended due to reports of hazing. “It’s a real disappointment. Especially for the seniors on this New Mexico State basketball team, to have their season ended the way it did. And
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UPDATE (11:00 P.M.) – Multiple sources confirm to ABC-7 that the allegations that forced the indefinite suspension of the NMSU men’s basketball program go beyond hazing. ABC-7 first learned through a source Friday night that the allegations involved hazing and Chancellor Dan Arvizu confirms that in a statement below. UPDATE (8:59 P.M.) – New Mexico
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UPDATE: 02/11/23 3:53 P.M. Two NMSU players announce via Twitter they intend to transfer , following Friday’s suspension of the men’s basketball program. Freshman guard Shahar Lazar releasing a statement saying in part, “Having served several years in the Israeli military, I was raised on the values of excellence, discipline, respect, reliability and accountability. However,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police say 42-year-old Cesar Rodriguez died after he was struck by a vehicle as he crossed I-10 West near Transmountain. Special Traffic investigators (STI) responded to a pedestrian crash at I-10 West and Transmountain on Friday night. The investigation showed Rodriguez was crossing I-10 West from north to
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Update: West El Paso residents were able to successfully bring down the feline down that had been stranded atop a utility pole for 5 days. Viewer Verona Ogden provided ABC-7 with video showing concerned residents pushing a basket up the pole and the cat jumping in. The cat was safely brought down to the ground.
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