EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Four people are injured, two seriously, after a car crash early Saturday morning. The crash happened near Gateway North Blvd. and Sean Haggerty Dr. in northeast El Paso. According to preliminary emergency reports, the crash happened at 1:58 a.m. Four people were taken to the hospital, two with injuries that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say one person has died after a crash along I-10 and Transmountain. The collision took place just before 9 p.m. TXDOT said all westbound lanes were closed with traffic detouring on Transmountain exit 6. This is a developing story and information will be updated as it becomes
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire Chief Jonathan Killings was appointed to his new position in December of 2022. He is the first person of African descent to serve in that position. He sat down to speak with ABC-7 this Black History Month. Chief Killings started with the El Paso Fire Department in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso travelers will soon be able to fly directly to Long Beach, California and Orlando, Florida with Southwest Airlines from El Paso International Airport. Daily service to Long Beach Airport will begin July 11, and weekly flights to Orlando International Airport will be serviced on Saturdays starting September 9.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Las Cruces High School Football Coach Mark Lopez is no longer on administrative leave, according to a spokesperson with Las Cruces Public Schools. Coach Lopez tweeted out a message saying, “All is good Bulldawg Nation!! The amount of support I’ve received is incredibly humbling!!” News of Lopez’s placement on administrative
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — It has been 33 years since a horrible crime left the city of Las Cruces shaken. On February 10, 1990, four children and three adults were shot at a bowling alley on 1201 E. Amador by 2 unidentified men. Four people died that day, including three children. A fifth
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans can experience a new escape room – “Twisted Time Escape Rooms.” The veteran-owned westside business offers two different experiences – a Dracula room, a Christmas mystery – and another yet-to-be revealed experience still under construction. Owner John Anderson says he and his wife love going to escape rooms when
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Global War on Terror is the longest military conflict the United States has ever participated in. From 2001 to 2021, millions of service members made their way to the Middle East to protect the freedom of those of us back home in the States. For many Veterans, recalling the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a few good women. A new initiative is supposed to increase their ranks by 30 percent more female deputies. Currently, female deputies make up around 25 percent of the sheriff’s office. To expand their numbers, the sheriff’s office launched a mentor
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(CNN) — The parents and sister of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was shot and killed during a rehearsal on the ‘Rust’ film set in 2021 are suing actor Alec Baldwin, the movie’s production company and others over her death. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges the defendants caused intentional infliction
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UPDATE – Both native Turks and El Pasoans coming together in prayer, as the death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen above 21,000 as of Thursday evening. Thursday night’s event included an opening state from Raindrop Turkish House Director, Lutfi Dagci. The speech was followed by prayers in Arabic and Turkish. Members of the
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Note: This story will be aired as a two-part series beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 10 p.m. and concluding on Wednesday, Feb 8 at 10 p.m. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The high school football season may have finished a couple of months ago, but here in the Borderland, it’s a season that will
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juarez residents are still saddened three and a half years after the 2019 Walmart massacre. The tragedy happened just across the border from Juarenses, who usually go to El Paso to get groceries or to visit family members. ABC-7 spoke with some Juarez residents on Wednesday ahead of the re-arraignment that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – A possible gas leak at the El Paso High campus led to the evacuation of students as El Paso ISD Police officers worked with the El Paso Fire Department to determine the cause of the odor. First responders determined it was safe for students to return to the campus at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection found 50 pounds of illegal drugs during two separate searches. The first happened on February 3 when a 50-year-old man was crossing into the U.S. from Mexico at the Bridge of the Americas and was referred for a secondary inspection of his vehicle.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Gadsden ISD spokesperson says the bus on its way to Yucca Heights Elementary in Chaparral was involved in a minor traffic accident Wednesday morning, but none of the 13 students on board were injured. Luis Villalobos says the “minor” traffic accident happened Wednesday morning in Chaparral. Villalobos says the
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EL PASOK, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso parent says he is disgusted after his 18-year-old son was a victim of what he calls police brutality. He says officers used a stun gun on his son. It left him with bruises. Police arrested him after officers raided a party he was at Saturday night. The parent who
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Eight District Court of Appeals has ruled against the State’s petition to reindict Ivan Gabaldon, a man whose capital murder case was dismissed over prosecutorial “vindictiveness” in 2021. Gabaldon was arrested in February of 2021, the then 20-year-old was accused of killing a 63-year-old Juan Garcia Flores after the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More details of the Chapin High School teacher charged with transferring obscene material to a minor have been released. Orlando Solis, who is listed as a mathematics teacher on the El Paso Independent School District’s website, was arrested Thursday after messaging with an employee from the Army Criminal Division’s Internet
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 28 undocumented migrants were removed from an illegal stash house at Ascarate and Sambrano Tuesday morning, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Soon after, Texas DPS’s Criminal Investigations Division arrived on the scene. They said they encountered a man who attempted to escape after talking with investigators. The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A sentence has been set for the man found guilty of two counts of intoxicated manslaughter and one count of intoxicated vehicular assault for killing a mother and son in a wrong-way crash on Loop 375. 73-year-old Juan Martinez was sentenced to 15 years in prison and upon release of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A mental health court will be pursued after the El Paso County Commissioners’ Court unanimously supported the efforts for one Monday. El Paso County is currently the only urban county in Texas without a mental health court. The new court will focus solely on addressing the mental health and illnesses
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EL PASO, Texas — On Tuesday, City Council members discussed several charter amendments that will ultimately go to voters in May. The proposed charter amendments will also include changing the city’s contribution to the police and fire pension fund to no less than 18 percent of the wages of the participants and remove the limit
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man accused of killing a mother and son in a wrong-way crash on Loop 375 has been found guilty on two counts of intoxicated manslaughter and one count of intoxicated vehicular assault. Juan Martinez, 73, killed 25-year-old Elide Garcia and her 6-year-old son in December 2019 when he drove
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Doña Ana Community College Culinary Arts students are serving up international dinners twice a week and the public is invited to join. Dinners are offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. at the East Mesa campus, meals are served every week until March 7th. dishes include an entrée with sides, a
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UPDATE: According to a spokesperson with El Paso Police, a 32-year-old Hispanic man entered the convenience store just after 12:30 p.m. Officials said he demanded money and showed a weapon on his waistband to the store clerk. The clerk, a 28-year-old man, then fired his weapon at least once and shot the 32-year-old, according to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Law enforcement officials in Las Cruces say they are concerned about a rising trend of vehicle thefts in the city. The Dona Ana Sheriffs Office said in 2022, 353 vehicles were reported stolen from the county’s unincorporated areas, more than double the year prior. Officials said thieves are stealing vehicles
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person has died after a car crash in downtown El Paso, according to police. The crash happened at the intersection of Stanton St. and Missouri Ave. The call for the crash came in at 1:22 a.m. Sunday morning. According to emergency preliminary reports, a car crashed into a parking
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MESQUITE, New Mexico (KVIA)- Officials from the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office responded to a train vs. car crash that happened off of Highway 478 in Mesquite, NM. According to Doña Ana County Sheriff, Kim Stewart, the call came in at around 9:40 Saturday morning. Sheriff Stewart said a train traveling westbound towards Las Cruces
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — People across El Paso were able to see the Starlink satellites orbiting earth Friday night. ABC-7 viewer shared photos of the satellites seen from Downtown El Paso. The sight comes one day after SpaceX launched 53 satellites from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Starlink is owned by Elon Musk
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