Mudslides on Organ Mountains left drivers stuck for hours
SAN AUGUSTINE PASS, New Mexico – Marina Gandara and her son Jacob had already spent 16 hours on the road home to Las Cruces when they encountered…
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Lawsuit targets Texas law using citizens to enforce abortion ban
AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new Texas law empowering individuals to sue anyone…
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Las Cruces area in damage clean-up mode after powerful storm
(Editor’s note: Use the scroller in the module above to view video and photos of the storm damage.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Residents in the…
Continue Reading Roof damaged in Borderland storm? Here’s what you need to know to protect your home
EL PASO, Texas — Much of the Borderland was hit hard and fast by a severe storm on Sunday nigh. Hurricane force winds were reported in some areas,…
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EPE says power back for most of 17,000 impacted by storm
EL PASO, Texas — About 17,000 El Paso Electric customers across the region lost power Sunday night after a powerful storm with tornado-like winds…
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Tornado-strength storm rolls through El Paso & Las Cruces causing damage
(Editor’s note: Use the scroller in the module above to view video and photos of the storm impacts.) El PASO, Texas — A severe storm system that…
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Major pileup with injuries shuts down I-10 near Lordsburg
LORDSBURG, New Mexico — A major vehicle pileup amid storms throughout the region shut down a stretch of Interstate 10 near Lordsburg on Sunday…
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WATCH: Khalid performs at Spaceport, debuts new single
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — El Paso native R&B singer Khalid’s new single, “New Normal,” got its premiere Sunday during Virgin…
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Roughly 100 witness history at Las Cruces space watch parties
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Roughly 100 people turned out to witness history on Sunday at two viewing parties hosted by the city of Las Cruces to…
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Branson ‘feeling excited’ as he heads to spaceship’s runway
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Billionaire Sir Richard Branson was set for a delayed launch to the edge of space Sunday morning in the…
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3-car crash shuts down Loop 375 south in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A multi-vehicle collision Sunday morning led to the closure of a stretch of Loop 375 in east El Paso. The crash, involving three…
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Branson’s space trip delayed; potential it could be scrubbed
(Editor’s note: Click here to watch ABC-7’s LIVE launch coverage from 6-7AM and 8-10AM) UPDATE: Billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s launch to the…
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Showtime at 6AM on ABC-7: Branson takes the stage in space
(Editor’s note: LIVE coverage begins at 6AM Sunday on ABC-7. You can watch it by clicking here.) Think space is boring? Sir Richard…
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What to know about Branson’s spaceflight & ABC-7’s Live coverage
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Sir Richard Branson is set to briefly leave earth’s atmosphere from southern New Mexico on Sunday, risking it all to…
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I-10 west in Las Cruces reopens after hours-long truck fire closure
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Interstate 10 westbound in the Las Cruces area was shut down Saturday evening for several hours due to a semi-truck fire…
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Motorist hurt when car flips over on central El Paso street
EL PASO, Texas — A motorist was injured Saturday afternoon when their car flipped over along a street in a central El Paso residential neighborhood.…
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2 seriously hurt in motorcycle crash on Transmountain
EL PASO, Texas — Two people were seriously hurt Saturday in a motorcycle crash along Transmountain Road. First-responders said it happened about 10…
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Las Cruces to host watch parties for July 11 Virgin Galactic space launch
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — To commemorate Virgin Galactic’s historic Unity 22 test flight from Spaceport America on July 11, the City of Las Cruces…
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Silver Alert update: Missing elderly El Pason is found safe
UPDATE: Around noon Saturday, El Paso police issued an update saying the alert had been cancelled after Napolen Burnette was “located unharmed and…
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Las Cruces airport sees flight uptick from Branson space voyage
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces International Airport is reaping the rewards of Sir Richard Branson’s endeavor to space. They have…
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Race to space: Billionaires ready for Borderland blastoffs
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space from the…
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El Paso DA seeks to hire graduate law students as assistant district attorneys
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso District Attorney is seeking the opinion from the Texas Attorney General on whether she can hire graduate law students…
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‘We Build the Wall’ co-founder indicted on yet another charge
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a private border wall in Sunland Park has…
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El Paso hotel occupancy rate higher than national, state averages
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso leads the entire state of Texas in hotel occupancy at 82%, according to data presented to City Council this week. The next…
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El Paso woman in her 60s dies of Covid despite vaccination
EL PASO, Texas — An El Pasoan who was fully vaccinated has died of a Covid-19 infection, the first such incident in the Sun City, officials…
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Man’s body found in van in east El Paso isn’t a homicide case
UPDATE, July 8: Investigators said Thursday that no foul play was suspected in the death of a man whose body was found a day prior in a van in the…
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Police say northeast El Paso boy’s ‘suicide’ death is ‘suspicious’
UPDATE, July 8: El Paso police said Thursday that a boy’s death the day prior at a home in the 4200 block of Fred Wilson Avenue occurred under…
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I-10 in west El Paso reopens after crash that injured 2
EL PASO, Texas — A traffic crash injured two people, one seriously, and led to the shutdown late Wednesday afternoon of a portion of Interstate 10…
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Land secured for new El Paso fire & police training academy
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a deal with the Public Service Board for the transfer of 306 acres in…
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Some Borderland farmers benefited from recent rain, others didn’t
ANTHONY, New Mexico — The recent rain has had many of us rejoicing, including plenty of farmers. But not all are reaping the same rewards. “It’s…
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