Why UTEP’s leading tackler rode away from football before his senior season
EL PASO, Texas — Imagine choosing to put an end to the pursuit of a lifelong dream when it’s closest to becoming a reality. That’s exactly what…
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EPPD officer now faces sexual assault charges for attacks on 2 women; mugshot released
UPDATE, May 21: Theresa Caballero, the attorney for Abderrazak Boukhatmi, the El Paso police officer accused of sexually assaulting two women, issued…
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UTEP drops face mask requirement, but will keep social distancing for summer classes
EL PASO, Texas — A pandemic face mask requirement for students, faculty and visitors to the UTEP campus was lifted Thursday by university President…
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‘We’re now just starting to see a rebound’; travelers on rise at El Paso International Airport
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More Americans are ready to travel this summer. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports U.S. airlines carried almost…
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El Paso County bans sale of aerial fireworks for July 4th holiday
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Commissioners unanimously voted Thursday to ban the sale of aerial fireworks with sticks and missiles with fins,…
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El Pasoan killed in I-10 southern New Mexico crash of 4 big rigs
GRANT COUNTY, New Mexico – An El Paso truck driver was killed in a traffic crash involving four tractor-trailer rigs along Interstate 10 between…
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NFL star Aaron Jones’ El Paso charity softball game featuring sports celebrities is postponed
UPDATE, May 20: El Paso native and NFL star Aaron Jones’ plans to host a charity softball game next month in the Sun City featuring sports…
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Meet the El Paso Fire Department’s elite rescue team
EL PASO, Texas — Within the El Paso Fire Department there is a Special Rescue 11 team which responds to rescues involving high angles, confined…
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Settlement effort in multi-million dollar Duranguito legal battle fails
EL PASO, Texas — A man who has largely funded the legal battle to preserve the area known as Duranguito in downtown El Paso says he wanted to…
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Migrant woman seriously hurt in fall off Sunland Park border wall
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A migrant woman was severely hurt Wednesday when she fell off a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Sunland Park.…
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Damaged gas line may have caused Lower Valley explosion, fire
EL PASO, Texas — An explosion and fire in a Lower Valley neighborhood late Wednesday afternoon may have been triggered when a worker damaged a gas…
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Canutillo High School teacher arrested, campus drug use alleged
CANUTILLO, Texas — An employee at Canutillo High School has been arrested by school district police on charges involving on-campus drug use,…
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Judge grants bond to El Paso mom charged with murder of infant son
UPDATE, May 19: A central El Paso mother charged with capital murder in the death of her 7-month-old baby son was granted bond on Wednesday…
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Flushing wipes down toilet during pandemic continues to clog El Paso Water pipes a year later
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Water is yet again urging residents to not flush wipes that say ‘flushable’ on the packaging, saying they are creating…
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SISD board discusses plans for next school year and naming of superintendent
EL PASO, Texas — The Socorro Independent School District discussed a number of key items during a school board meeting Tuesday night, but took no…
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EPISD mom has cinder block benches built for kids waiting for school bus
El Paso, Texas– One El Paso Independent School District mom took action after seeing students for Brown Middle School wait for the bus on a broken…
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Delayed student release at Loma Verde Elementary as police look for strange person
EL PASO, Texas — A strange person spotted lurking around Loma Verde Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon prompted a delayed release of students…
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El Paso leaders hold Covid briefing, say mask mandates at local government facilities are lifted
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s top city and county leaders held a joint news conference during the noon hour Tuesday to provide an update on the…
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Refinery flare up generates smoke in El Paso’s Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas — A flare up at the Marathon Petroleum El Paso Refinery generated smoke and flames Tuesday visible in the sky over the Lower Valley,…
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Mexico says border travel restrictions with U.S. due to Covid now extended through June 21
WASHINGTON, DC — Travel restrictions across the U.S.-Mexico border have now been extended through at least June 21, according to Mexico’s foreign…
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2 El Paso virus deaths, 76 cases
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department announced two new coronavirus-related deaths and 76 new cases Tuesday morning. Both fatality…
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24 El Paso hikers rescued after ill-fated Organ Needle climb attempt in southern New Mexico
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico authorities rescued a group of over 20 hikers from El Paso early Monday after they became stranded…
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Recycle bins dumped into trash truck in west El Paso neighborhood, city claims it was isolated incident
EL PASO, Texas — For the past month, Juan Delgado from El Paso’s Sunset Heights noticed his recycling bin and his trash bin were being dumped in the…
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34-year-old man killed after being hit by car along I-10 near Anthony
UPDATE, May 17: El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday released the identity of a man struck and killed by a vehicle while waiting alongside…
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Couple shot, killed in Socorro is identified; police say ‘no danger’
UPDATE, May 17: Socorro police on Monday released the identifies of a couple who were shot and killed over the weekend in their home, but they…
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El Pasoan jailed on $500k bond in Santa Teresa man’s hit & run death
UPDATE, May 17: A motorist was being held Monday on $500,000 bond after a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run the prior night in west El Paso. Police said…
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Police try to identify pedestrian hit, killed on E. Paisano over weekend
UPDATE, May 17: El Paso police on Monday said they had yet to identify a 25 to 30-year-old man who was among two pedestrians struck and killed by…
Continue Reading El Paso reports fewest Covid hospitalizations since last June; 4 additional virus deaths
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported four coronavirus-related deaths and 53 new cases Monday. The latest…
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Dogs ‘raise the woof’ for the El Paso Humane Society
EL PASO, Texas – In the Humane Society of El Paso’s 32nd Annual K-9 Classic, dogs are ‘raising the woof’ at Ascarate Lake. Until May 22,…
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Busser returns $500 in cash dropped at west El Paso Village Inn restaurant
EL PASO, Texas — When Steven Donnelly dropped $500 in cash at a west El Paso Village Inn, he didn’t expect to get it back. “As soon as they brought…
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