El Paso County Judge Samaniego extends virus shutdown until Dec. 1
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego on Wednesday extended the county’s emergency order shutting down non-essential businesses…
Continue ReadingTop Stories
El Paso gym defies shutdown order, fund raises from customers to pay costs of multiple citations
EL PASO, Texas — One El Paso gym continues to operate after receiving multiple citations and warnings for defying the county’s shutdown order. ABC-7…
Continue Reading
Closed storefronts, overwhelmed hospitals and mobile morgues as El Paso is hit hard by virus
EL PASO, Texas — The glowing lights of arcade machines flash on and off across a silent room. A small carousel stands idly by, its colorful…
Continue Reading
Deported veteran celebrates return to El Paso while working to help other vets still stuck in Juárez
EL PASO, Texas — It has been two months since former navy veteran Frank De La Cruz was allowed to come home to El Paso after being deported and…
Continue Reading
Border Patrol catches group of 41 migrants near Santa Teresa
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — The U.S. Border Patrol said 41 migrants were apprehended after getting off a bus on the Mexican side and then crossing…
Continue Reading
Capacity issues seen at El Paso hospitals and funeral homes due to virus now impacting cemeteries
EL PASO, Texas — The capacity issues that have been plaguing El Paso’s hospitals and funeral homes amidst a surge in Covid-19 infections and deaths…
Continue Reading
Biden names Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff
WASHINGTON, DC — President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Ron Klain to be his incoming chief of staff, the Biden transition office said in a news…
Continue Reading
YouTube video platform outage reported nationwide
EL PASO, Texas — YouTube users in the Borderland and throughout the U.S. experienced an outage Wednesday evening with the popular video sharing…
Continue Reading
Southern New Mexico has 6 virus deaths, Doña Ana County sees record 311 daily cases
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico’s Doña Ana, Otero and Luna counties were responsible for six of the state’s 14 additional coronavirus…
Continue Reading
Texas becomes 1st state with more than a million Covid-19 infections
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has now surpassed one million Covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins…
Continue Reading
Texas Supreme Court declines to grant emergency order against Samaniego’s shutdown mandate
EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant an emergency order aimed at halting El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s…
Continue Reading
El Paso has 14 more virus deaths; hospitalizations reach new peak
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 14 coronavirus-related deaths, and the record for hospitalizations in the…
Continue Reading
‘Do not report to work’: El Paso employees grapple with dilemma of working while sick or losing pay
EL PASO, Texas — Quarantine and lose pay, or work to put food on the table? It’s a scenario many El Pasoans may find themselves in during the…
Continue Reading
City officials say pandemic’s full economic impact on El Paso won’t be known until next year
EL PASO, Texas — There are about 50,000 operating businesses in El Paso. Of those, about 26 percent of them have closed due to the pandemic, but…
Continue Reading
El Paso nursing homes, assisted living centers currently have 235 active virus infections
EL PASO, Texas– With a surge of Covid-19 attacking the Borderland again, nursing homes and assisted living facilities say have been ramping up to…
Continue Reading
El Paso County gets more mobile morgues as virus deaths spike, judge may extend shutdown
EL PASO, Texas — Despite new measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19, El Paso remains one of the hardest hit across the country, with…
Continue Reading
UTEP’s next game vs. UAB moved to Midland over virus concerns
EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s upcoming football game against UAB is being moved from the Sun Bowl to Grande Stadium in Midland because of concern…
Continue Reading
El Paso Children’s Hospital gets high-tech sterilization machine in battle vs. virus
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Children’s Hospital is one of 10 children’s hospitals in the nation to receive a high-level sterilization machine meant…
Continue Reading
Human remains of up to 2 people found in Chihuahuan Desert southwest of Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Human bones were discovered Tuesday in the Chihuahuan Desert southwest of Las Cruces, according to the Dona Ana County…
Continue Reading
NMSU to allow athletics to return in a ‘bubble’, but governor’s office warns there will be ‘consequences’
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The New Mexico State University Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to allow student athletics to resume, but the…
Continue Reading
As El Paso hospital patients are flown elsewhere, questions arise over who pays for the return trip if someone dies
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso hospitals have found success in their strategy of flying dozens of ICU patients to medical facilities outside of the…
Continue Reading Doña Ana County has half of all new virus deaths in state – ties record with 7 of 14 fatalities
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Doña Ana County tied a pandemic record with seven more coronavirus deaths reported Tuesday, which was half of the 14 added…
Continue Reading
Cielo Vista Walmart latest closed for deep cleaning due to virus concerns
EL PASO, Texas — The Cielo Vista Walmart, scene of the Aug. 3 shooting massacre, is the latest of the retail giant’s El Paso stores to be abruptly…
Continue Reading
Court denies emergency order after southern New Mexico’s Stampede Meat sues to halt virus closure
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A federal judge on Tuesday denied issuing an emergency order sought by a southern New Mexico meat processing plant…
Continue Reading
U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to keep Affordable Care Act despite challenge from Texas, other states
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to leave in place the bulk of the Affordable Care Act, including key protections for…
Continue Reading El Paso sets record for virus hospitalizations; 9 new deaths
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Coronavirus hospitalizations reached an all-time in El Paso on Tuesday. The Department of Public Health reports there are…
Continue Reading
City of El Paso buys several buildings to convert into Covid-19 response facilities
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — City leaders revealed new details about their long-term strategies to address the pandemic during a marathon City Council…
Continue Reading Appeals court set to rule Thursday on latest effort to halt Judge Samaniego’s shutdown order
EL PASO, Texas — A Texas appeals court is set to review a lower court ruling that upheld an order from El Paso County’s top elected official…
Continue Reading
NMSU professors developing face covering that removes 97% of airborne particles
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two New Mexico State University engineering educators are developing reusable innovative technology that they say will…
Continue Reading
Doña Ana Co. sees 4 more virus deaths, 201 new cases as NM governor works with Biden on plan
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico reported another 1,418 confirmed coronavirus infections Monday, smashing the previous record of 1,287 that was set…
Continue Reading