City of Las Cruces conducting a community-wide survey to improve city services
The City of Las Cruces is conducting a community-wide survey that asks residents how they rate Las Cruces. Jamey Rickman, Community Liasion for the…
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City officials react to CFO’s resignation
Another top city employee has announced she’s leaving. City CFO Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria will be leaving for an unspecified private-sector job…
Continue Reading People say goodbye to City Hall, but sad for different reasons
Albert Ortiz is shooting one last video of City Hall for his Desert View Elementary class in Gasden. He’s shooting it to remember it’s…
Continue Reading City environmental services director to end work with county
Ellen Smyth, a city employee who has been “on loan” to El Paso County has helped identify a plan for a permanent county administrator,…
Continue Reading City Council supports beautifying El Paso’s ports
A unanimous vote Tuesday by City Council to help lead an effort toward beautifying the border, including the possibility of a welcome center at the…
Continue Reading City Council seat swap comes to an end Monday
The game of musical chairs in El Paso City Council chambers is coming to an end. Cortney Niland, the city representative who instigated the first…
Continue Reading City Council signed off on reconstruction of Kansas and Santa Fe Bridge
El Paso, Tx- City Council has signed off on revamping the existing bridges over the Bataan train way. One bridge is on Kansas the other is on Santa…
Continue Reading City approves tax rate, budget for FY 2015
After weeks of workshops and negotiations, the city has finally settled on a budget for next year. But in the process of balancing it, city council…
Continue Reading City adopts new bike regulations, creates Bicycle Advisory Committee
Right now, it can be a bit daunting for cyclists to ride in El Paso. But on Tuesday, City Council took additional steps meant to make it easier to…
Continue Reading City’s sales tax proposal could struggle at state
El Paso’s city council plans to ask the state to increase the amount of sales tax the city can charge, which would initially decrease the…
Continue Reading Canutillo ISD calls for change at the Texas Education Agency
The Canutillo Independent School District is asking El Paso state reps and senators for help.Trustees want to make big changes to how the Texas…
Continue Reading Sports Director Paul Cicala to leave KVIA
KVIA Sports Director Paul Cicala has announced he will be leaving ABC-7 in one month. Paul will be going back to his native Tucson to tend to family…
Continue Reading Christian Martinez’s family pleads for his life
“Please don’t kill my brother.” That’s what Christian Martinez sister Viviana Martinez pleaded to the jury with tears in her…
Continue Reading El Paso Children’s Hospital: “We have a serious issue”
“We have a very serious issue”…that’s how Ron Acton, chairman of the strategic planning committee between University Medical…
Continue Reading Tickets for El Paso Chihuahuas opening day sell out
They went on sale Saturday morning and the opening day for the El Paso Chihuahuas is already sold out! Team officials said no more tickets are…
Continue Reading Chihuahuas split opening series with Aces
The Reno Aces scored in five different innings Sunday, beating the El Paso Chihuahuas, 9-1. After an RBI double in the first inning by Mike Jacobs…
Continue Reading Fire destroys at least 4 homes in Chaparral
An afternoon fire spread to four homes Thursday in Chaparral, creating a plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. It broke out about 4 p.m. on…
Continue Reading Changes made for late kickoff of UTEP-Tech game
Planning on going to UTEP’s home opener against Texas Tech Saturday night at the Sun Bowl? You might want to get some extra rest and pace…
Continue Reading Christmas in El Paso: KVIA broadcasts the 79th Annual Celebration of Lights
Downtown El Paso is bright and full of Christmas lights just in time for the holidays. Thousands made their way to Cleveland Square Saturday…
Continue Reading CDC designates El Paso as quarantine site, including for Ebola
The Centers for Disease Control has designated El Paso as one of 20 quarantine stations for infectious diseases, including Ebola. The Sun City is…
Continue Reading CBP seizes 16.7 pound cocaine load at El Paso port of entry
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents working at the El…
Continue Reading 470 pounds of pot seized at port of entry
A total of 470 pounds of marijuana were seized in four seizures from the New Mexico border crossing.Street value of the contraband is estimated at…
Continue Reading Update: 78 cats removed from Central El Paso home
Update: El Paso’s Animal Services says that 78 cats were removed from a Central El Paso home on Thursday and that more are expected to be…
Continue Reading Cathedral Shake-up Causes Concern for Parents
Changes to Cathedral High School are upsetting some parents and students within the community. Current Principal Brother Nicolas Gonzalez has been…
Continue Reading Juarez Drug Lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes captured
Mexican officials say the alleged leader of the Juarez drug cartel has been arrested in the northern city of Torreon. Carrillo Fuentes heads the…
Continue Reading Drug lord Caro Quintero asks Mexico not to give in to U.S. extradition requests
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero sent a letter to the Mexican government asking officials not to give in to the…
Continue Reading Carlsbad New Year’s Eve Party rescheduled when alcohol supply truck crashed
The New Year’s Eve dance that was to be hosted at the Civic Center Annex was postponed when the supply truck carrying the alcohol crashed on…
Continue Reading Case of dismembered NM man remains unsolved
Police say investigators are still trying to find out what happened to an 88-year-old Carlsbad man who was found buried in pieces in his backyard.…
Continue Reading Carlsbad Caverns closed Friday due to weather
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is closed Friday due to recent weather conditions. The main road is impassable because of flooding and it is covered…
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