El Paso, Texas – The 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command welcomed a new Command Sergeant Major to Fort Bliss. He is no stranger to the Sun City. The unit’s top enlisted man — Raymond Belk — has earned the rank of Command Sergeant Major but he’s held the title of El Pasoan since he
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The January 6th committee is returning to prime-time today for its last planned public hearing. You can watch it tonight live on ABC-7 at 6 pm local time. We will not have a 6 pm broadcast, we will have a newscast at 9 pm instead. This public hearing will be the second prime-time session since the
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EL PASO, Texas – Search and rescue teams located the body of a man off a trail at White Sands National Park on July 6 just after 11 a.m. Earlier, park rangers had found an empty vehicle and began a search of the area. Members of the U.S. Army, Holloman Air Force Base, U.S. Airforce,
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HOUSTON, TX Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion created a t-shirt line she hopes will empower and celebrate women. The shirt reads “love yourself” and the other “plan b.” She posted on her website that she will be making a donation from sales to planned parenthood. She encourages her fans to visit planned parenthood’s website to
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By PAUL J. WEBER, JUAN LOZANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task Tuesday of identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the
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EL PASO, TX – Multiple operations conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Department of Homeland Security have brought home 70 missing children. DPS and HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) announced on May 25, Missing Children’s Day, that 3 operations ran from the end of April through mid-May in El Paso, Midland, Ector
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Las Cruces Police are looking for two men in connection with a shooting early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the 1400 block of Solano Dr. near a Dollar General store. Once on scene, they found a man with gun wounds to his lower body. Hours later, officials named Jerimiah Javi Parra Baca, 22 and Juan
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DONA ANA County, New Mexico – New Mexico Department of Transportation reports the closure of NM 11 between Deming and Columbus due to the high winds. Luna County Sheriff’s deputies are monitoring the closure. This is a breaking news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts the moment news breaks.
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In honor of women’s history month, I wanted to introduce master sergeant KiOwana Phillips, a soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas, and the founder of One Shot Firearms Academy. Phillips is working to change the stigma women gun owners face, a situation she knows all too well. “It’s happened before, I go to a gun range,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – From our New Mexico Mobile Newsroom, Las Cruces Police say a man in his 50s was taken to Mountain View Hospital after he was injured in a hit and run. The man died from his injuries a short time later. Police say it happened at 7:50 p.m. Saturday at the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Las Cruces Police say Canaan Bower, 18, was riding his motorcycle south along the 2000 block of Triviz in Las Cruces when he crashed into a vehicle turning north on Triviz. Canaan was recognized as a local hero after he stopped a kidnapping attempt in March 2020. The heroic act
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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joined Doña Ana County leadership to make an announcement regarding support for La Union residents most affected by flooding in August. New Mexico has issued $1.5 million to help with clean up efforts in the county. About 2.5 inches of rain fell in La Union
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EL PASO, Texas — Months after wastewater was discharged into the Rio Grande, El Paso Water continues a clean-up strategy to ensure the Rio Grande and other canals are ready for the irrigation season. River water is expected to reach the borderland in May or June. According to officials, El Paso Water has been working
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EL PASO, Texas – The Texas Department of Transportation has been working on a project to warn drivers about wrong-way driving on the Cesar Chavez border highway. The most recent deadly crash happened Wednesday night when a driver going the wrong way on Loop 375 turned deadly after crashing head-on into a FedEx semi-truck. Police
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by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s red chile harvest might become a casualty of a recent Supreme Court ruling that halted Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s ability to spend federal money without the Legislature. Lujan Grisham announced a $5 million program in August that chipped in taxpayer money to
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Click here for updates on this story WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut (WFSB) — An apartment building in Willimantic was evacuated on Monday after a fire broke out in what was identified as a methamphetamine lab. It happened at 560 Main St. in Willimantic. In addition to local police and fire crews, the Dept. of Energy and Environmental
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A New Haven principal has come under fire for using a racial slur. The Board of Education has demoted Laura Roblee, but calls for a more severe punishment are growing. She was the principal at Breenan-Rogers School, but was demoted following an incident
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARKLEYSBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — June 16, 1951 was a special day for Gurney and Lois – a day that would lead to 70 years of love and commitment. Gurney was home at the farm on leave after serving time in the Navy in the Korean War. After some
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A retired NYPD sergeant has received his Purple Heart. He finally got the award seven decades after being wounded on D-Day. The Army presented 99-year-old Ozzie Fletcher with the medal at Fort Hamilton on Friday. He was wounded in Normandy, but due to racism
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A small single-family house stands in the middle of a huge construction project in Coral Gables. The $600 million commercial development is the largest in the city’s history. The homeowner says his home carries priceless sentimental value and he won’t sell it, mo matter the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — With a tough school year winding to an end, state education officials have some promising news. “In the fall at this time, all restrictions, including masks, have been lifted,” said Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley. It’s guidance he clarified
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Trinity Bluff is a new neighborhood in the building phase in Shreveport, and it will be it’s own microgrid within the SWEPCO grid. It’s located on Old Mooringsport Highway near the North Highlands area. KTBS met with SWEPCO to discuss this first-of-a-kind neighborhood for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Hotter temperatures are on the way this week and Union Gospel Mission is stepping up to take care of the houseless community, making sure they have the supplies and resources to stay cool on hot days this summer. Its Search and Rescue team hits
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VICTORVILLE (KCAL, KCBS) — A San Bernardino Sheriff’s Deputy is caught on camera kicking a man in the head two times despite the fact that the suspect surrendered and laid down. The suspect, 33-year-old Willie Jones, is seen in the video crouching down in a parking lot, attempting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story UMATILLA COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A chimpanzee was killed after it attacked a woman in Pendleton over the weekend, according to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said deputies, along with Pendleton police and the Pendleton Fire Department, were called out to the 42000 block of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULARE COUNTY (KPIX) — A suspect has been arrested after about 42,000 pounds of pistachios were stolen from a Central California farm this month. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says, during a routine audit recently, the Touchstone Pistachio Company discovered that thousands of pounds of pistachios had gone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — It isn’t unusual for staffers with the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority to put in late nights during the College World Series. But this year, the crew has been up late on cleanup duty because of problems with tracking down workers for the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — An 80-year-old Lincoln man has been arrested after police say he shot his wife in the head on Sunday morning, leaving the 78-year-old in critical condition at an area hospital. Lincoln Police Department Officer Erin Spilker said the man, John Kotopka, was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — On this Father’s Day, I couldn’t help but shine a light on a moment my college roommate at Morgan State University, Michael Baker, will never forget. A moment any parent would cherish — seeing their child win a silver medal in their Special Olympics debut.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOCA RATON, Florida (WPBF) — Hundreds of dead fish are floating in or washed ashore at a Boca Raton lake, and people in that neighborhood said the smell has been unbearable at times over the last few days. While the city of Boca Raton and Lake Worth Drainage
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