EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A local high school student is turning her passion for helping animals into action across the Borderland. Emerson Lowenfield founded her nonprofit, Grace for Paws, with a mission to support animal rescue efforts in the El Paso community. What began as a personal goal has grown into an initiative focused
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Originally Published: 31 MAR 26 17:45 ET Updated: 31 MAR 26 20:41 ET By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, CNN Editor’s note: NASA’s Artemis program is sending humans into deep space for the first time in more than five decades. Sign up for Countdown newsletter and get updates from CNN Science on out-of-this-world expeditions as they
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Originally Published: 27 MAR 26 13:40 ET Updated: 27 MAR 26 15:43 ET By Jackie Wattles, CNN Editor’s note: NASA’s Artemis program is sending humans into deep space for the first time in more than five decades. Sign up for Countdown newsletter and get updates from CNN Science on out-of-this-world expeditions as they unfold. (CNN)
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EL PASO COUNTY, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office reports that railroad crossings on Alameda at O.T. Smith and Oil Mill are closed as deputies investigate a crash between a train and a vehicle. The Sheriff is advising drivers to use M.F. Aguilera to divert and expect delays along the way. No
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(CNN) — Days after a lethargic, glassy-eyed Tiger Woods was found at the scene of a rollover crash, with opioids in his pocket, the professional golf legend said he was “stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment” and focus on his health. “This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The City of Las Cruces is asking for your help in improving programs and services provided by the city’s police and fire departments. Submit your anonymous responses to the survey here. Submissions are open until April 15.
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EL PASO, Texas – Two El Paso soccer teams continued their winning ways in the state high school soccer playoffs. Americas and Burges both won their regional final games on Tuesday to punch their ticket to the UIL State Final Four. In Class 5A Division 1, the Americas Trail Blazers dominated Aledo winning the match
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With the ongoing government shutdown partially impacting the Department of Homeland Security, some local CBP staff and employees are not receiving their paychecks. President Trump recently signed an emergency order to promptly pay TSA workers who haven’t been paid during the current six-week shutdown and to help reduce long lines
Continue Reading DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — Doña Ana County is asking residents to participate in a survey to shape the future of local parks, trails and community centers. The county said there’s only one week left to provide feedback. The survey is part of the county’s Parks, Recreation and Community Centers Master plan, which
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Originally Published: 31 MAR 26 15:06 ET By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump from moving ahead with any further work on a massive new ballroom on the former site of the White House’s East Wing. This story is breaking and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire™
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Tuesday’s forecast will be similar to Monday’s. We will warm above average and develop some breezy conditions tonight. Throughout the region we woke to temps in the upper 50s to low 60s. El Paso is expecting a high of 88 today. This will keep us trending above average and leave
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Customs and Border Protection officers found four undocumented migrants in a hopper car while conducting x-ray scans at the Port of El Paso Rail Operations, the Office of Filed Operations posted on Instagram Monday. According to the post, officers noticed anomalies in the x-ray scans of a tampered rail hopper
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — “That’s my workhorse. so we use we have three trucks, and we use them, every day to pull material,” Tony Avila told ABC-7 during an interview. “Everything that we do requires, sand, rocks, heavy, heavy, material. so we use them a lot.” Tony Avila is a native El Pasoan and a
Continue Reading Originally Published: 31 MAR 26 04:47 ET Updated: 31 MAR 26 08:04 ET By Ivana Kottasová and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The war in the Middle East has pushed the average price Americans are paying for gas to $4.02 Tuesday, topping the $4 per gallon mark for the first time since 2022, according to
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By Emily ShapiroMarch 31, 2026, 7:43 AM Tiger Woods told authorities that he was looking down at his phone and changing the radio station and didn’t realize the truck in front of him had slowed down before his rollover crash in Jupiter Island, Florida, according to the probable cause affidavit. No one was injured in the Friday
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By Devin DwyerMarch 31, 2026, 9:30 AM In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy” for minors as a likely violation of counselors’ free speech rights under the First Amendment. LGBTQ groups, who have hailed conversion therapy bans as critical to the mental health of minors figuring out
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The days are longer and warmer and that means being more active outside. March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and doctors want you to prevent a lifelong injury to the head. They can range from mild traumatic brain injuries like a concussion, to severe traumatic brain injuries, where someone is in a coma and needs neurosurgery.
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UPDATE: ABC-7 spoke with the Congresswoman about the allegations surrounding her staffer that was accused by DHS of impersonating a lawyer. DHS says that the staffer impersonated an attorney from September 2025 to January 2025 in order to get into Camp East Montana and speak with detainees. Escobar said the allegations were unfounded. Escobar did
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Commissioners Court has officially renamed March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Appreciation Day following allegations that Chavez abused “young women or minors,” according to United Farm Workers. The court approved the change Monday as part of an update to the county’s Holiday Leave Policy. County-designated
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Emergence Health Network says it’s opening the first facility in El Paso to offer children’s crisis care.Emergence Health Network’s school-based crisis intervention services students in EPISD, Canutillo ISD, Fabens ISD and now San Elizario ISD. With Emergence’s new Behavioral Health East Campus, 11 acres of land could expand access to mental health services even further.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A minor is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by a vehicle, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed with ABC-7 Monday. EPCSO said it happened just after 4 p.m. at the intersection of Desert Meadows Drive and Greg Drive near East Montana Middle School. The sheriff’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Attorney Christina Sanchez obtained a temporary restraining order to shut down the Dirty Laundry bar in East El Paso, Sanchez said Monday. Authorities describe the bar as a “common nuisance” with more than 280 emergency calls to the bar over the last two years. The El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man driving a motorcycle died after crashing into an SUV in East El Paso, El Paso police said Monday. The EPPD Special Traffic Investigations unit said it happened at the 11800 block of Pellicano Dr. Saturday night. It said 67-year-old William Page drove his motorcycle and failed to yield
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office released its 2025 Annual Report, which highlights a 14% reduction in crime, EPCSO announced Monday. The report comes after Sheriff Oscar Ugarte’s administration’s first year. In 2025, EPCSO said it responded to more than 153,000 calls and more than 45,000 traffic stops. EPCSO said
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso City Council voted to deny the Texas Gas Service’s proposed interim rate increase and stop new rates from implementing for 45 days, the city said Monday. The proposed interim rate increase is part of the Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program (GRIP), which allows utility rates to adjust to
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UPDATE (1:55 p.m.) — El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz released a statement on Corbett being named the pope’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. He said, in part, quote: “I give thanks to God for the appointment of Dylan Corbett of the Hope Border Institute to the Dicasteryfor Promoting Integral Human Development by our Holy
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Originally Published: 30 MAR 26 15:24 ET Updated: 30 MAR 26 15:27 ET By Cindy Von Quednow, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The attack earlier this month on a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was “a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan,” the FBI said
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(UPDATE: March 30, 2026) — The City of El Paso confirmed with ABC-7 no injuries or occupants were reported during the collapse. The city said an engineer found the cause may have been because of a “structural failure at a support column that was not visible.” The city said the building’s first floor was used
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The 15-year-old suspect died at the scene, authorities said.By Emily Shapiro March 30, 2026, 11:45 AM A 15-year-old boy allegedly shot a teacher at his Texas high school on Monday morning, authorities said. The suspect died at the scene at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Comal County, about 30 miles north of San
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The ‘Centro de Reinserción Social No. 3,’ or CERESO 3 prison in Juárez is a Chihuahua state-run penitentiary located south of the city. ABC-7 toured the facilities where the Chihuahua State Public Security Secretariat (SSPE) renovated some cell blocks related to the most populated areas and those with the highest
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