UPDATE: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Andrew Martinez, 30, with aggravated assault. The sheriff said Martinez was located by deputies and members of the Anthony Police Department in the area with the suspected weapon. After Anthony Police were called out to the 500 block of Franklin Street just after 11 p.m.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Aerial water drops and ground crews are working to contain a wildfire that started Monday afternoon. According to the Mescalero Apache Fire Rescue, the Sago wildfire had grown to about 20 acres as of just after 3 p.m. Monday. The fire was reported near Sago Well, about 16 miles east
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Grupo Bafar is one of Mexico’s largest food companies. It started operating in 1983 and in El Paso in 1987. The Chihuahua-based company just opened its first distribution center in the U.S., located in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio, which took about two years to build. Grupo Bafar invested around $30
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott today announced grant funding for military community infrastructure projects in the state. The $26 million grant funding provided through the Texas Military Preparedness Commission’s Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant will bring $4 million to El Paso to help increase water production capacity at the Kay Bailey
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) – Fort Bliss showcased 10 new 3-D printed barracks, this is the largest deployment of robotic construction conducted by the Department of War, according to Fort Bliss officials. The new barracks will take less than 6 months to build and soldiers will be living in them by August. The new barracks
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) – An indictment filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico charges that Eduardo Prat, a former United States Border Patrol agent violated the civil rights of a detainee and then tampered with the evidence. According to the indictment in May 22, 2023 Prat
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SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, California (KVIA) – The family of an El Paso brother and sister have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a California court against the rental property where the two died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The rental property in Mexico City was rented by the siblings, Hugo Ivan Morales and his sister Laura
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UPDATE (5:20PM – 3/27/26): The El Paso Police Department confirms that Sergio Miguel Gomez, 74, has died of the injuries he received in a three-vehicle collision on March 14. Gomez was driving the Chevy Malibu that left a nearby parking lot, failed to stop, then crossed all lanes of Gateway West. The car jumped the
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) – An undercover investigation conducted by various federal agencies including the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of the Army’s CID lead to the arrest of Victor Andrew Pardo, Jr. The first investigation was on Aug. 19, 2025, where feeral agents made a
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The sheriff’s office said Woods was not injured in the crash. ByEmily Shapiro and Angeline Jane Bernabe March 27, 2026, 3:21 PM Tiger Woods has been charged with driving under the influence following a rollover crash in Jupiter Island, Florida, on Friday afternoon, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said. During a press conference, the sheriff’s office said
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Canutillo ISD is moving today’s baseball and softball games to Saturday due to the high winds. Other area school districts are monitoring the weather. A high wind advisory in Luna County, New Mexico was issued and NM DOT is advising high profile vehicles to use caution on the roadways. The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – This morning, Fort Bliss National Cemetery hosted the funeral for unaccompanied veteran Private First Class Billy Don Carter. The service was organized by the Veterans Assistance Office and El Paso County Veterans Service Officer Antoinette Hunt. The ceremony included a 9 gun salute, the solemn rendition of Taps and veterans
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RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KVIA) – The owners of Flying J Ranch announced that the popular western-themed attraction site is for sale. In a post on Facebook, the owners said, “After 44 full and wonderful years, we are hanging our hats. Thank you to everyone who has ever joined us out at the ranch for summer
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A federal grand jury has indicted a Border Patrol agent, Eduardo Prat, for allegedly assaulting a handcuffed man and concealing evidence to obstruct the investigation.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)—At 7 years old, Gabriela Rodríguez Álvarez was faced with unexplainable pain, extreme fatigue and ongoing kidney issues. The mere task of embracing her parents became a painful reality. After numerous setbacks at doctors’ offices, she would be diagnosed with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks healthy tissues. With
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We remain under an ABC-7 First Alert but this time no longer because of the heat but because of strong winds. A backdoor cold front will enter the region today it will drop temperatures and bring winds with blowing dust and sand. Today we started off with temps in the
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Originally Published: 27 MAR 26 07:57 ET By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — As she continues to beg for help in the search for her 84-year-old mother, “Today” show cohost Savannah Guthrie will return to the program April 6, her colleagues announced. “I don’t know if I can do it,” Guthrie said in an NBC
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UPDATE (March 27, 2026) — The victim’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Airbnb over the carbon monoxide poisoning of two El Paso siblings, according to documents. The lawsuit filed Feb. 6 in a California superior court. The Dolman Law Group is representing the Morales family. They allege Airbnb failed to require carbon monoxide
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Originally Published: 27 MAR 26 02:44 ET By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate unanimously moved to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection, in a rare overnight session. The agreement would fund other DHS components, such as
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Military Resiliency Center held a grand opening of their community hub. The Warrior Java Café offers a community focused environment meant to enhance the center’s mission. The center is part of The Warrior’s Journey, a network of resiliency-focused locations that offer support to active service members, veterans,
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC NEWS) – President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Thursday that he will sign an executive order instructing newly sworn-in Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA workers immediately, calling the ongoing DHS shutdown an “Emergency Situation.”
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EL PASO, Texas – El Pasoan Laneah Bryan is getting another shot at representing team USA at an international competition. Bryan will try to make the roster for the women’s USA flag football national team. She recently made the 24-woman roster, but the team will be cutdown to 12 with a few alternates Bryan is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – More than a thousand students with special needs participated in various events in track and field, including relay races and walks and runs. The Socorro Independent School District hosted their 40th Anniversary Spring Games in honor of James P. Butler. The students were able to show their skills in 10
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Meta announced an expansion to the scope of the El Paso Data Center this morning during the Borderplex Alliance’s Global Border Summit. Meta broke ground back in October 2025 and with today’s announcement, the center’s capacity will grow to 1 gigawatt. The expansion also means an investment increase of $10
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) – The United States Army today announced that Global Investment Firm Carlyle was chosen to build and operate a data center on Fort Bliss property. The selection of Carlyle is conditional at this point, according to a release by Fort Bliss, and “at no projected cost to taxpayers.” The facility would
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We remain under an ABC-7 First Alert for the climbing temps! Today we will likely break a daily high as well as a monthly high. Relief is on the way however as a backdoor cold front is on the way! Today we woke to temperatures in the upper 50s and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Independent School District invited families and students at Mesita Elementary School Wednesday at its Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Gifted & Talented Expo and Showcase. The event featured student work done in the district’s only language magnet program. Mesita Elementary and Mesita Early Childhood Development Center showed off their
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to IQAir, El Paso was the most polluted major city in the country in 2025. Of the top 25 populated cities in the country, El Paso had the highest PM 2.5 score. PM 2.5 is particulate matter that is smaller than 2.5 microns, and it’s a catch all term
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EL PASO, Texas / CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Last Monday, the renegotiation of the Free Trade Agreement, or USMCA, between Mexico, the United States, and Canada got underway, a development announced by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum weeks ago. According to the Mexican Importers and Exporters Association (ANIERM), the USMCA trade agreement sustains Juárez’s economy
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Tierra Del Sol Elementary School students were greeted by ABC-7’s Isabella Martinez this morning and took over as principal of the campus. Isabella lead the school with the Pledge of Allegiance and visited the various classrooms. With a front-row seat as to how the principal manages the campus, she gained
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