Halftime Update: NMSU Aggies trail UNM Lobos, 21-10
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico: In the 114th edition of the Rio Grande Rivalry, the New Mexico State Aggies find themselves trailing their in-state rival the…
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USDA inspection report reveals animal deaths at Jungle Reef in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection report revealed several violations were found at Jungle Reef,…
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Last day of El Paso Film Festival is Saturday!
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Saturday is the last day to enjoy this year’s El Paso Film Festival, and the event is free! The event is being held at the…
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‘Power of Pink:’ honoring breast cancer survivors through portraits
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness month early with a ‘Power of Pink’ event at Las Palmas Medical Center. As a…
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UTEP to host Fall Florafest
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The University of Texas at El Paso’s Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens will host fall FloraFest, a special…
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Special Olympics program in El Paso shows how inclusion brings loads of smiles at Top Golf
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — Special Olympics Texas hosted an event that was the first of its kind called the “Unified Fore Joy Pro Am” golf tournament. It…
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Borderland Blitz: Week 5 Schedule & Scores
Socorro 14Eastwood 49FinalEastlake 36Montwood 32FinalBel Air 14El Dorado 49FinalAmericas 56Parkland 45FinalHanks 42Andress 49FinalChapin 45Burges…
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Urgent search for driver accused of leaving after hitting, killing pedestrian
Update (September 27, 2024): Police identified the dead pedestrian as 34-year-old Emmanuel Torres. Investigators say he was crossing Alameda when a…
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Motorcyclist was speeding when he hit the back of a car and died, police say
Update (September 27, 2024): Police say 39-year-old Santa Teresa resident Alex Cole Bustamante died in the crash. Special Traffic Investigators are…
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Man arrested for trying to avoid El Paso Border Patrol checkpoint on a bicycle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso arrested a man for allegedly attempting to avoid a checkpoint on a bicycle. Border…
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Draft study on Downtown Deck Plaza by City of El Paso shows $412 million cost to build deck plaza and adjacent buildings
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A draft version of the City of El Paso’s feasibility study of a proposed downtown deck plaza shows a potential total cost of…
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Harris heads to the US southern border, looking to close a polling gap with Trump
Originally Published: 27 SEP 24 05:41 ET Updated: 27 SEP 24 07:58 ET By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to go on…
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Recent school threats impact mental health of Borderland students
SANTA TERESA, NM (KVIA) — There has been a nationwide spike in school threats, including schools in the borderland region who have reported multiple…
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Suicide Awareness Month: How can you help?
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Suicide is a worldwide issue, one that has affected people for as long as we can remember. Everyone knows about the issue,…
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New Mexico Outdoor Economics Conference starts next week in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The great outdoors of New Mexico and the job-creating and money-making opportunities it brings to the state will be…
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Hunger Action Month: Helping El Pasoans pay for groceries
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — September is Hunger Action Month, a campaign dedicated to raising awareness and inspiring action to fight hunger across the…
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Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center suing Texas AG
By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune, and Vianna Davila, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica Sept. 26, 2024 “Attorney General Ken Paxton targets El…
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Texas DPS: 20+ suspected Tren de Aragua gang members arrested in El Paso’s Gateway Hotel
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed to ABC-7 today that law enforcement officers arrested “more than 20…
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Truck plows through Sunland Park house
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Sunland Park Fire crews responded to an incident last night where a truck plowed through a home. The house is…
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El Paso Border Patrol arrest man wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol agents arrested a person wanted for murder inside of a stash house in El Paso Tuesday. That day, Border Patrol…
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Man accused of murdering 3 El Pasoans in 1994 set to go on trial in March 2025
Update (September 26, 2024): Triple murder suspect Arturo Garcia Ortega appeared at a court hearing this morning. The judge set his trial for March…
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ReadyOne Industries receives $193.7 million contract to make protective military apparel
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Defense Logistics Agency Trap Support just awarded El Paso’s ReadyOne Industries a $193.7 million contract to produce…
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CBP officer sentenced to 20 months for slamming U.S. citizen’s head into a barrier, lying on official report
COLUMBUS, New Mexico (KVIA) — A federal court just sentenced a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer to 20 months in prison for violating the…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on 5 federal public corruption charges, including bribery and wire fraud
Originally Published: 25 SEP 24 21:29 ET Updated: 26 SEP 24 10:53 ET By Evan Perez, Mark Morales, Kara Scannell, Brynn Gingras and Gloria Pazmino,…
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Biden set to add new guidelines for active shooter drills, how this could affect El Paso schools
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — The Biden administration is set to introduce and sign a new executive order aimed at enhancing school safety and cracking down…
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New organization says Lincoln Park conservation committee is not putting event fund profits back into the community
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Jose Cardoza, President of Barrio Lincoln Park association says he started Lincoln Park conservation committee Hector…
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El Paso Mayor says city needs to change procedures following Gateway Hotel closure
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser acknowledged the city’s shortfalls in handling the Gateway Hotel’s closure in an interview with…
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Two years after Sierra Blanca migrant shootings, criminal case languishes
By Adelaide Olberding and Emma Popkin / El Paso Matters Light winds wafted across an arid stretch of desert in Hudspeth County near the intersection…
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County, City of El Paso move forward with funding for planning of I-10 Downtown Deck Plaza
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Both county and city officials in El Paso discussed moving forward with funding for planning of the I-10 Downtown Deck Plaza…
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Woman caught smuggling 748 pounds of Mexican bologna into the U.S.
PRESIDIO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 748 pounds of Mexican bologna at the Presidio port of entry on Monday, September…
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