Pence announces presidential run: ‘Different times call for different leadership’
(CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence announced he’s running for president on Wednesday, setting up a battle for the Republican…
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Ford recalling 125,000 SUVs and trucks that could catch fire
(CNN) — Ford is recalling more than 125,000 Escape SUVs, Maverick pickups and Lincoln Corsair luxury SUVs because their engines could leak fluids…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Wednesday, June 7
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here a list of road closures scheduled for Wednesday, June 7 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in…
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Large amounts of hail falls across El Paso, Las Cruces
(KVIA) — ABC-7 viewers have been sending in images and videos of hail and rain falling in El Paso and Las Cruces. The severe storm moved out of El…
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El Paso man attacks person on I-10, falls into oncoming traffic
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A driver is dead after police say he tried to fight another person in his car before falling into traffic on I-10. The dead…
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Person rushed to the hospital after shooting in El Paso’s Upper Valley
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crimes Against Persons investigators are looking into a shooting on the corner of Doniphan and Montoya in the Upper Valley,…
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Power outages impacting neighborhoods in Lower Valley, West El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to the El Paso Electric outage map, there is a power outage impacting more than 1,000 houses in the Lower Valley,…
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El Paso Rep. Hernandez accounts for 40% of taxpayer-funded gas purchases in 2023, audit says usage “appears excessive”
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — City of El Paso District 3 City Representative Cassandra Hernandez accounted for nearly 40% of the gasoline purchased using…
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Governor signs public safety bill at Texas capitol
AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill that aims to improve public safety. Lawmakers passed the bill during the 88th…
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Taxpayer-funded sculpture destroyed along Airway in East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 captured images of a sculpture lying in the median of Airway Boulevard Tuesday. The City of El Paso tells us that the…
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Officials: unlawful entries into El Paso down since lifting of Title 42
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Since the end of Title 42 on May 11, unlawful entries along the southern border have decreased 70% from their record…
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Injured hiker carried down mountainous Las Cruces trail
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Las Cruces Fire Department Technical Rescue Team helped get an injured hiker off the Organ Mountains Monday.…
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PGA Tour to merge with Saudi-backed LIV Golf under single ownership
The PGA Tour has announced it will be merging operations under a single owner with its rival, the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, as well as the DP World…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Strong to severe storms will be possible Tuesday afternoon in El Paso and Las Cruces
The ABC-7 First Alert continues Tuesday. The day starts nicely, but the storms will increase throughout the day. The showers and thunderstorms will…
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ICE acting chief Tae Johnson to retire
(CNN) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s acting chief, Tae Johnson, is set to retire at the end of June, Homeland Security Secretary…
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California officials: Florida picked up asylum-seekers on Texas border and flew them to Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state of Florida picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border Monday and took them by private jet to California’s…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Tuesday, June 6
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here a list of road closures scheduled for Tuesday, June 6 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in El…
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Local El Paso artist achieves his creative goals
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One young man is using the power of his imagination to enter the workforce with a little coaching from a local printing…
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El Paso Water crews working to repair a water main break in the Upper Valley
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water crews continue to work on a water main break in El Paso’s Upper Valley. According to El Paso Water officials,…
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Venezuelan migrant charged with murder of Honduran woman found dead in El Paso motel room
UPDATE: Alvarado and Zuniga were not the only two migrants who booked into the room they were staying in, according to police. They said a family…
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Federal investigators break up human smuggling operation based in El Paso
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — Homeland Security Investigations agents in El Paso say nine accused human smugglers were indicted May 18. Jose Luis…
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Best practices for tire safety, staying safe on the roadways
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Over the weekend, one person died after being struck on I-10 near Raynolds. According to first responders, initial reports…
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Simpler hysterectomy may improve quality of life for some women with cervical cancer, study finds
(CNN) — A late-stage trial of women with cervical cancer at low risk of progression found that having a simple hysterectomy instead of a radical…
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Volkswagen reboots its groovy 60s-era VW bus
(CNN) — America apparently needs more car seats. So, when Volkswagen unveiled the ID. Buzz, a retro-styled electric van, last year, it noted that…
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Directors Guild of America reaches tentative deal as writers strike goes on
New York (CNN) — The Directors Guild of America reached a “historic” tentative deal for wages, work hours, residuals and even artificial…
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Gorillaz Announce The Getaway Tour
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Gorillaz has announced their forthcoming The Getaway Tour, a series of four U.S. shows slated to pop off this Fall. The…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces for the week of June 5 to 9
EL PASO, Texas — From west to east El Paso, to Southern New Mexico there’s a construction project in almost every part of the Borderland. Here’s a…
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16 migrants flown by private jet from El Paso to California, flight triggers investigation
SACRAMENTO, California (KVIA) — California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta say the migrants arrived by private jet without…
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Witnesses say shots fired in east El Paso overnight happened near a high school graduation party
UPDATE: A witness who did not want to be identified told ABC-7 he was at a high school graduation party when multiple shots were fired. “A lot of…
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China accuses US of ‘provocation’ after near collision of warships
By Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN Singapore (CNN) — China’s defense minister on Sunday accused the United States and its allies of trying…
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