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FAA lifts order slashing flights, allowing commercial airlines to resume their regular schedules

ABC News– The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country’s longest government shutdown. Airlines can resume their regular flight schedules beginning Monday at 6 a.m. EST, the agency said. Citing safety concerns as staffing shortages grew at air traffic

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$40K award fuels Borderplex research into Chronic Ankle Instability

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)—A team of researchers from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and the University of Texas at El Paso have received a $40,000 grant from Sobel-Duncan Border Health Research Award to study chronic ankle instability, a condition disproportionately impacting the Borderplex region. Colby Genrich, Family and Sports Medicine physician at

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Canutillo ISD launches construction of new Middle School campus

CANUTILLO, Texas (KVIA) — The Canutillo Independent School District celebrated the start of construction on its new, relocated Canutillo Middle School, a major bond project aimed at supporting the district’s growth and modernizing student learning environments. District leaders marked the launch of the $106.8 million construction project on Saturday morning, followed by a fall festival

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ABC-7 Xtra Sunday – El Paso county’s changing (and slowing) population growth

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Population growth in El Paso county is slowing down. Previously, the area had seen double-digit percent increases in population every decade since the 1950s. But the 2020 census showed that growth cut in half over ten years, falling from 17.8% to 8.1 %. While the city of El Paso and surrounding communities are still growing now, El

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Chihuahua State Police fire dozens of state prison employees for alleged illicit activities

JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua State Police Chief Gilberto Loya Chávez confirmed to ABC-7 that they laid off 50 state police employees for alleged illegal activity inside state prisons in Chihuahua. The Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE) has been overseeing the control of all the CERESOS (state prisons) in the state for the past 34

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EPISD, Canutillo ISD trustees to interview superintendent candidates next week

by Claudia Lorena Silva, El Paso MattersNovember 13, 2025 The El Paso and Canutillo school districts could soon name their respective superintendent finalists as the districts’ school boards are set to interview candidates next week. The El Paso Independent School District board will conduct interviews Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 17-18, and will hold a second

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