Socorro ISD welcomes students back to campus for first time in six months
EL PASO, Texas – The Socorro Independent School District, the first Borderland school district to announce plans to return to campus, has revised…
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63-year-old El Paso virus survivor cheered as she leaves hospital after 109 days
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso woman is a fighter. Staff at The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus lined the hallway as 63-year-old Josefina…
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What you need to know if you’re attending UTEP’s football opener
EL PASO, Texas — Football is back in the Borderland. The UTEP Miners kick off their home opener against Stephen F. Austin on Saturday at 7 p.m.…
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El Paso police seek help in solving cold case murder of rising music artist ‘T.K.’
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police on Friday said they were seeking new leads in the murder of a 20-year-old up-and-coming music artist who was shot…
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28th soldier death of the year is reported at Fort Hood
FORT HOOD, Texas — A soldier from New Mexico died this week after collapsing during a training exercise at Fort Hood in Texas, U.S. Army officials…
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Doña Ana County has 13 of New Mexico’s 96 added virus cases
SANTE FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico reported 96 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and three additional deaths on…
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El Paso getting new arena football team: ‘West Texas Buccaneers’
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Coliseum and the El Paso Sports Commission announced Friday that a new arena football team is coming to the…
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Property tax scam targets Dona Ana County home owners with fake delinquent notices
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Dona Ana County treasurer is warning residents about fake notices claiming people owe back property taxes to either…
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Top suggestions for an El Paso ‘staycation’ during the Labor Day holiday weekend
EL PASO, Texas — With Covid-19 restrictions and quarantines in place prohibiting mass gatherings and trips to New Mexico, El Paso tourism leaders…
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Biden slams Trump as ‘unfit’ over alleged comments mocking U.S. war dead; President denies claims
WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump “unfit” for the presidency on Friday, delivering an…
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Crews extinguish fire at abandoned home near Austin High School
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A fire broke out an abandoned home early Friday morning in Central El Paso. The El Paso Fire Department said there are no…
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Fight near Jefferson High School ends with at least 1 hospitalized
EL PASO — A person was taken to the hospital after a fight in south-central El Paso early Friday morning. The fire department described the injuries…
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4 new virus deaths, 160 additional cases reported in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced four new coronavirus-related deaths Friday morning. The death toll now…
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‘Laced’ opioids leading to more overdoses, deaths in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — The medical community is concerned about a rise in opioid overdoses in the Borderland. One local doctor told ABC-7 she believes…
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Suspect in Portland death of right-wing supporter is killed by investigators in scuffle
LACEY, Washington — A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week was killed Thursday as…
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Leaders urge El Pasoans to avoid family gatherings, house parties as Labor Day approaches
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city, county and health leaders held a briefing on Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the community’s Covid-19…
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Texas tops 13,000 virus deaths as hospitalizations fall; Gov. Abbott hints at further reopening
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas surpassed 13,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths Thursday as hospitalizations continued falling to the lowest levels…
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Sunland Park firefighters rescue puppy floating in Rio Grande
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Sunland Park firefighters rescued a 2-month-old puppy Thursday night, pulling it out of the Rio Grande where it had been…
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2 dead in chain-reaction crash of 3 semi-trucks in Hudspeth County
HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas — Authorities said a truck driver and his passenger were killed when three semi-trucks were involved in a chain-reaction…
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Millions of Texans could be shielded from evictions under new Trump administration order
(Editor’s note: To apply for rental assistance in El Paso, click here.) AUSTIN, Texas — The federal government announced a nationwide eviction…
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4th staffer at Las Cruces elementary school tests positive for virus
UPDATE #2, Sept. 3: A fourth Fairacres Elementary School employee tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, Las Cruces…
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El Paso man arrested after he allegedly punched his dog a dozen times on video
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man is facing an animal cruelty charge after he was allegedly caught on camera repeatedly abusing his 2-year-old dog,…
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Visitors from ‘low-risk’ virus states no longer required to quarantine in New Mexico
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico is easing its self-quarantine requirements for some interstate travelers in advance of the Labor Day holiday…
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New Mexico education officials lay out plan for return to school classes
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Public Education Department Secretary Ryan Stewart is providing details on hybrid in-person and online…
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Desert Wind School employee tests postive for virus, SISD says building disinfected
EL PASO, Texas — An employee at Desert Wind School in the Socorro Independent School District has tested positive for Covid-19, officials confirmed…
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Las Cruces nursing home resident is state’s only new virus death; facility now has 6 fatalities
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces nursing home resident was the state of New Mexico’s only coronavirus death reported on Thursday. State health…
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Biden meets with Blake family in Wisconsin, has community meeting
KENOSHA, Wisconsin — Former Vice President Joe Biden made one of his most aggressive campaign trips in months, visiting with the family of Jacob…
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Stock market bloodbath: Dow and Nasdaq plummet in the worst day since June
NEW YORK, NY — It was a wild day on Wall Street. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled nearly 5% and the Dow fell more than 800 points, as investors made a…
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Russia is ‘amplifying’ claims of mail-in voter fraud, warns intelligence bulletin obtained by ABC News
WASHINGTON, DC — Russia has sought to “amplify” concerns over the integrity of U.S. elections by promoting allegations that mail-in voting will…
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U.S. detained hundreds of migrant children in hotels in El Paso, across Texas as pandemic flared
EL PASO, Texas — Hundreds of migrant children have been held in hotels, in El Paso and throughout Texas and the southern U.S., and guarded by…
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