EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Fire Department is hosting its free, family-friendly event, Fire Fest, on Saturday, October 17. The 5th annual event will be hosted at Veterans Park from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m., located at 5301 Salem Dr. A line forms as attendees gather for a chance to take a
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By Emma Tucker, Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — What began as a soccer game on a sunny Saturday in Wichita, Kansas, for children whose loved ones watched on the sidelines ended in tragedy when a pickup truck sped onto the field, killing a 6-year-old boy and a man and injuring 10 others.The truck had been
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– El Paso Community College’s (EPCC) Student Parent Resource Center (SPRC), the Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD), among others, hosted a Sensory-Friendly Trunk or Treat event on Saturday. The free, family-friendly event was held on October 17, 2026, at the EPCC Valle Verde Campus, where families and children from the community
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)– Pilots will take to the sky above Las Cruces during Sky Fiesta, an event with air racing, performances, vendors, and more. The event starts with gates opening at 10 a.m. at the Las Cruces International Airport, Saturday, Oct. 17, and ends at 4 p.m. Organizers say attendees can expect up
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EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso Community College baseball player Hector Bernal is returning to the diamond this weekend for the school’s first-ever alumni baseball game. The game is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, at 1 p.m. at Eisenga Field on EPCC’s Valle Verde campus. Pre-game festivities begin at 12:30 p.m. Admission is free,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Grab a jacket before heading out this Saturday morning! Cool October air is keeping temperatures well below normal across the Borderland, but a big warmup is on the way. Lowland highs tracking to reach only in the lower 60s Saturday afternoon, about 10 to 15 degrees below normal for mid-October.
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EL PASO, Texas (ABC-7) — El Paso and the Borderland are in for a significant cooldown, with the coldest temperatures of the season so far arriving tonight. Temperatures will dip into the low 40s across much of the lowlands, while mountain communities prepare for freezing conditions. The Sacramento Mountains could see temperatures fall into the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ahead of early voting for the November election starting on Monday in Texas, ABC-7’s Andrew J. Polk spoke one-on-one with the challenger for the El Paso County Judge seat. Minerva Torres Shelton discussed her campaign and the issues affecting the county, and how she would handle them if elected. As
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More than billions of dollars worth of trade goods move across the bridge of the Americas between the U.S. and Mexico every year – not to mention thousands of vehicles and passengers every day. The current plan to modernize the bridge calls for the removal of commercial traffic, after pushes by
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Destructive gusts blew through the Borderland Thursday evening and will continue through Friday, according to ABC-7’s StormTrack Weather team. Friday morning, winds were estimated to peak at 65 miles per hour. In addition to a dramatic drop in temperatures, the wind gusts knocked down trees across El Paso neighborhoods, caused
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Friday, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator James Talarico announced he will visit El Paso during his next campaign tour. His “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts Tour” El Paso stop is scheduled for Oct. 26. A location on where Talarico will hold his El Paso stop hasn’t been released. The event will
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Friday, working police K9 teams competed to put their skills and training to the test. El Paso County law enforcement agencies took the top three places. At the El Paso County Coliseum, 42 K9 teams raced against the clock to see who the top dog is. Teams from El Paso,
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — A 41-year-old man received a 15-year prison sentence for second-degree criminal sexual contact of a child, Las Cruces District Attorney Fernando Macias announced Friday. Alfredo A. Salazar-Rios from Anthony, New Mexico, pleaded no contest to the charge on July 21. The court also ordered him to register as a sex
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Six members of the El Paso Fire Department’s water rescue team were deployed to central Texas on July of 2025. “This recognition is is a huge deal for us because given that we are remote out here in far West Texas, we don’t have the training environment that other departments
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The shooting occurred at Silver Rail Elementary School. By Meredith Deliso, Jack Moore, and Nadine El-Bawab The mass shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school on Thursday that left three children and one teacher dead took place inside a special needs classroom, authorities said at a news conference, identifying some of the victims and the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Wind gusts reaching nearly 70 miles per hour woke some Borderland residents in the middle of the night. Some homes in Canutillo, Texas, near Country Club Road sustained severe damage. One West El Paso resident woke up to a tree weighing about three to four tons collapsed in his backyard.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso International Airport hired a new aviation director, the city announced on Friday. Rachel Engeler will bring more than 20 years of commercial airport leadership and operations to the airport. As an aviation director, Engeler will oversee the city’s Aviation Department, which is responsible for airport operations, security
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday announced the lowest fiscal year migrant border crossings in U.S. history. CBP said fiscal year 2026 data showed a 95% drop in southwest border apprehensions and the lowest annual encounters in U.S. history. Additionally, data showed the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A coalition of legal organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Texas Civil Rights Project, filed a motion in federal court demanding urgent changes at Camp East Montana. The groups alleged the immigration detention center on Fort Bliss has severe medical neglect, unsafe living conditions and violence by guards.
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(KVIA) — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of War (DoW) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Friday announced a new, coordinated effort to strengthen airspace security along the southern U.S. border. The federal agencies will issue a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for drones, effective Friday. The TFR bars any unauthorized drone activity up
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Zacharia has been on the job since Monday. By Rachel Scott White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, multiple sources and a senior White House official told ABC News on Friday. Zacharia started as press secretary on Monday. Zacharia is transitioning into a new role in the administration that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Department of Public Safety asked the public for information about a 1995 murder that happened in East El Paso. Friday, the DPS said the reward for information leading to an arrest increased to $6,000. On Feb. 7, 1995, 30-year-old Celia Loya called her colleagues at American Sling to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We remain under an ABC-7 First alert because of strong winds and cooler temps. Expect strong winds, blowing dust, and cooler temps! The National Weather Service has issued a weather alert for todays wind event for El Paso County: High Wind Warning in effect from October 15, 06:00 PM MDT
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Banana Ball is coming back to El Paso! The Texas Tailgaters, who won the 2026 Banana Bowl, will take on the Party Animals in June 2027 at Southwest University Park. Banana Ball, a nationwide sensation, is known for its fast-paced rules, lively atmosphere and crowd-pleasing antics. The Savannah Bananas said
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It’s every coffee lover’s dream — Downtown El Paso hosts it’s first-ever “Cafecito Crawl” event as the coffee scene continues to grow in the heart of the Sun City. As one of the biggest coffee lovers, it was only appropriate that Good Morning El Paso’s Nicole Ardila joins a couple of the several coffee businesses
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)—This October, audiences in El Paso can watch Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein come to life! Presented by Next Stage Theater Company, the familiar tale of creation and consequence awaits. Cast and crew members have been preparing since August. The local production has been adapted and directed by Thomas Gandrup. “It’s amazing
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Ysleta Independent School District has begun a series of Town Hall meetings across their region in an effort to promote Proposition A, a voter-approval tax rate election, or V.A.T.R.E., that will be on the ballot this November. According to the district, if it is approved by voters, the measure
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A powerful cold front is moving into the Borderland tonight, bringing a dramatic shift in winds, much colder temperatures and the potential for blowing dust across parts of the region. The cold front is expected to reach the El Paso and Las Cruces metro areas this evening, with extreme NE winds. Dangerous winds arrive tonight
Continue Reading Originally Published: 15 OCT 26 16:57 ET Updated: 15 OCT 26 21:58 ET By Emma Tucker and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher were killed when a 16-year-old Bend, Oregon, resident entered an elementary school and started shooting, police said at a news conference Thursday evening.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police said a 13-year-old boy was taken to the hospital severely malnourished, with bruises all over his body and broken bones. His adoptive parents have been arrested and charged with injury to a child. Timothy Sibley (left) and Katrina Gabrielle Sibley (right), who are accused of failing to
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