Paige Wood joins KVIA with a passion for sports journalism and a perspective as a former collegiate athlete. A five-year collegiate golfer, Paige understands the dedication and perseverance it takes to compete at a high level, allowing her to tell athletes’ stories with authenticity. Originally from Dallas, Texas, and proudly half Canadian, Paige grew up with a love for sports, especially
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Mia Tricarico joined the ABC-7 newsroom in June 2026 as a multimedia journalist, bringing a fresh perspective and a lifelong passion for storytelling to the Borderland. Born and raised in New York City, Mia is no stranger to the fast-paced, high-stakes energy of breaking news. She graduated from Penn State University with a degree in broadcast journalism with
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Max Zepeda is ecstatic to be a part of the ABC-7 team as a multimedia journalist. He joined ABC-7 in June 2026. Before arriving in El Paso, Max lived in Phoenix, Arizona, where he studied sports journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He graduated Summa Cum
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Mikey Tongko is originally from Arkansas, lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and is extremely excited to join the ABC-7 team doing his dream job with his dream network! He is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies at New Mexico State University. Through his work in broadcasting, Mikey combines his passion
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I am a proud University of Texas at El Paso graduate with a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism and a minor in commercial music recording. Before joining KVIA ABC-7, I honed my live-production skills directing high school football games for the El Paso Sports Network and directing ESPN+ broadcasts with Miner Vision Productions. I also
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Nina Gallegos is excited to join the ABC-7 team as a multimedia journalist and weekend morning anchor and producer. Before moving to El Paso, she lived in Las Cruces while she studied at New Mexico State University. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies and a minor in political science. During her time
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Mia Sofia Okubo joined the ABC-7 team as a producer after interning. She has a bachelor’s in digital media production from The University of Texas at El Paso and graduated in Fall of 2024. Mia was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. She attended Coronado High School and photographed for her school newspaper, beginning her love for journalism.
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Sayra Sanchez Aguilar joined the ABC-7 team as a producer after graduating from New Mexico State University in December 2025. Born in California and raised in Juarez, her bilingual skills merge both Mexican and American cultures and are key in her efforts to support her Borderlands community. Sayra started her education in Juarez and studied
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Google and The Walt Disney Company have reached an impasse in negotiating an agreement for the continued carriage of their channels including KVIA a local ABC affiliate on Google’s internet-delivered video service YouTubeTV. To be clear, we have not “blacked out” our station. Neither KVIA nor News-Press & Gazette Company, the station’s parent company, is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today the ABC-7 family is mourning the loss of one of our longtime employees, Fran McNaboe. Fran McNaboe Through his 33-year career at ABC-7, he supported the newscasts behind the scenes. He worked in master control, programming, in the field as a photographer and live truck engineer, and for more
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is proud to announce Paul Cicala is returning to KVIA-TV as main anchor. A former ABC-7 Sports Director, Cicala will now join Stephanie Valle at the anchor desk weekdays at 5, 6, and 10 to continue the station’s tradition of bringing high-quality, in-depth, personal coverage to the Borderland. “I truly embrace being a resident of the Borderland
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has awarded two regional Murrow Awards to ABC-7. Stephanie Valle’s Borderland Crimes podcast episode on the disappearance and death of Erika Gaytan won for best podcast from a television station in a small market. Dylan McKim and Lesley Engle won for investigative reporting.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A furry friend has been visiting ABC-7’s home base in recent days… including our station’s roof! Our station’s secretary captured video of a fox making it’s way down a ladder behind the station and exploring our courtyard. We haven’t seen our friend the past few days, but stay tuned to
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EL PASO, Texas- ABC-7 has issued a First Alert for the impending wind and rain the Borderland is about to see on Sunday. Saturday will be a great time to get what you need to do done because of the mild wind and highs in the low 70s. Sunday though, things will change as winds
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Operation Noel Telethon kicked off this Thursday in an effort to keep Borderland children warm this winter. ABC-7 is proud to partner with Operation Noel, which provides winter coats to more than 20,000 children in the region whose families cannot afford them. 100 percent of your donations go toward
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KVIA-TV is hiring a Full Time Administrative Assistant. The position provides clerical and administrative support for the General Manager and Controller. Many of the duties are accounting and human resources related. Any experience in either field, is definitely a plus. This position is responsible for notarizing and sending invoices to clients. Involves a high degree
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EL PASO, Texas — You might be used to watching ABC-7’s Dylan McKim and Rachel Phillips on GMEP Weekend, but now you can also catch them dancing. On Dec. 11 the pair will be putting on their tap shoes at Grace Gardens to benefit kids as part of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Annual Dance for
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EL PASO, Texas — A Mylar balloon that got stuck in a power line triggered an electrical outage on the mountain that caused ABC-7’s transmitter to go dark for a couple of hours on Wednesday. KVIA’s over-the-air signal was off during early evening newscasts, which also impacted Comcast cable customers in Las Cruces as well
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Originally from Toledo, Ohio – which is the home of the famous Mud Hens (Toledo’s AAA baseball version of the Chihuahuas). But over the course of my years in TV news I’ve had the opportunity to live and worked on both coasts (San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Washington D.C., Philadelphia and upstate NY) and everywhere in
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EL PASO, Texas — Repairs were completed Saturday morning and ABC-7’s signal was again available for viewers relying on an over-the-air antennae or satellite from Dish and DirecTV. Strong winds on Friday evening took out power in some areas and impacted the mountain transmitters used by KVIA and some other local television and radio stations.
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EL PASO, Texas — KVIA-TV ABC-7 has been honored with one of the most respected awards in journalism, a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for its continuing coverage of the August 3, 2019 mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Wal-Mart. The award is conferred by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) to broadcasters who
Continue Reading ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — KVIA-TV, Channel 7, the market-leading news station in far West Texas and Southern New Mexico, has announced that it has installed, and is now operating a new digital transmitter serving the Alamogordo area. A KVIA transmitter that used to serve Alamogordo was turned off late last year at the direction of
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EL PASO, Texas — Estela Casas, El Paso’s longest-serving broadcast journalist, announced in November that she will be leaving television news to take on a new role as the Executive Director of the University Medical Center Foundation and the El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation. Casas has been a primary news anchor at KVIA-TV for nearly
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