Migrant dies in desert heat in Sunland Park near border
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — For a second day in a row on Thursday, border-crossing migrants were found struggling in the heat of a desert area in…
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Prices are surging – here’s what is getting more expensive
EL PASO, Texas — By now, you probably know that everything is getting more expensive. From furniture, to used cars, to uncooked beef roasts,…
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El Paso International Airport adds new direct flights to Austin
EL PASO, Texas — The time between El Paso and Austin just got a lot shorter. American Airlines on Thursday announced new direct flights from the Sun…
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Abbott tells ‘Border Security Summit’ he will build a Texas wall
DEL RIO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday afternoon held what he billed as a “Border Security Summit” with a group of Texas sheriffs,…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Record-setting temps ahead
Temps will continue to heat up the next several days likely hitting record highs. El Paso hit 106 Thursday – just shy of the record which is 107.…
Continue ReadingCaught on video: Migrant teen in Texas shelter tased by cop
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Texas officials are investigating after newly released body camera footage obtained by the non-profit news outlet Reveal…
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2 hurt as car runs red light, collides with pickup in Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two drivers were hurt, one seriously, in a Thursday morning traffic crash at Lower Valley intersection caused by one of them…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Dangerous heatwave continues, near-record highs by the end of the week
The ABC-7 First Alert continues for dangerously hot temperatures this week. We will remain hot and dry for the next several days with potential…
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Police safely find 91-year-old who wandered away from Las Cruces nursing home, feared in peril in heat
UPDATE: After ABC-7’s alert went out, Las Cruces police said they found the missing elderly man, feared in peril in the heat, walking near a CVS…
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Borderland parents try to cope with diaper prices going up: ‘It’s really expensive’
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It might soon cost the average American more money to pick up one household essential: disposable diapers. Retail sales…
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Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty to U.S. charges
WASHINGTON, DC — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has pleaded guilty to charges in the U.S. that alleged she helped…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Dangerous heat the next several days
Another hottest day of the year on tap for the Borderland as temperatures will top off near 104 for today. It looks like the hottest day overall will…
Continue ReadingSee ‘ring of fire’ eclipse light up the sky
People in the Northern Hemisphere were able to watch as the moon partially blocked out the sun to create a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. CNN’s…
Continue ReadingWATCH: ‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse lights up the sky
A “ring of fire” solar eclipse appeared in the sky Thursday as the moon partially blocked out the sun. It was visible in many parts of…
Continue ReadingFact check: Texas Congressman Gohmert’s attempts to connect moon orbits and solar flares to climate change
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas made an argument about climate change at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday that…
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Juarez police rescue 140 Central American migrants kept in tiny house by smugglers
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police in Juarez rescued 140 migrants on Wednesday who were forced to stay inside a small house that was just 16-by-16 feet.…
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Community Champions: Las Cruces cheer team wins state title
EL PASO, Texas – The Las Cruces High School cheer team overcame a lot of obstacles in route to winning a state title. From injuries, to exposure to…
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2 migrants rescued in hot desert by Sunland Park fire crews, Border Patrol
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Firefighters and U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued two Ecuadorian migrant women Wednesday afternoon overcome by heat in a…
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Shortage of air conditioning parts causes repair delays in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Air conditioning companies in El Paso are seeing a delay in parts which is causing repair times to last weeks, and sometimes even…
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Tunnel Vista Falls near Cloudcroft offers a respite from the heat with a waterfall cool down
CLOUDCROFT, New Mexico — It’s a little oasis just west of Cloudcroft called Tunnel Vista Falls. The waterfall sits at the end of the hiking trail…
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Riverside girls basketball team collects over 500 sports balls for young kids in the community
EL PASO, Texas — The Riverside High School girls basketball team is giving back to those in our community one sports ball at a time. “It just kind…
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Expelled migrants blamed for Paso Del Norte bridge closure
EL PASO, Texas — A large group of recently expelled migrants that gathered near one of the international crossings from Juarez into El Paso prompted…
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Firefighters hold containment of Ruidoso wildfire despite wind
UPDATE, June 9: RUIDOSO, New Mexico — As of Wednesday, officials said the Ball Field Fire burning near Ruidoso was 50% contained and holding at 25…
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2nd arrest in far east El Paso teen’s shooting during drug dispute
UPDATE, June 9: Police announced a second arrest Wednesday in the shooting and wounding of a 17-year-old last week in far east El Paso. Authorities…
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‘All clear’ at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland after gunfire
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Officials at Texas’ Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland gave the “all clear” and lifted a lockdown Wednesday afternoon, hours after…
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Teen charged in drive-by shooting that sent El Paso school kids running for cover
UPDATE, June 9: An El Paso teenager has been arrested and charged in a drive-by shooting earlier this month that police said resulted in children at…
Continue ReadingWATCH: Biden on 1st overseas trip, speaks at U.S. Air Force base
MILDENHALL, England — President Joe Biden opened the first overseas trip of his term Wednesday with a declaration that “the United States is…
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Las Cruces police, local artist create art piece using rocks to show ‘LCPD Cares’
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department and other volunteers came together Wednesday morning to create a piece of artwork using…
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Watchdog says police did not clear park so Trump could hold ‘Bible’ photo op
WASHINGTON, DC — An internal government investigation has determined that the decision to forcibly clear racial justice protesters from an area in…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Borderland heatwave continues, possible record temps by the end of the week
An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect for the first heatwave of the season. Upper ridge dominates the weather pattern on Wednesday temperatures will rise…
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