‘These things pull like a bulldog’: Massive fish caught at Elephant Butte
ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico — It’s a trophy catch. Frank Vilorio, a fishing guide with The Land of Enchantment Hunting and Fishing Adventures, was on…
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Take a video tour as new food court options open up at Sunland Park Mall
UPDATE: In the video player above you can catch a glimpse of the new food court at Sunland Park Mall, which has added seven eateries among 12 new…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Dangerous heat with hazy conditions
El Paso, Texas- The Borderland heat is here to stay for your Sunday. I’m tracking tripple digit temperatures across the region with many area…
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Colorado Springs puts up fight, but El Paso Locomotive FC stay unbeaten in 1-1 draw
EL PASO, Texas – If you ask their head coach, Saturday’s match vs. Colorado Springs was a game Locomotive FC should have won. But it ended as a game…
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Record heat for El Paso: Cooling centers, safety tips, free fans
EL PASO, Texas — The National Weather Service has issued Heat Advisories for El Paso and Hudspeth counties in far west Texas as well as Dona Ana,…
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ABC-7 FIRST ALERT: Record breaking heat continues as El Paso hits 109 Saturday afternoon
EEL PASO, Texas– The ABC-7 StormTrack weather team has issued an ABC-7 First Alert as we continue to experience record breaking heat. El Paso had a…
Continue ReadingLack of oil tank truck drivers in El Paso & the nation slows transport, hikes gas prices
EL PASO, Texas — With a nationwide shortage of skilled tanker truck drivers, fleets of transport vehicles sit idle in their lots. That’s according…
Continue ReadingArrest made in Austin mass shooting that injured 14
AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities have arrested one person in connection with the mass shooting overnight in downtown Austin, Texas, that left 14…
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El Paso veterinarian offers pet safety tips during heatwave
EL PASO, Texas — The heat is on across the Borderland. Many area locations are expected to reach afternoon highs around 106-110 degrees. With this…
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NASA asks UTEP space program to help with Moon exploration
EL PASO, Texas — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has tapped the University of Texas El Paso as one of six universities to…
Continue ReadingDelta passengers and crew subdue unruly passenger on Atlanta-bound flight
An unruly passenger forced a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta to land in Oklahoma City on Friday night, the airline said. Crew…
Continue ReadingAt least 13 injured, 2 critically, in shooting in downtown Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — At least 13 people were injured early Saturday morning in a shooting in downtown Austin, officials said. Two of the people…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Extreme heat will ravage the Borderland this Saturday
El Paso, Texas- It’s going to feel like a furnace this afternoon! We are on par for record breaking heat across El Paso, plus some Borderland…
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5 shot and wounded in Dallas, including 4-year-old girl
DALLAS, Texas — Dallas police are investigating a shooting that injured five people Friday, including a 4-year-old girl. Around 4:45 p.m.,…
Continue ReadingThe woman who spent lockdown alone in the Arctic
For most of us, the pandemic has meant enforced solitude. But for others, it’s been the chance to go searching for that solitude. And where…
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Massive Juarez factory fire lights up sky, visible in El Paso
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A factory that makes wooden pallets in Juarez caught fire late Friday night. It lit up the night sky and sent plumes of…
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Sean Bailey’s stellar UTEP career ends in heartbreak at NCAA National Championships
EUGENE, Oregon – Sean Bailey’s UTEP career didn’t end the way he wanted it to, but he can keep his head held high knowing his name will live forever…
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Chill out: See how the El Paso Zoo keeps animals cool in a heat wave
EL PASO, Texas — With triple digit temperatures hitting the Borderland its not just humans that feel the heat, our four-legged friends at the El…
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Coaching in El Paso, Joe Beimel gets MLB comeback chance with San Diego Padres
EL PASO, Texas – Even while he was having fun throwing to high school students at his baseball training facility in East El Paso, Joe Beimel was…
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Caught on video: 4 rescued off boat ‘teetering’ at the edge of a Texas dam
AUSTIN, Texas — When police in Austin responded to calls about a boat at the edge of Longhorn Dam earlier this week, they found it teetering…
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New downtown El Paso gastropub, entertainment venue opening
EL PASO, Texas — It’s one of downtown El Paso’s newest venues: The Reagan. The gastropub and entertainment spot is located off Mills Avenue and…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Record high of 106; brutal heat continues
High temps hit the triple digits again making it the 4th triple so far this month. The official high was 106 a new record for this date. We will…
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Biden cuts border wall funds, returns cash Trump diverted
WASHINGTON, DC — Former President Donald Trump’s signature border wall project would lose much of its funding as well as the fast-track status…
Continue ReadingCA: LYFT DRIVER ASSAULTED BY UNRULY PASSENGER
A Lyft driver Wednesday credited employees at a La Puente gas station for saving him from a passenger after a ride turned…
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Vanessa Guillen’s fiancée, friends speak out on ABC’s 20/20
HOUSTON, Texas — Vanessa Guillen will forever be 20 years old, engaged but will never be married. She was murdered, inside one of the Army’s…
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New images show Couy Griffin at Capitol riot scaling barricade
OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — New evidence has been released in the case against Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, KOB-TV in Albuquerque reported…
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More migrants found overcome by heat in Santa Teresa area
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — Triple-digit temperatures have seen U.S. Border Patrol and Sunland Park firefighters perform multiple rescues this week…
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Body found near Border Highway was migrant who fell from fence to his death
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department identified a body found by the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Ascarate Park in the Lower Valley…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico governor unveils unemployment system reforms
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham held a news conference Friday afternoon to announce a series of reforms to New Mexico’s…
Continue Reading‘Jessica, we are live’: Excruciating on-air gaffe goes viral
We’ve all faced disagreements at work, or been trapped in an uncomfortable stand-off after getting in someone’s bad books. Luckily for…
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