Las Cruces mayor suggests temporary decrease in minimum wage for tipped workers
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagashima is proposing a drop in the tipped minimum wage that the city requires restaurants to pay…
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Anthony High School athletes adjust to safety protocols as in-person practices resume
ANTHONY, Texas (KVIA) — After just more than a month of virtual practices, Anthony Independent School District fall sports teams are practicing in…
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UTEP, NMSU coaches react to NCAA basketball start date of Nov. 25
EL PASO, Texas — College basketball teams and fans are ecstatic to hear they will have a season. But with the NCAA pushing back the start of the…
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‘Disconnect to history’: El Paso museum director reacts to survey showing young Americans know little about the Holocaust
EL PASO, Texas — A disturbingly large number of young Americans don’t know the basic, yet horrific, details of the Holocaust. The Conference on…
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Loretto Academy returns to virtual learning after student tests positive for virus
EL PASO, Texas — Middle and high school students at Loretto Academy have returned to online instruction after one student tested positive for…
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SWAT standoff in Las Cruces ends when police discover armed man wasn’t in house
UPDATE: Late Thursday afternoon police said they discovered an armed Las Cruces man thought to be holed up in a house throughout much of the day was…
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El Paso officials applaud governor’s virus order increasing business capacity, but advise caution
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city, county and health officials dicussed the local Covid-19 situation at a news conference Thursday afternoon following a…
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‘The numbers aren’t critical, but they are definitely higher’: Weekly check-in with UMC’s Dr. Jose Burgos
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In an effort to deliver the most comprehensive coronavirus coverage, ABC-7 has started a weekly feature where we ask Dr.…
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Caught on camera: El Paso man charged with attacking police officer with a hatchet
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man is jailed and being held on over $125,000 bond after he attacked an officer with a hatchet, police said Thursday.…
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Texas Gov. Abbott is lifting more virus restrictions, but bars will remain closed
UPDATE: Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that retail stores, restaurants, gyms, manufacturing facilities and office buildings, museums and…
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Hundreds of thousands of migratory birds found dead in New Mexico
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Biologists at New Mexico State University are trying to find out why hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have…
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Calls grow for El Paso police accountability as city task force examines reform options
EL PASO, Texas — Members of a group calling for police accountability marched on the streets of El Paso, calling, among other things, for Police…
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‘El Paso is a ground zero for much of this’: DEA chief says meth is Borderland’s top drug threat
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized hundreds of pounds of meth in the West Texas/New Mexico region already this…
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Police identify 1 dead, 2 hurt in northeast El Paso car crash into drainage ditch
UPDATE: El Paso police on Wednesday identified the victims and provided more details about a deadly car crash the prior night in the 7000 block of…
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Trash scattered along I-10 at Airway prompted brief closures, traffic backup
I-10 West at Airway, road debris, FINAL, all lanes open, backup to Hawkins.— @EPPOLICETRAFFIC (@eppolicetraffic) September 16, 2020 I-10 West at…
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Biden says he trusts scientists, not Trump as politics take center stage in virus vaccine process
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Joe Biden says that while he trusts what scientists say about a potential coronavirus vaccine, he doesn’t trust President…
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At least 22 injured after cranes collide in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — At least 22 people were injured after two cranes collided in Austin on Wednesday morning, according to Austin-Travis County…
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‘They want to be here because their friends are here’: Fabens ISD welcomes back 1st group of students to campus
FABENS, Texas (KVIA) — Fabens Independent School District welcomed back its first group of students to campus this week. Families in the district…
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Family who saw 5 get sick, 1 die from virus urge El Pasoans to donate plasma
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso family is still grieving the loss of a son and a brother to Covid-19 but also urging the community to take…
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Mayor Margo again breaks tie El Paso City Council vote; virus cluster data to remain private
EL PASO, Texas — For a third time in recent months, Mayor Dee Margo again broke a tie vote on Tuesday at El Paso City Council to withhold Covid-19…
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Trump denies disparaging service members or minimizing pandemic threat on ABC News town hall
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Exactly seven weeks before Election Day and two weeks before the first presidential debate, President Donald…
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Fort Bliss soldier shot, wounded after allegedly causing disturbance, pointing gun at Military Police
FORT BLISS, Texas — Military Police shot and wounded a soldier causing a disturbance early Tuesday on post at Fort Bliss, Army officials said. The…
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El Paso among top 50 counties in nation for total Covid-19 cases
EL PASO, Texas — As of this week, El Paso County now ranks among the top 50 counties in the entire U.S. for confirmed total cases of the novel…
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Las Cruces Public Schools to stay with online learning for semester
You can watch the meeting in the video player at the bottom of this article. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Public Schools Board of…
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El Paso hospitals look to strengthen plasma reserves as flu season approaches
EL PASO, Texas — Medical centers around El Paso are busy reaching out to local survivors of the COVID-19 pandemic as they look to strengthen their…
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Anti-maskers forced to dig graves for virus victims in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia has instituted a unique punishment for people who violate the country’s mask mandate — and that’s digging graves for…
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Barnett’s Las Cruces Harley-Davidson closing at month’s end due to pandemic
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Barnett’s Las Cruces Harley-Davidson will become the latest Borderland businesses to permanently shutter its doors during…
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Trump presides over historic Arab-Israel recognition deals
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump hailed it as the ‘dawn of the new Middle East’ as he presided over the signing of historic diplomatic…
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ABC-7’s Iris Lopez honored with mural following work with ‘Mija, Yes You Can’
EL PASO, Texas – Her generosity, kindness and compassion shines in all her reporting at ABC-7. On Monday in El Paso, Estrella Jalisco honored Iris…
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El Paso luchador ‘Cassandro El Exotico’ to be portrayed in Amazon film by Mexican actor Gael GarcÃa Bernal
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso professional wrestler “Cassandro El Exotico” is having his life story dramatized in the first narrative film based on his…
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