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…
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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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ABC-7 First Alert: Summer-time sizzle hits the Borderland
An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect for the dangerously hot temperatures. The heatwave will continue through the weekend with highs reaching 100 to 108…
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El Paso County, Catholic Diocese work together to get people vaccinated at churches
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As El Paso inches closer to reaching herd immunity, county leaders are trying to find new ways to reach those who haven’t…
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UTEP adds Georgetown transfer Jamari Sibley to bolster frontcourt
EL PASO, Texas – After piecing together his first recruiting class with junior college and international players, Joe Golding has finally reeled in a…
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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…
Continue ReadingPrices 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…
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