As El Paso city sports leagues return, 550 youth football players hit the field
EL PASO, Texas — City sports leagues resumed play starting with youth football on Saturday. The El Paso Parks and Recreation Department said about…
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Las Cruces police officer arrested for alleged drunk driving
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces Police officer was arrested Saturday morning and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, speeding…
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‘It gives me hope’: NMSU sees low virus positivity rate a month into semester
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Four weeks after students’ return to campus, New Mexico State University has had a total of 16 people test positive for the…
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WATCH: El Paso’s Temple Mount Sinai celebrates Rosh Hashanah
EL PASO, Texas — Temple Mount Sinai congregants celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, during a special service Saturday morning. You can…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, legal pioneer, dies of cancer at age 87
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second…
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Mother of Erika Gaytan plans new search for daughter’s body in east El Paso desert
EL PASO, Texas — The mother of Erika Gaytan, the 29-year-old El Paso woman missing and believed dead for a year now, wants to re-launch the search…
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EPCC trustee who lost both parents, was hospitalized for Covid-19, calls for plasma donors
EL PASO, Texas — The Covid-19 virus has affected thousands of El Pasoans. ABC-7 has been closely following the emotional journey of El Paso…
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UTEP ‘Marching Miners’ band loud and proud amid pandemic
EL PASO, Texas – It was never a question of “if” the UTEP Marching Miners would play at football games this fall, but for band director Dr. Andrew…
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Biden says nomination to replace Justice Ginsburg should happen after voters ‘pick the president’
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says the winner of the November election should pick a successor to the late U.S.…
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Trump calls Justice Ginsburg an ‘amazing woman,’ doesn’t mention filling her vacant court seat
BEMIDJI, Minnesota — President Donald Trump says the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “an amazing woman” who led an…
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Borderland agencies turn to El Pasoans Fighting Hunger to help feed struggling families during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — As families continue to struggle with the economic impact of the pandemic, local food pantries, schools, churches and other…
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City of El Paso to fund free childcare for parents through year’s end at YWCA sites
EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso has announced a new partnership with the YWCA El Paso del Norte Region to provide free childcare for…
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Group of El Paso food trucks relocate to new location after city enforcement sweep
EL PASO, Texas — The corner of Upper Valley and Artcraft was a place to indulge in almost a dozen food vendors on a daily basis. That was until…
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East El Paso intersection floods after water line struck by contractor; nearby apartments lost service
EL PASO, Texas — A water line was struck by a contractor on Friday afternoon, flooding a busy east El Paso intersection and leaving a neaby…
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U.S. 54 south ramp reopens after car fire at El Paso’s Spaghetti Bowl
EL PASO, Texas – A car fire on the Spaghetti Bowl snarled the Friday afternoon/evening commute for some motorists. The vehicle caught fire shortly…
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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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