EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Tuesday, the El Paso City Council unanimously approved funding to continue operations at the Welcome Center for the homeless. ABC-7 previously reported the center planned to shut down Aug. 31 when the council voted against one-time funding. The City of El Paso said part of the fiscal year 2027 budget
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As back to school season kicks off, some El Paso students received free laptops and school supplies from AT&T on Tuesday at the Texas Department Of Family And Protective Services building in East El Paso. AT&T said its laptop giveaway aims to close the “digital divide,” which is the gap
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott will meet with families in the El Paso area to discuss a new housing affordability policy, according to his campaign team. Gov. Abbott will speak with families in the City of Socorro. A specific location wasn’t announced.
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School spirit is strong on Tuesday as the Canutillo Independent School District kicks off the new school year. Good Morning El Paso’s Nicole Ardila joins Canutillo ISD students and administration Tuesday morning at Bill Childress Elementary School for ABC-7’s back-to-school coverage. Superintendent Dr. Josue Borrego focuses on how Canutillo ISD is implementing “Coaching in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Electric is helping customers struggling with higher-than-usual summer electric bills through pop-up assistance events, held at El Paso Community College’s Administrative Services Center. Customers just need a valid photo ID for a Customer Care team to review their bill increase and discuss payment arrangements and financial assistance options.
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-TxDOT El Paso is providing an update regarding the Montana project: the three-level section is being gradually formed. If you drive along the main roads in Montana then you will find that the roads are paved, the walls have been put up and barriers have been placed over a large area. The
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)- Measles cases in the United States are now at their highest level since 2000. Immunize El Paso urges families to make sure their children are up to date on recommended vaccines.Vaccinations are still available, even though many students have already returned to school. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Temperatures will lean a bit hotter for your Tuesday as storm chances still remain. The National Weather Service has issued a Weather Alert for the El Paso county area: Heat Advisory in effect from August 4, 12:00 PM MDT until August 4, 09:00 PM MDT This morning we started off
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Temps will heat up again with highs in the triples. We should stay just shy of any brutal highs with potential records. I expect temperatures to be anywhere from 100-104. There will be a chance for some storms here and there – with most to our north and west the next couple of days.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — According to his agency and his father, Deshawndre Washington was trying to get into the U.S. from Lebanon for his hazing case trial in Las Cruces Monday, but was held up due to the military conflict in the Middle East. He used to play for New Mexico State University. Washington
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Monday, University Medical Center of El Paso reflected on seven years of healing. UMC was one of two hospitals in El Paso that received victims of the Aug. 3 shooting. UMC’s trauma center cared for 15 patients, including an infant and a transferred patient, the hospital said. The hospital held
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged seven people during a targeted operation that ensures compliance with Texas sex offender registration laws. Monday, the sheriff’s office said Operation Adam’s Watch involved the U.S. Marshals Services. Authorities conducted home and workplace compliance checks for registered sex offenders required to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Monday, the El Paso Police Department asked for the public’s help in finding a missing 64-year-old man. Police said Kit Allen McKenzie was last seen July 30 at the 12400 block of Tierra Arena at 4:30 p.m. That’s in a neighborhood behind a Walmart off Joe Battle Boulevard and Montana
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 22-year-old man received a 50-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to violent felony offenses that happened over a five-month period, the 34th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Hekter Carreto robbed a smoke shop, sexually assaulted and employee and left her unconscious behind the business, according to a news release.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Electric’s Customer Care team will have two pop-up events to help customers with their electric bills, the utility said Monday. Its assistance comes as many customers’ bills increased this summer. EPE said agents will help customers understand why their bills increased and discuss payment arrangements and plans. They’ll
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to conduct a comprehensive verification and audit of all data centers advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process. Gov. Abbott said PUCT and ERCOT have to complete the audit before any data center
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This summer marks 20 years since Storm 2006, a severe natural disaster that caused widespread flooding across the El Paso region. Most El Pasoans remember the storm for the consistent torrential downpour over the course of several days. The series of thunderstorms brought a record amount of rainfall to the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As teachers, students and parents prepare for the first day of school with last-minute supply shopping, classrooms across the Sun City may look drastically different this academic year. Staffing cuts and rising teacher turnover across the Borderland means fewer educators will be greeting students when doors open. EPISD eliminated 40
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — A Las Cruces man with a prior felony conviction has been charged in federal court with unlawfully possessing a firearm after allegedly firing it at a church, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said Monday. Forty-year-old Matthew Albain Alarcon was allegedly seen shooting the entrance of
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By Alexander Mallin and Allison Pecorin Under pressure from two Republican senators blocking his confirmation as the next attorney general, Todd Blanche said he is formally rescinding his establishment of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” Blanche posted two separate orders on X Sunday night, one rescinding the nearly $1.8 billion fund, as well as another clarifying
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Saturday, hundreds of people from the Borderland and beyond came to the El Paso Convention Center for the Lowdown Downtown Lowriding Experience. The event, presented by The Lowrider Lawyers Truck Crash & Injury Attorneys, is part of the 2026 GoLo Entertainment Throwback Tour and featured more than 200 custom vehicles, including
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By Youri Benadjaoud The first two deaths of the cyclosporiasis outbreak have been reported in Michigan, the state’s health department announced Monday. Both people had “significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis and dehydration,” the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) added. No additional information will be provided, according to the department.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — To commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Aug. 3 shooting, United Way of El Paso County shared a recorded reading of the 23 victims’ names and those who responded to the tragedy. Watch the video above. Local leaders reading the names is party of the Day of Remembrance Reading of
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)- TxDOT would like to hear your thoughts. The Border Highway East study looks at a possible 20-mile extension from Loop 375 (Americas Avenue) to FM 3380 (M.F. Aguilera Road) near Tornillo. The study is exploring ways to improve traffic flow and safety in the area. Goals include reducing congestion, making it
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The El Paso Independent School District kicks off the first day of school with Good Morning El Paso on August 3. The Young Women’s STEAM Research & Preparatory Academy principal joins GMEP’s Nicole Ardila along with their student ambassadors and spirit team on Monday morning. The school district is highlighting YWA as EPISD’s dedicated all-girls public
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing Military Monday: Honoring Private Williams. Private Williams served in the united states army and completed his training in Fort Leonard Wood in South-Central Missouri.. We thank you for your service.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Temps will return to the triples as light rain chances remain for many headed back to school today. Today we woke to temps in the upper 70s to low 80s. The Borderland is expected to reach triple digits temps this afternoon. El Paso is expected to reach a high of
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After a week of brutal temps and two days of scattered showers and thunderstorms, we had a bit of a relief with a high of 96 today! I’ll take it… But unfortunately, the triple digits make another return! Rain chances will continue to retreat west and it will heat up starting tomorrow. Tomorrow’s highs will
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UPDATE (8/2/26) — The El Paso Police Department has identified 27-year-old Michael Isaiah Sepulveda and 31-year-old Omar Rene Botello as the two individuals who were killed in a crash Saturday morning. Officials say that officers were called out to the crash on I-10 near Copia, previously reported by police to be near Raynolds, for a
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HIDALGO COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — Officials with Hidalgo County Fire Rescue District 1 say that the Hidalgo County Fire Department was sent out to a train derailment Saturday afternoon near the I-10 corridor at the 34-mile marker, around 15 miles east from Lordsburg, New Mexico. Officials say that around 50 train cars were dislodged
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