ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KVIA) — Friday, the New Mexico Department of Justice said the state’s supreme court upheld a first-degree murder conviction in a shooting that killed an Alamogordo police officer. Dominic De La O will continue serving a life sentence in prison without parole. In July 2023, De La O shot and killed Anthony Ferguson
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SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (KVIA) — Friday, the Sunland Park Fire Department said a man fell off the border wall. It happened Friday morning around 3:15 a.m. at 1000 Camino Real Dr. by a landfill near the wall, officials said. In a Facebook post, the fire department said a man in his 40s fell 20 feet
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A jury awarded $104 million in a wrongful death case against a national trucking company, Mesilla Valley Transportation (MVT Services LLC), after one of its drivers crashed and killed El Pasoan Orlando Robles, Tawney, Acosta and Chaparro P.C. said Wednesday. In a news release, TAC said the crash happened on
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, Stephanie Halasz and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A passenger on a Ryanair flight was sucked halfway out of the plane after the window he was sitting next to became dislodged in midair. The budget airline flight to Memmingen in Germany was forced to return to Thessaloniki in Greece, from where it
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Thursday, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting a patient while he worked as a nurse practitioner. Victor Lee Ilog had outstanding felony warrants for two counts of sexual assault, EPCSO said. Deputies arrested him Wednesday afternoon. The sheriff’s office said
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(KVIA) — The New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday warned residents to watch for heat illness this weekend, as much of the state is expected to warm up above 100 degrees. ABC-7’s StormTrack weather team forecasted a high in Las Cruces to reach 100 Thursday. That high could reach 103 Friday and 101 Saturday.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Lopez family is counting down the days to their upcoming trip to Dallas, Texas, as one family member will take part in an unforgettable experience at the 2026 World Cup. 9-year-old Noah Lopez will help escort soccer players onto the field for an upcoming semi-final match. He’ll be briefly
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP track and field athlete, Michael Kpomassy is making history. The freshman shot putter will represent the USA, and also UTEP at the prestigious 2026 World Athletics U20 Outdoor Championships. The event will take place August 5-9, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Kpomassy qualified for the meet back in June
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UPDATE (July 9, 2026): Thursday, U.S. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar sent the Federal Bureau of Prisons a letter sharing her concerns about the La Tuna prison. She included a list of 18 questions expressing her concern for staff, inmates and public safety. She also said her office wasn’t told about the decision to close the prison.
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Temps will stay hot through Saturday then a cool down with storm chances by early next week. Highs will be 100-103 degrees. Easterly winds will continue to bring in some Gulf moisture that will give us some fuel to see some additional storms by late weekend and early next week. Along with the storms, temps
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A woman in her 50s died after an apartment fire in Central El Paso, the city’s fire department said Thursday. It happened at the Johnson Apartments on the 3600 block of Johnson Ave. It was reported just after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Fire crews arrived to find flames and smoke coming
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UPDATE (July 9, 2026) — A social media post reportedly helped police identify 21-year-old Abraham Sosa Castro as a suspect in a deadly hit-and-run crash on the Loop 275 near Pellicano, according to arrest documents. Documents said Castro’s car flipped onto its roof after crashing into Manuel Oliva Contreras June 19 just before midnight. Contreras
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man received a five-year sentence after pleading guilty to stalking a woman for nearly a year, according to court records ABC-7 obtained Thursday. According to police documents, a woman met Ivan Alejandro Alvarado at the gym in November 2024. She told police he went up and started
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — A Las Cruces woman pleaded guilty to threatening her co-workers using an online health clinic scheduling platform, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico said Thursday. Thirty-three-year-old Jovanni Celeste Ortega anonymously sent harassing and threatening messengers to co-workers at Millennium Health and Wellness through the clinic’s scheduling platform. Authorities
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RUIDOSO, N.M. (KVIA) — It’s been two years since wildfires scorched areas surrounding the Village of Ruidoso high in the Sierra Blanca mountains. Just a year ago this week, heavy rains on those burned areas sent runoff rushing down the Rio Ruidoso — causing deadly flash flooding. Three people died, including two children. Flooding also
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Loretto Academy 3rd Grade Pledge 7/9/26
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Independent School District students are producing a full-scale theatrical production of “Shrek the Musical.” They’ll perform on stage July 15-18 at Coronado High School. EPISD said its Fine Arts department has been working on the play and will showcase student work in acting, music, stage building, costume making
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — The Las Cruces Police Department on Thursday warned the public for suspicious people who steal copper wire from light poles and new construction sites. Police think people steal copper wide from light poles, take off plastic coating, chop the wire into small section and sell the scraps to recycling centers
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UPDATE (July 9, 2026) — For the second time within a month, Las Cruces firefighters put outa fire at an abandoned mobile home on Calle Sosa Thursday, according to a news release. Firefighters went to the home just after 4:15 a.m. and saw fire venting through the roof. Crews controlled it within 10 minutes. The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today’s teens can code, 3D print, program robots and more. When adults come along, wanting to limit their exposure to this screentime and this newly-discovered tech world, frustrations arise for both sides. “It’s really about playing around with technology and different science concepts and figuring out how to use that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Electric’s proposal to build a new natural gas power plant to serve the planned Meta data center started a hearing Wednesday and will continue Thursday. The utility proposed a natural gas plant to support the data center in Northeast El Paso. Wednesday, the hearing started and the state
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Thursday temperatures will lean hot once again as rain chances continue. Stronger rain chances expected soon. We woke to temps in the upper 70s this morning. Your afternoon will warm to the triples. El Paso is expected to reach a high of 103, Las Cruces is expected to reach a
Continue ReadingOriginally Published: 09 JUL 26 05:27 ET Updated: 09 JUL 26 08:30 ET By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, known for hits such as “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at the age of 75, according to a statement on her website and social media accounts on Thursday. “Bonnie’s family
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EL PASO, Texas – Cristo Fernández will finally make his long-awaited debut with the El Paso Locomotive FC. Fernández signed with the club in May, but has been unable to take the field because his visa had not been approved. Now that it has, Fernández will take the pitch for the first time with the
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U.S. forces have completed an additional round of strikes against Iran, striking roughly 90 military targets, U.S. Central Command said in an update late Wednesday. CENTCOM said the targets included air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities and military logistics infrastructure along Iran’s coastline. The strikes “further degrade Iran’s
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Temps will continue to stay around 100-104 the next few days with lots of sunshine. Moisture begins to surge a bit by late weekend and early next week giving us the fuel for some storms. With the added moisture and clouds, temps will decrease a bit to the low and mid 90s.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Paso del Norte Center of Hope, which was opened to assist and protect victims of human trafficking, leads anti-trafficking efforts in the borderland and is partnering with law enforcement and local nonprofits in the region. The center has seen an average of 45 to 50 human trafficking cases monthly
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– El Paso City Council has approved an agreement to expand the relationship between Emergence Health Network and the local Police Department. This agreement allows police officers to divert individuals to Emergence’s Montana office diversion center instead of taking them to jail or an emergency room. Staff Chief Rene Hurtado at Emergence
Continue Reading RUIDOSO, N.M. (KVIA) — It’s been two years since wildfires scorched areas surrounding the Village of Ruidoso high in the Sierra Blanca mountains. Just a year ago this week, heavy rains on those burned areas sent runoff rushing down the Rio Ruidoso — causing deadly flash flooding. Three people died, including two children. Flooding also
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — A Las Cruces teenager received a nine-year federal prison sentence for shooting and paralyzing an 18-year-old victim during a robbery, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico said Wednesday. A news release said in February 2022, Matthew James Aguilar and two other people planned to meet the victim to
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