Senators react to border conditions after El Paso visit with Homeland secretary
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators visited the Mexican…
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El Paso Zoo’s beloved elephant ‘Juno’ dies after cancer battle
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Zoo’s beloved 53-year-old Asian elephant, Juno, has died after a more than 4-year battle with a rare occurrence of…
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El Paso reports 7 virus deaths as active cases dip below 3K
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public health reported seven new coronavirus-related deaths and 108 new cases Friday morning. The…
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Motorist seriously injured in west El Paso rollover crash
EL PASO — A motorist was seriously injured in a single-car west El Paso traffic crash early Friday morning, according to El Paso Fire Department…
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2 El Pasoans injured in Texas truck crash that killed 8 migrants
DEL RIO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned two El Pasoans were injured and hospitalized when their pickup truck was struck by another pickup loaded with…
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El Paso VA sees added demand for mental health services, food assistance due to pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — Everybody has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in different ways. One community that is struggling more than ever is military…
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Human remains found off of Hondo Pass on Fort Bliss land
FORT BLISS, Texas — Human remains were discovered Thursday off of Hondo Pass on Fort Bliss land, officials confirmed. The Army’s Criminal…
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13-year-old in custody after ‘murder’ of stepdad, who was a Fort Bliss soldier
UPDATE #2, March 18: Officials at Fort Bliss confirmed Thursday that a man shot and killed, allegedly by his teenage stepson, was a senior…
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Police say central El Paso bar worker stabbed drunk man who tried to choke him
UPDATE, March 18: Police said Thursday that a St. Patrick’s Day stabbing at a central El Paso bar involved an employee defending himself against a…
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Driver dies after crashing car into Lower Valley house
UPDATE, March 18: A man who crashed his car into a Lower Valley house has now died of his injuries, El Paso police said Thursday. Investigators said…
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Man in 20s struck, killed running along I-10 in El Paso
UPDATE, March 18: El Paso police on Thursday identified a pedestrian struck and killed while running across Interstate 10 near Porfirio Diaz as a man…
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UMC to open online sign-up at 6PM for 1,000 more vaccines
EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center of El Paso said it would hold online appointment registration Thursday at 6 p.m. for more than 1,000…
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‘We’ve done really well’: Weekly Check-in with TTUHSC’s Dr. Michelson
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Every week, ABC-7 anchor Mauricio Casillas will speak to Dr. Edward Michelson. Dr. Michelson is the chairman of the…
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El Paso’s former U.S. Marshal says Mexican cartels ‘make money’ from migrant influx
EL PASO, Texas — Former U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte of El Paso tells ABC-7 that Mexican drug cartels are taking advantage of the recent influx of…
Continue Reading El Paso surpasses 2,300 confirmed virus deaths
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department announced 40 new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the county’s pandemic death toll to…
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Motorcyclist seriously hurt in west El Paso crash
EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was seriously hurt in a collision Wednesday night in west El Paso. The crash took place at the intersection of Mesa…
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El Paso bars celebrate St. Patrick’s day during pandemic
El Paso, Texas — It was exactly one year ago when El Paso’s health chief, Dr. Hector Ocaranza, ordered bars to shut down amid Covid-19 concerns.…
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Human remains found at El Paso construction site for Amazon distribution center
EL PASO, Texas — Human remains were discovered Wednesday at the construction site of an El Paso distribution center for retail giant Amazon. The…
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Repairs to El Paso’s ‘Star on the Mountain’ will take a few days after wind outage
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s iconic ‘Star on the Mountain’ has experienced an outage following Tuesday’s strong winds, officials with the El Paso…
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El Paso water parks will open this year and are now hiring
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso water parks are gearing up for a summer splash. Destination El Paso has opened the hiring for hundreds of positions – some…
Continue Reading El Paso sees 8 more virus deaths, 180 new cases
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso health officials announced eight coronavirus-related deaths and 180 new cases Wednesday morning. The latest deaths…
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Transmountain Road reopened after dust storm prompted hours-long closure
UPDATE: Transmountain Road reopened Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. For the latest traffic conditions go to kvia.com/traffic. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO,…
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Some Borderland teachers feel burnout after year of remote learning
EL PASO, Texas — Spring break 2020 was an uncertain time. The virus had made its way to El Paso and teachers and students had no idea if they would…
Continue Reading UMC registrations for 4,000 vaccinations filled up in 5 minutes
UPDATE: All of University Medical Center’s latest 4,000 vaccination appointments were booked in just over five minutes of online registration going…
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60 mph winds, blowing dust push through Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — It was a very windy and dusty Tuesday afternoon and evening across the Borderland. A Pacific storm pushed through the area that…
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Strong winds cause damage, evacuations at Socorro store
SOCORRO, Texas — A store in a Socorro shopping plaza suffered significant structural damage due to heavy winds that walloped the Borderland on…
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High anxiety accompanies return to Borderland school classrooms during pandemic
CANUTILLO, Texas — When you think of high schools, you think of cafeterias you can’t hear yourself think in, bustling hallways and packed…
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Police make 2 arrests after east El Paso triple stabbing with 1 victim seriously hurt
UPDATE, March 16: El Paso police on Tuesday identified the seriously injured man in an east El Paso triple stabbing case and said two men had now…
Continue Reading Man in his 20s among 13 new virus deaths in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials announced 13 coronavirus-related deaths and 127 new cases Tuesday morning. The latest deaths include: 1…
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El Paso’s Escobar pushes back after GOP leaders tour border ‘crisis’ & blame Biden
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar on Monday sparred with Republican U.S. House leaders in dueling news conferences…
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