Motorist seriously hurt in rollover crash on Loop 375
EL PASO, Texas — A motorist was seriously injured Monday evening in a rollover crash along Loop 375. The car flipped over around 5:45 p.m. near the…
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Officer shot, wounded in ‘hail of gunfire’ in northeast El Paso; suspected gunman jailed
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso police officer was shot and wounded early Monday morning in what authorities described as a “hail of gunfire” after he…
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T-Mobile customers report widespread service outages – including in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — T-Mobile was experiencing outages on Monday afternoon throughout portions of the U.S., including Texas and El Paso. DownDetector,…
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Firefighters battle smoky Upper Valley shed blaze
EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters battled a Upper Valley fire on Monday that produced smoke visible throughout the area. The blaze broke out about 11:15…
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Covid-19 kills 2 more El Pasoans; 77 new cases also reported
EL PASO, Texas — Local public health leaders reported Monday morning that two more people had died from Covid-19 in El Paso and another 77 tested…
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Firefighters contain recycling plant fire in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A fire burned Sunday night at a recycling plant in northeast El Paso. The blaze in the 9400 block of Railroad was battled by 26…
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Summer camp with horses opens Monday for Borderland children
EL PASO, Texas — The Horses Unlimited Rescue and Education Center is holding a summer camp for local kids on Monday. The center works with the El…
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Vandals target predominantly Black church in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Parishioners at Destiny Family Christian Center in northeast El Paso found vandals had broken glass by throwing rocks through the…
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‘We’re not going to tolerate racism:’ Motorcyclists ride through El Paso with message of unity
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club rallied dozens of motorcyclists for a ‘ride for justice’ through downtown, hoping to…
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Bomb squad says suspicious package found at shopping plaza near UTEP wasn’t explosive
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police bomb squad examined a suspicious package found at a west El Paso shopping plaza on Sunday afternoon before…
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Sunday Funday Moment: El Paso couple proves that with love and patience, nothing is impossible
EL PASO, Texas — It was back in July of last year when ABC-7’s Iris Lopez featured a video of El Paso couple Raul Sanchez and Roxana Garcia and a…
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Noted El Paso pianist, Chopin Festival founder Lucy Scarbrough has died at age 92
EL PASO, Texas — Lucy Scarbrough, a noted Borderland pianist and founder of the Chopin Festival, has died at the age of 92, friends and family said…
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A day after reaching 100 El Paso virus deaths, no additional deaths and just 40 new cases
EL PASO, Texas — A day after reaching the 100 death milestone, El Paso County on Sunday saw no additional coronavirus deaths and just 40 new cases…
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Border Patrol agent from El Paso sector found dead along remote New Mexico trail
LORDSBURG, New Mexico — A U.S. Border Patrol agent for the El Paso sector was found dead along a trail in a remote stretch of New Mexico’s Hidalgo…
Continue Reading El Paso reaches grim milestone: 100 deaths from Covid-19
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso reached a grim milestone on Saturday morning, with health officials reporting the county had reached 100 deaths from the…
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‘Violent robber’: Gunman sought in 3 northeast El Paso hold-ups
EL PASO, Texas – Police put out a public call for help Saturday to identify and capture a man they described as a “violent robber” who has held-up…
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Crash triggers partial closure of I-10 east at Geronimo
EL PASO, Texas — A crash on Interstate 10 eastbound at Geronimo caused a partial closure of I-10 on Saturday morning. Officials said two vehicles…
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3rd straight evening of El Paso protests features state lawmakers, peaceful end
EL PASO, Texas — Protests over police brutality and calling for the equal treatment for people of color continued for a third straight night in El…
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Socorro ISD to start 2020-2021 school year with online learning, staggered classroom returns
EL PASO, Texas — The Socorro Independent School District has released plans to bring students back for the 2020-2021 school year while adhering to…
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3 hurt, including child, as car crashes into semi-truck along Border Highway
EL PASO, Texas — Three people were hurt, including a child, after a car crashed into a semi-truck Friday evening along the Border Highway in El…
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Cathedral High School suspends athletics after football player working out gets virus
EL PASO, Texas — A student football player who worked out at Cathedral High School’s training facility this week has been diagnosed with the…
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El Paso police have few body cameras as part of their equipment
EL PASO, Texas — Protests over George Floyd’s death while in Minneapolis police custody are growing throughout the country, including in El Paso.…
Continue Reading El Paso leaders say virus cases slowing, but threat remains; restaurants can expand capacity
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city and county leaders and health officials held a briefing Friday afternoon to provide a coronavirus update, including…
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‘The Equestrian’ Don Juan de Oñate statue vandalized at El Paso International Airport
EL PASO, Texas — The somewhat controversial statue “The Equestrian” that adorns the entry to the El Paso International Airport has been vandalized…
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SISD teacher’s aide arrested on child sex charges
EL PASO, Texas — A teacher’s aide in the Socorro Independent School District has been arrested on child sex charges, sheriff’s office and school…
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El Paso man allegedly shot dog, brutally beat puppy after pup urinates on couch
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man is jailed on animal cruelty charges after allegedly shooting one dog and brutally beating another that was just a…
Continue Reading Another death from Covid-19 in El Paso as county’s death toll about to reach 100
EL PASO, Texas — The Department of Public Health announced Friday morning that yet another person has died of Covid-19 and 45 more had tested…
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More men are dying of COVID-19 in El Paso than women; health experts are not sure why
EL PASO, Texas — A higher percentage of men are dying from COVID-19 in El Paso County, despite a near equal divide of coronavirus cases among men…
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Overnight rollover prompts highway closure
EL PASO — A semi-truck rolled over near I-10 and Paisano early Friday morning, prompting the closure of all I-10 westbound lanes. Police were called…
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1 El Pasoan dead, 3 hurt in head-on crash near Border Patrol checkpoint in Hudspeth County
HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas — An El Paso motorist died and several others were seriously injured in a head-on highway crash Thursday morning just east…
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