TxDOT’s HERO roadside assistance program gets added funding to continue in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A hotline for people to call for roadside assistance will continue to operate in El Paso with an infusion of additional funding.…
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Northeast El Paso teen latest arrested for firing gun from moving car in viral video
UPDATE, Oct. 27: Police announced the arrest Wednesday of northeast El Paso teen seen in a social media video shooting a semi-automatic firearm into…
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NMSU to require Covid-19 vaccines for all employees, eliminates weekly testing option
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University will now require all faculty and other workers – including student employees – to be fully…
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NMSU, Dona Ana County Community College see pandemic enrollment drop-offs
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Colleges around the nation are experiencing a decrease in student enrollment due to the pandemic. The National…
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Socorro ISD hoping to entice more substitutes by increasing pay
EL PASO, Texas — It’s a problem many Borderland school districts are facing — staffing issues. The Socorro Independent School District is no…
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El Paso WinterFest to run from Nov. 20 through Jan. 2
EL PASO, Texas — What city leaders call the “coolest” fest in the Southwest is back: El Paso WinterFest returns to the Borderland region with…
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73-year-old central El Paso man critically hurt in pit bull attack
EL PASO, Texas — A 73-year-old central El Paso man was critically hurt Tuesday after being attacked by a pair of pit bulls in front of a home in the…
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Bruce Willis movie films in Las Cruces; 1st NM production since Alec Baldwin’s prop gun shooting
(Editor’s note: Scroll through the video player above for ABC-7’s full interview with the film’s director.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A movie with…
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El Paso City Council votes to continue mask lawsuit vs. state of Texas
EL PASO, Texas — A majority of El Paso City Council members told the city attorney to continue with on-going litigation against the state of Texas…
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80-year-old woman struck by car, seriously hurt in Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas — An 80-year-old woman was seriously injured after being struck by a car in the Lower Valley Tuesday afternoon. It happened at the…
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Former Las Cruces principal gets 11 years in prison for uploading child porn
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Joel Aguilar Villanueva, the former principal of Zia Middle School in Las Cruces, was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in…
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Las Cruces man held on $230,000 bond in Cielo Vista Mall carjacking
EL PASO, Texas — A 25-year-old man faces aggravated robbery charges after he allegedly took a woman’s car at knifepoint. El Paso police say Sergio…
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El Paso Harley enthusiasts help Marine cyclist on his 1,500-mile fundraising ride
EL PASO, Texas — An 18-year Marine veteran is riding across the Southwestern U.S. on his bike to raise money for homeless veterans and for the…
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Water service restored after main break in west El Paso
UPDATE #2: As of 9 p.m. Monday, El Paso Water officials said water service had been restored from the main break earlier in the day near N. Stanton…
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Horizon City man killed in off-road dirt bike crash near canal
UPDATE, Oct. 25: El Paso police on Monday identified the man killed in a dirt bike crash in a canal area south ofBlackie Chesher Park as 53-year-old…
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Dirt Y Girls provides free composting for part of east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Two east El Paso women have taken it upon themselves to make their neighborhood a little greener. Not literally green, but by…
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1 fully-vaccinated El Pasoan among 5 new Covid deaths; 2 new Delta variant cases
EL PASO, Texas — Five El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week, with one of those being a breakthrough death involving a fully-vaccinated…
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WATCH: Memorial service for longtime UTEP president & ‘beloved icon’ Diana Natalicio
UPDATE, Oct. 24: The University of Texas at El Paso paid tribute to the life of UTEP President Emerita Diana Natalicio at a Celebration of Life…
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Man arrested after shots fired in east El Paso faces assault, gun & drug charges
UPDATE, Oct. 24: Police on Sunday identified the man arrested after shots were fired at an east El Paso apartment complex as 26-year-old Josue Emilio…
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10-digit phone dialing now required for El Paso, Las Cruces areas
EL PASO, Texas — Starting Sunday, phone users across portions of Texas and all of New Mexico must include area codes when dialing to make all…
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16-year-old girl dies when teens in speeding Mustang crash in Fabens
FABENS, Texas – A car carrying a group of teens crashed and overturned early Sunday morning in Fabens, ejecting four of them and killing a…
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After ‘heartbreaking’ theft of $200k of LCHS band equipment, some items recovered
UPDATE: Albuquerque Police on Saturday night said they had located the stolen Penske rental truck with Las Cruces High School’s band equipment. The…
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Woman wounded, another grazed in east El Paso shooting tied to burglary
UPDATE: Police confirmed a 25-year-old woman suffered a leg wound and a 20-year-old woman was grazed by a bullet early Saturday as multiple gunshots…
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Pickup truck driver dies after crash into cement barrier along I-10
UPDATE: Police said a man seriously injured after crashing his pickup truck into a cement barrier early Saturday died later in the morning at a local…
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6 things in the Borderland to do this weekend
THINGS TO DO! 1. El Paso Rhinos vs. Corpus Christi Ice RaysSaturday 7PMEl Paso County Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano Dr. 2. Dwight Yoakum in concertSunday…
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Samaniego looks back a year after El Paso’s ‘worst in nation’ bout with Covid
EL PASO, Texas — One year ago at this time, El Paso County shattered a pandemic record as health officials announced 1,161 new Covid-19 cases in a…
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West El Paso massage parlor shut down amid sex probe
EL PASO, Texas – Local and state officials have shut down a west El Paso massage parlor where they contend “illegal activity occurs habitually.”…
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Bond set at $200k for El Paso man caught standing over stabbing victim with knife
UPDATE, Oct. 22: A man was being held on $200,000 bond after El Paso police arrested him with a knife in his hands standing over a stabbing victim,…
Continue Reading City of El Paso to provide Moderna, J&J vaccine booster shots
EL PASO, Texas – The City of El Paso announced it will now administer booster doses for Moderna’s and Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus…
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14 men from El Paso & beyond arrested in DPS prostitution sting
EL PASO, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety officers and federal agents said they arrested 14 men in a prostitution sting conducted in the El…
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