Be Mindful: City Council declares May as Mental Health Awareness month
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso City Council on Tuesday declared May as “Mental Health Awareness Month”. This period has been observed in the…
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Toddler taken to hospital after being underwater at a city water park
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Fire responded to a call of a near drowning at Camp Cohen Water Park in Northeast El Paso. It happened after 5 p.m.…
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City’s Financial Oversight & Audit Committee raising questions about travel approval and purchasing card spending
UPDATE – The City of El Paso’s Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) raised questions about the findings of an audit, specifically referring…
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Saturday baseball scores: Americas upsets defending state champs for area title; Centennial falls to Rio Rancho in 5A state title game
EL PASO, Texas – It was a great afternoon of action on the baseball diamond in both Texas and New Mexico. A couple of El Paso schools were looking to…
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Judge’s order could have overcrowding implications at CBP facilities in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Late Thursday evening a Florida federal judge blocked the federal government from releasing migrants that have been…
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Not everyone agrees with city’s plea for public not to donate directly to migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Diocese of El Paso wants you to help migrants by donating goods. Meanwhile the City of El Paso is reiterating their plea…
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El Paso non-profit ‘Mija, Yes You Can’ teams up with brewery to celebrate mom
EL PASO, Texas – Local nonprofit organization ‘Mija, Yes You Can’ is partnering with local brewery Craft Rhythm & Brews to create a special…
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Juarez smoke causing respiratory issues for some El Paso residents
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For several days now, visible smoke has been rising from behind the Juarez mountains and blowing east due to the wind…
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El Paso Locomotive asking community to wear blue, chance to win free tickets to match
EL PASo, Texas — El Paso Locomotive FC wants to see you in your best blue outfit or blue Locomotive gear on Friday to “blue out” the city and show…
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Shooting in West El Paso leaves two people injured
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two people are in the hospital after a shooting in West El Paso Friday morning. According to fire officials, the call came…
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Migrants arrive at Bassett Middle School for shelter
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Dozens of Migrants arrived on buses Thursday night at Bassett Middle School. The vacant school can shelter 500 to 1,500…
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Cities with the most expensive homes in the El Paso metro area
Stacker compiled a list of cities with the most expensive homes in the El Paso metro area using data from…
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Migrants continue to get processed near U.S./Mexico Border as the end of Title 42 nears
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the expiration of Title 42 looms, migrants continue to turn themselves into Border Patrol agents near Gate 42 in El…
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Rio Grande will soon be full. Will put migrants in danger?
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In just a few short days, water will be released from Elephant Butte Reservoir into the Rio Grande. As water makes its way…
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El Paso City Council discusses “excessive” use of city representatives’ taxpayer-funded gas cardsÂ
In a special meeting scheduled for Thursday morning, members of the El Paso City Council will be discussing a newly released…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Thursday, May 11
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here a list of road closures scheduled for Thursday, May 11 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in El…
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Fewer migrants seen at sacred heart church
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Good Morning El Paso, I’ll provide a live look at downtown El Paso as Title 42 expires tonight. With Title 42 being…
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‘The Weird Kidz,’ animated film made in El Paso gets free special screening
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Weird Kidz, a full-length animated feature film will get a special screening at the Plaza Theatre on Thursday…
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Texas camp aimed at helping kids who stutter coming to El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A group based out of the University of Texas at Austin is bringing it’s evidence-based intensive therapy program to the…
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Viewer-submitted video shows El Paso Police forcefully detain man
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has reached out to the El Paso Police Department following a viewer-submitted video that surfaced earlier this week,…
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Las Cruces non-profit taking in hundreds of migrants a day
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The non-profit Border Servant Corps in Las Cruces has been receiving migrants from the El Paso area for months, as…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Wednesday, May 10
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here a list of road closures scheduled for Monday, May 5 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in El…
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City Representative Hernandez addresses questions on alleged “excessive” use of city-issued fuel card
UPDATE – ABC-7 was able to speak directly with District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez to discuss the internal audit and her fuel card spending…
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El Paso eatery, Rosco’s Burger Inn, temporarily closed due to kitchen fire
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans have loved Rosco’s Burger Inn for almost 70 years. The restaurant’s kitchen caught fire around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday…
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2,500 migrants at Sacred Heart Church as Title 42 is lifted in two days
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The growing number of migrants arriving daily in El Paso has overwhelmed our federal workforce…
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Migrants encouraged to turn themselves into border agents for processing
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border officials are stepping up enforcement between the El Paso and Ciudad Juárez border. Tuesday morning, ABC-7 saw…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Tuesday, May 9
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here a list of road closures scheduled for Monday, May 5 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in El…
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CBP announces reduction of Paso Del Norte bridge operations and new enforcement to remove migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Federal officials will begin conducting a “targeted enforcement operation” in El Paso Wednesday, according to U.S. Customs…
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ABC-7 Xtra: Migrant crisis impacting El Paso’s homeless population
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the borderland continues to grapple with the migrant crisis ahead of the lifting of Title 42, other at-risk populations…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Monday, May 8
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here a list of road closures scheduled for Monday, May 5 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in El…
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