Las Cruces hotel rooms fill up ahead of Branson’s space launch
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Five days before British billionaire Sir Richard Branson launches into space, his team has booked half the hotel rooms at…
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El Paso man arrested after road rage incident ends in gunfire
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police detectives on Tuesday announced the charging of a suspect in a road rage incident that occurred in late May.…
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El Paso County begins to vaccinate 50,000 from Juarez
UPDATE, July 6: On Tuesday, the maquiladora vaccination effort was underway at the Tornillo port of entry. El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego…
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Bond denied for ‘dangerous’ Las Cruces man accused of park beheading, using head as soccer ball
UPDATE, July 6: Joel Arciniega-Saenz, a homeless person who Las Cruces police say admitted to killing a man by cutting off his head and using it as a…
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Las Cruces sex offender arrested on charges he assaulted 9 & 10 year-old girls
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A registered sex offender has been arrested by Las Cruces police on accusations that he sexually assaulted two young girls,…
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63-year-old hiker found dead at White Sands National Park
WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, New Mexico — A hiker was found dead at White Sands National Monument over the Fourth of July holiday weekend,…
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Multiple injuries reported in 2-car crash in Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas — A stretch of Paisano Drive in the Lower Valley was shut down Tuesday afternoon following a crash in which multiple injuries were…
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1 hurt, 1 arrested after east El Paso fight between neighbors ends in stabbing
UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — One man was hospitalized and another was behind bars Tuesday following a fight between east El Paso neighbors that ended…
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Motorist clings to life after rollover on I-10 at Transmountain; speed blamed
UPDATE, July 6: A man remained hospitalized Tuesday following a rollover crash the day prior on I-10 west at Transmountain that police initially said…
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Police search for killer of central El Paso man found shot dead outside apartment
UPDATE, July 6: Police on Tuesday identified the victim fatally shot over the holiday weekend in central El Paso and labeled the death as a case of…
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Las Cruces Public Schools selects Pamela Cort as new board member
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After a school board member resigned last month citing “gross displays of harassment,” New Mexico’s second largest school…
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14 El Pasoans died from Covid in past week; some victims were in 20s, 30s
EL PASO, Texas — Fourteen El Pasoans were confirmed to have died from Covid-19 over the past week, health department officials announced Tuesday,…
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Driver extricated from 18-wheeler collision that shut down I-10 at Sunland Park
EL PASO, Texas — Two semi-trucks collided early Tuesday, with one of those 18-wheelers rolling over, leading to the shut down of Interstate 10 in…
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Caught on video: West El Paso storm looked like hurricane
EL PASO, Texas — TAKE A LOOK AT THIS: A very intense storm that moved through west El Paso outside the ABC-7 studios on Monday night looked like a…
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4 migrants saved from Rio Grande after west El Paso storm
EL PASO, Texas — Four migrants stuck in the Rio Grande were rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents who spotted them a short time after a super storm…
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Nearly 5,000 lose power in Las Cruces area on stormy night
UPDATE: Power was restored just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, according to an El Paso Electric spokesman; he said the cause of the outages were still being…
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Borderland pups frightened by fireworks
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — The Romero family is unfortunately, all too familiar with with Independence Day pup emergencies. “It’s sad because…
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Arrest made in east El Paso crash that left 1 dead, several hurt
UPDATE, July 4: The victim killed in the crash has been identified by sheriff’s deputies as 58-year-old Ernest Saenz.Authorities said they also…
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Your guide to 4th of July fireworks displays in the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — After a pandemic-induced hiatus last year, Fourth of July celebrations are back in action for 2021 in far west Texas and southern…
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What fireworks are allowed in El Paso, Dona Ana and Otero counties? Here are the answers
EL PASO, Texas — With 4th of July just around the corner, fireworks stand operators want residents and visitors to the Borderland to know…
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LCPD defends shooting dog that rushed officers
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department is defending the shooting of a dog that rushed two of its officers earlier this week,…
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UPS driver fired, plumber disciplined as video shows wrong-way US 54 driving
EL PASO, Texas — A UPS driver was fired and a New Age Plumbing employee disciplined on Friday after ABC-7 cameras caught them among multiple drivers…
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Northeast El Paso roads littered by rocks and debris after week of storms
EL PASO, Texa s– Five days of nonstop rain has left El Paso roads littered with debris from the monsoon storm. While highways like US Highway 54 and…
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Border Patrol raids El Paso & Sunland Park stash houses, finds 65 smuggled migrants
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents raided two Borderland stash houses utilized by human smugglers this week, rounding up over five-dozen…
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5-vehicle crash on I-10 on east side snarls traffic, but no injuries
EL PASO, Texas — A five-vehicle crash along a wet Interstate 10 in east El Paso on Friday afternoon snarled traffic but resulted in no injuries. The…
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Police seek clues in dog’s hanging death in Lower Valley park
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police put out a public call for help Friday to find the person(s) responsible for a dog’s hanging death in a Lower Valley…
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Jobs seekers can nab a $1,000 federal bonus in New Mexico
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Federal relief funds will be used to offer back-to-work bonuses of up to $1,000 for New Mexico residents who find a job in…
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Lower Valley domestic dispute ends with 1 stabbed, wounded
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department was investigating a domestic dispute between a couple which resulted in one of them being…
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WATCH: For 3rd day this week, flash floods stall El Paso commute
Click here for ABC-7’s Traffic Track Map EL PASO, Texas — Heavy rain falling across El Paso on Thursday triggered a Flash Flood Warning from…
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2 hurt, 1 seriously, in car crash that shut down stretch of Dyer in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Two people were hurt Thursday in a traffic collision in northeast El Paso that shut down a portion of Dyer Street during the busy…
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