Cody Decker seeks to create new youth baseball complex in Santa Teresa
EL PASO, Texas — Even after a year of event cancellations due to Covid-19, the El Paso Border Youth Athletic Association continues to bring baseball…
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Truckers passing through Santa Teresa port get vaccinated without residency proof
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — A vaccination event held this week at the New Mexico state facility at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry provided the…
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Doña Ana County jail officer stabbed, wounded by inmate
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Doña Ana County Detention Center officer was hospitalized in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times by an…
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2 dead migrants found in Sunland Park after another rescued from Mt. Cristo Rey
UPDATE: Sunland Park Police Chief Javier Guerra now says the bodies of two migrants have been found in the past 24 hours following the rescue of a…
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Man accused of 4 killings across 2 states is now charged in 5th murder in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A New Jersey man accused of four killings in two states was charged with a fifth this week, according to a criminal…
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Body found north of Las Cruces, death labeled ‘suspicious’
DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies were investigating a “suspicious death” discovered Monday afternoon. A body was…
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New Mexico edges closer to hitting Covid-19 vaccination goal
SANTA FE, New Mexico — A key deadline looms for reopening New Mexico as Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wanted to have at least…
Continue Reading Stranded migrant on Mount Cristo Rey rescued, hospitalized
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Firefighters found and rescued a migrant who was stuck on Mount Cristo Rey Wednesday morning. Sunland Park firefighters…
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Las Cruces man accused of raping young girl for a year
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 46-year-old Las Cruces man was arrested on allegations that he repeatedly raped a young girl for nearly a year, in a case…
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Power back for 2,000 in Las Cruces after 90-minute outage
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Almost 2,000 homes and businesses in Las Cruces were impacted by a power outage for about 90 minutes Tuesday evening after…
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New Mexicans offered $100 incentives in hopes of making vaccination goal this week
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico is close to meeting the goal of having 60% of residents fully vaccinated, but there are only two days left to get…
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George Lopez bringing comedy tour to Chavez Theater & Inn of the Mountain Gods
EL PASO, Texas — George Lopez is coming to southern New Mexico this summer, and then to El Paso this fall, on his latest comedy tour. The Inn of the…
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Could have been ‘a catastrophe’: Doña Ana trailer blaze threatened other homes
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – If the winds had blown a different direction on Saturday, a blaze at a Doña Ana trailer home could have destroyed other…
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Darion Jarrott’s widow sues NMSP for officer’s slaying on I-10
SANTA FE, New Mexico — The widow of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a wrongful…
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Arsonists blamed for setting 4 brush fires in Alamogordo
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — Alamogordo firefighters battled four separate brush fires that ignited this weekend, with investigators now concluding all…
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Fallen New Mexico smoke jumper honored by fellow wildland firefighters
CODY, Wyoming — Fellow wildland firefighters, U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen and Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon paid tribute during a…
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New Mexico again offers virus relief money to immigrants & elderly: How to apply
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico residents who weren’t eligible for those $1,400 direct cash payments from the federal government have another…
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‘These things pull like a bulldog’: Massive fish caught at Elephant Butte
ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico — It’s a trophy catch. Frank Vilorio, a fishing guide with The Land of Enchantment Hunting and Fishing Adventures, was on…
Continue Reading Heat contributes to power outages for hundreds of El Paso Electric customers
El PASO, Texas — Hundreds of El Paso Electric customers found themselves without electricity, and as a result air conditioning, on Saturday as the…
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New images show Couy Griffin at Capitol riot scaling barricade
OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — New evidence has been released in the case against Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, KOB-TV in Albuquerque reported…
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More migrants found overcome by heat in Santa Teresa area
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — Triple-digit temperatures have seen U.S. Border Patrol and Sunland Park firefighters perform multiple rescues this week…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor unveils unemployment system reforms
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham held a news conference Friday afternoon to announce a series of reforms to New Mexico’s…
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Las Cruces opens cooling centers amid heat wave, but splash pads still closed
LAS CRUCES, NEW Mexico – Vulnerable Las Cruces residents can seek shelter from the extreme heat in cooling centers, but splash pads and outdoor pools…
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Migrant dies in desert heat in Sunland Park near border
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — For a second day in a row on Thursday, border-crossing migrants were found struggling in the heat of a desert area in…
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1 dead, 2 airlifted to El Paso hospital after southern New Mexico rollover crash
COLUMBUS, New Mexico — A rollover vehicle crash in southern New Mexico Thursday afternoon left one person dead and two other seriously injured. The…
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Police safely find 91-year-old who wandered away from Las Cruces nursing home, feared in peril in heat
UPDATE: After ABC-7’s alert went out, Las Cruces police said they found the missing elderly man, feared in peril in the heat, walking near a CVS…
Continue Reading 2 migrants rescued in hot desert by Sunland Park fire crews, Border Patrol
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Firefighters and U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued two Ecuadorian migrant women Wednesday afternoon overcome by heat in a…
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Trial delayed for ex-LCPD officer facing murder charge over man’s chokehold death
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The second-degree murder trial for a former Las Cruces police officer charged with in the choking death of a suspect will…
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Tunnel Vista Falls near Cloudcroft offers a respite from the heat with a waterfall cool down
CLOUDCROFT, New Mexico — It’s a little oasis just west of Cloudcroft called Tunnel Vista Falls. The waterfall sits at the end of the hiking trail…
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Firefighters hold containment of Ruidoso wildfire despite wind
UPDATE, June 9: RUIDOSO, New Mexico — As of Wednesday, officials said the Ball Field Fire burning near Ruidoso was 50% contained and holding at 25…
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