Police say man shot at central El Paso bar was intruder who broke in
UPDATE, Oct.20: Police said a 37-year-old man wounded at Chankla’s bar over the weekend was a burglar who was shot after breaking in. Investigators…
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‘Armed and Dangerous:’ Police identify suspect in Las Cruces deadly shooting
Update: Las Cruces Police on Wednesday identified 26-year-old Tyler Williams as the shooter who allegedly killed a man at an apartment complex…
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FDA authorizes booster doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, says mix and match OK
By Maggie Fox and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of both Covid-19 vaccines made by Moderna and…
Continue Reading Texas health officials plan for rollout of pediatric Covid vaccine
EL PASO, Texas- Health officials in Texas are planning for the Covid vaccine rollout for kids 11-years-old and under. On Wednesday, the White House…
Continue Reading Suspected human remains and items belonging to Brian Laundrie found in Florida park, FBI says
By Eric Levenson, Taylor Romine, Leyla Santiago and Randi Kaye, CNN What appears to be human remains and items belonging to Brian Laundrie, including…
Continue Reading Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to murder charges and apologizes for Parkland high school massacre
By Eric Levenson, Leyla Santiago and Gregory Lemos, CNN Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who carried out the massacre of students and faculty members at…
Continue Reading White House details plan to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11
By Jeremy Diamond, Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House on Wednesday unveiled its plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children…
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ABC-7 Xtra Depth: UTEP Head Coach Dimel’s incentives as Miners seek to make history
EL PASO — Success comes with a cost and UTEP could be getting ready to reward the coach of its most exciting program now. After deep salary cuts,…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has…
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EPISD drops college credit requirements for substitute teachers, raises pay
EL PASO – Faced with a deep shortage of substitute teachers, the El Paso Independent School District board Tuesday voted unanimously to remove…
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Fiery plane crash near Houston, but all 21 on board survive
WALLER COUNTY, Texas, — An emergency response got underway mid-morning Tuesday in the wake of a downed plane in Waller County, ABC affiliate KTRK…
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UPDATE: Amber Alert cancelled for 4-year-old boy taken from daycare in Chaparral
According to the Otero County Sheriff’s Office, Izrael Martinez was found and is safe. No further details were provided. ++++++ CHAPARRAL, New…
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Canutillo ISD seeks voter approval on multi-million dollar bond measure
EL PASO, Texas– Early voting for the Canutillo Independent School District’s multi-million dollar bond is underway this week. If passed, the bond…
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EP Water still pumping wastewater into Rio Grande, expects to face possible state fines
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Water was faced with an environmental nightmare when two of its wastewater pipelines ruptured sending millions of gallons…
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El Paso psychiatrist seeing ‘dramatic’ increase in addiction cases amplified by pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — As the Borderland is still recovering from the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, local doctors are seeing the mental health and…
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UTEP may need new conference; C-USA teams set to defect
EL PASO, Texas — It seems UTEP could soon be looking for a new athletic conference as Conference USA is facing a slew of defections. Sources told…
Continue Reading Texas lawmakers pass new congressional maps bolstering GOP
By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor…
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WATCH: 12-year-old driver crashes after leading Dona Ana deputies on chase
Editor’s note: Video contains profanities. DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – Video just released to ABC-7 shows a 12-year-old driver leading Doña Ana…
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Couple arrested for kidnapping woman after Dona Ana standoff; case tied to cartel
UPDATE, Oct. 18: Authorities told ABC-7 on Monday that a couple with ties to a criminal cartel, accused of kidnapping a 33-year-old woman for five…
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Police retrieve ‘large bullet’ found in east El Paso yard
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police on Monday afternoon responded to a residential neighborhood on the city’s eastside for an unusual discovery.…
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Sun Metro making changes to 11 bus routes
EL PASO, Texas — Sun Metro says it is set to make changes to 11 bus routes in an effort “to better meet the demand for ridership”. The impacted…
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3 fully-vaccinated El Pasoans among 11 new Covid deaths
EL PASO, Texas — A total of eleven El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week, with three of those being breakthrough deaths involving…
Continue Reading Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most…
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Colin Powell, military leader and first Black U.S. secretary of state, dies of Covid-19
WASHINGTON, DC — Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape…
Continue Reading Gas prices soar across U.S. but ‘El Paso has fared well,’ says UTEP economist
EL PASO, Texas — For weeks El Pasoans have been feeling the pain at the pump, but “El Paso has fared well,” compared to the rest of the country…
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Cowboys survive in OT to beat Patriots 35-29
FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts — What a roller coaster of emotions! The Dallas Cowboys were able to survive early game mistakes to get the win in…
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WATCH: Aaron Jones stiff-arms tackler for TD; Packers top Bears
Aaron Jones that was SILLY. #GoPackGo📺: #GBvsCHI on FOX📱: NFL app pic.twitter.com/xsJiBDW1Qr— NFL (@NFL) October 17, 2021 CHICAGO, Illinois…
Continue Reading Former President Bill Clinton released from hospital
CNN By CNN Former President Bill Clinton has been released from a California hospital after being treated for an infection that spread to his…
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UTEP tops Louisiana Tech 19-3 to become bowl eligible
EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners on Saturday night got their sixth win of the season, 19-3 over Louisiana Tech, to clinch bowl eligibility for the…
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Man collapses, dies along Lazy Cow Mountain Trail in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso firefighters were called out on a mountain rescue Saturday afternoon after a man suffered an apparent medical emergency and…
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