Assault victim in hospital after east El Paso road rage crash, report of shots fired
EL PASO, Texas — One person was hospitalized after an apparent case of road rage led to a traffic crash followed by a fight and report of gunshots…
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El Paso Animal Services promotes fostering as shelters fill up
EL PASO, Texas — Animal shelters are inundated with animals, which is – in part – why El Paso Animal Services hosted their first ever foster open…
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El Paso native Ricardo Pepi of Dallas FC is youngest hat-trick scorer in MLS history
FRISCO, Texas — Led by El Paso native Ricardo Pepi’s three-goal performance, Dallas FC secured a 4-0 victory over the LA Galaxy on Saturday…
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U.S. men suffer 1st Olympic basketball loss since 2004, beaten by France in opener
SAITAMA, Japan — France dealt the U.S. a major blow in basketball once again. Evan Fournier’s 3-pointer with just under a minute left put France…
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U.S. wins its 1st gold medal of the Olympics in swimming
TOKYO, Japan — Chase Kalisz won the first American medal of the Tokyo Games when he captured gold in the men’s 400-meter individual medley. Jay…
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2 shot, wounded in downtown Las Cruces; police look for shooter
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two people were shot and wounded in downtown Las Cruces early Saturday around bar closing time. Police said the gunfire…
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National Tequila Day 2021 events & deals in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Grab your favorite shot glass as July 24 is National Tequila Day. The name comes from Mexico’s town of Tequila, Guadalajara.…
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4,000 including ABC-7 lose power in storms; Las Cruces hard hit
EL PASO, Texas — Around 4,000 El Paso Electric customers lost power Friday evening amidst severe thunderstorms rolling through the region.…
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Acid-shooting whip scorpions are roaming a national park in Texas
By Rachel Trent, CNN Some freaky-looking creatures are out looking for mates this summer. And no, we’re not talking about the contestants on…
Continue Reading China wins 1st gold medal of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO, Japan — Yang Qian of China won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday in women’s 10-meter air rifle. Yang overtook…
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Sheriff’s deputies seek witnesses to deadly SAC shooting
UPDATE, July 23: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office put out a public call for help, seeking witnesses to a shooting behind the Socorro Activities…
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TTUHSC emergency medicine chief says it’s time to mask up again due to Delta variant
El PASO, Texas — The head of emergency medicine for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso believes it may be time for people to…
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El Paso Water providing sandbags for flood control
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Water is again providing sandbags at three locations amidst the forecast calling for the prospect of heavy rain and…
Continue Reading Tokyo Games cauldron lit with Olympic flame in Opening Ceremony
TOKYO, Japan — Tennis star Naomi Osaka has lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the flame’s long journey from…
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Cleveland’s baseball team changing name from Indians to Guardians
CLEVELAND, OHio — Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians. The ball club announced the…
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I-10 eastbound at Redd Road reopens after 2-car crash
EL PASO, Texas — A two-car crash led to the shutdown of a stretch of Interstate 10 through west El Paso on Thursday afternoon. That crash happened…
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El Paso 3 & 4-year-old kids taking part in Covid-19 vaccine trial
EL PASO, Texas — It could be months before a Covid-19 vaccine is approved for kids under the age of 12 in the United States. But vaccine trials are…
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Migrants abused in Juarez when ‘police sold us to the mafia’
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad Juárez…
Continue Reading Mississippi asks US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Mississippi’s attorney general told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Roe v. Wade was…
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Woman’s body found in car in east El Paso; 2nd case in as many days
EL PASO, Texas — Police were investigating a body found in a car in east El Paso late Thursday afternoon; it was the second body found in a car in…
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Santa Teresa migrant stash house is latest in unprecedented number of Borderland raids
EL PASO, Texas — After several Borderland stash house raids that turned up 134 hidden migrants and nearly $600,000 worth of methamphetamine last…
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New Mexico puppy found severely burned with hot liquid
SOCORRO, New Mexico (KOAT) — A puppy was found severely burned or boiled with hot liquid at Sedillo Park in Socorro, which is located 74 miles…
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Vandals targeting Alamogordo parks with destruction, damage
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — City parks in Alamogordo are being “plagued by vandals” who have caused damage for weeks, officials said Thursday as they…
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Legendary actress Rita Moreno cancels return to El Paso’s Plaza Classic Film Festival
UPDATE, July 22: One day after announcing her planned appearance, organizers now say Rita Moreno will not be able to attend this year’s…
Continue Reading Internet outage that took down major websites now fixed
NEW YORK, NY — A sweeping internet disruption on Thursday briefly took out a wide range of major corporate websites — from FedEx and Delta…
Continue Reading GM is shutting down most of its pickup production for a week
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Motors will stop making most of its full-size pickup trucks for a week starting Monday. It’s another…
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Jeff Bezos wore El Paso-made cowboy boots to space
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso company made the cowboy boots that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wore when he went to space this week. He wore the boots,…
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El Paso’s iconic H&H Car Wash, Coffee Shop closing after 60 years
EL PASO, Texas — An iconic El Paso business is closing its doors Thursday after more than six decades in operation. H & H Car Wash has been on…
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Man’s body found in car in west El Paso; police probing death
EL PASO, Texas — Police were investigating a body found in a car in west El Paso late Wednesday afternoon. It was discovered around 4 p.m. at 4740…
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1 dead as SUV, 3 trucks collide on I-10 in Luna County
DEMING, New Mexico — A truck driver was killed in a four-vehicle crash that shut down a stretch of Interstate 10 westbound for over 17 hours…
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