Body found in lake at Ascarate Park is ID’d; sheriff’s major crime unit probes death
UPDATE, July 1: Authorities on Thursday identified the man whose body was pulled from Ascarate Lake a day prior as 25-year-old Jevan Alexei Angel.…
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Gas leak prompts evacuation at west El Paso middle school
EL PASO, Texas — A gas leak near a west side middle school Thursday prompted the El Paso Independent School District to evacuate summer school…
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4 child migrant shelters to close in Texas, California – but Fort Bliss site to remain open
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. officials will close four emergency facilities set up to house record numbers of migrant children crossing the Mexican border…
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El Paso International Airport expecting busy 4th of July weekend
EL PASO, Texas — More El Pasoans are expected to take to the skies this Forth of July weekend. Travel experts predict this weekend will be the…
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Border Patrol finds 35 migrants in El Paso stash house, arrests 3 with weapons in Sierra Blanca
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents had a busy Tuesday in the Borderland as they found dozens of migrants in an El Paso stash house and…
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Woman struck by pickup, seriously hurt in central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck and seriously injured in central El Paso on Wednesday night. It happened about 9 p.m. in…
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WATCH: El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony
EL PASO, Texas — They are among the best the Sun City has to offer in the world of sports. The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame held an induction…
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Barricaded person triggers police standoff in west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A person barricaded inside a west El Paso home triggered a standoff with El Paso police on Wednesday night. The incident unfolded…
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El Paso motorists again battle flash floods on roads
Click here for ABC-7’s Traffic Track Map EL PASO, Texas — Heavy rain falling across El Paso on Wednesday afternoon triggered a Flash Flood Warning…
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West El Paso residents assess flood damage, clean up
EL PASO, Texas — Residents in Smeltertown, a small west El Paso neighborhood just north of Paisano and Executive, are picking up the pieces after…
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Flooding raises questions about El Paso’s storm drainage
EL PASO, Texas — Multiple areas of El Paso have experienced flash floods in recent days, which is something many El Pasoans say they thought…
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Anthony trucker convicted of taking boys on sex trips
EL PASO, Texas – A 59-year-old Anthony truck driver has been convicted of taking young boys along on long-haul trips across the country for sex,…
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39-year-old Austin hiker killed on Franklin Mountains was wife, teacher & mother
EL PASO, Texas — The husband of the 39-year-old Austin woman who died hiking in the Franklin Mountains amidst Monday’s heavy rains said she was…
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Woman dies after being swept away on Franklin Mountains
EL PASO, Texas — A 39-year-old woman was found dead by El Paso Fire Department search and rescue crews Monday evening in the Franklin Mountains…
Continue Reading El Paso motorists battle high water amid flash floods on roads
EL PASO, Texas — A Flash Flood Warning was in effect for El Paso until 7 p.m. Monday after heavy rainfall deluged the Borderland throughout the…
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HHS head cites progress during Fort Bliss migrant shelter visit amid protests
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited El Paso on Monday to see a migrant detention facility at the Fort…
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El Paso photographer takes photo of beachside proposal, finds couple through Twitter
SACRAMENTO, California — From El Paso, Texas to Sacramento, California with love. An El Paso-based photographer made it her mission to track down a…
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Driver dies, 2 others hurt as SUVs collide in northeast El Paso
UPDATE, June 28: An driver involved in a collision in which his SUV ended up wrapped around a utility pole has died of his injuries, police said…
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1st look at new William Beaumont Army Medical Center
EL PASO, Texas — Officials held a news conference Monday morning to offer a first look at the new William Beaumont Army Medical Center, which is…
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WATCH: Borderland storms with rain, wind, hail result in floods
EL PASO, Texas — Thunderstorms with heavy rain, strong winds and hail arrived Sunday afternoon and evening as a cool front moved into the…
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Thousands lost power in El Paso area on stormy night
HORIZON CITY, Texas — Over 3,700 homes and businesses in the Horizon City area and another roughly 1,500 in central El Paso were without power at…
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Non-profit seeks to raise $10k to make 3-year-old El Paso cancer patient’s dream come true
EL PASO, Texas — A 3-year-old El Pasoan is battling cancer and there’s a group out there trying to make dreams come true for him and his family.…
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WATCH: El Paso Sunday Catholic Mass with Bishop Seitz
EL PASO, Texas — Due to a technical error, Sunday’s Catholic Mass didn’t air as usually scheduled on the El Paso/Las Cruces CW, KVIA channel 7.2. We…
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Group says rebar, trash in Ascarate Lake makes it dangerous for outdoor enthusiasts
El PASO, Texas — A group calling itself Save the Lake contends that rebar and trash in Ascarate Lake is making conditions dangerous for outdoor…
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‘El Paso for me is like a 2nd home’: Famed Belarus pianist visits Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — Renowned pianist Dzmitry Ulasiuk, from Belarus, gave a series of concerts earlier this week across the Borderland. ABC-7 was able…
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Former UTEP hoops star Ralph Davis dies after cancer battle
EL PASO, Texas — Ralph Davis was a star on the hardwood, and a star in the hearts of UTEP fans. Davis played for the UTEP Miners from 1990 to 1994…
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Motorcyclist hurt in collision with car along I-10 in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was injured Saturday afternoon in a collision with a car along Interstate 10 in east El Paso. The crash happened…
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Harris met with jeers from pro-Trump demonstrators on El Paso border trip
EL PASO, Texas — Even before Vice President Kamala Harris’s plane landed in El Paso on Friday morning, protesters had already started to gather…
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El Paso scales back reporting on Covid deaths, cases citing ‘data stabilization’
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso public health officials announced Saturday that they would begin scaling back on the reporting of Covid-19 deaths and…
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WATCH: Vice President Harris in El Paso for border visit
EL PASO, Texas — Vice President Kamala Harris visited El Paso on Friday to tour the Borderland, following dogged GOP criticism for not having…
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