Loop 375 reopens in both directions following suicide attempt that prompted closure
EL PASO, Texas — Police said they closed Loop 375 north at Bob Hope and south at Vista Del Sol, snarling traffic late Friday morning, due to what…
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Semi-pro El Paso basketball team preps for a new league, new season
EL PASO, Texas — A new semi-professional basketball team is taking the court for its very first season. The Southwest Desertcats was established in…
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Doctors tell Texas lawmakers at El Paso hearing that hatred, not mental illness often fuels mass shooters
EL PASO, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety heard public testimony Thursday at…
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El Paso Rhinos in contest to host NHL game
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Rhinos are is looking to bring an NHL game to the Borderland. The hockey team is taking part in the Kraft Hockeyville…
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‘What is Jeopardy!’? As highest earning contestants face off, Borderland fans flex their trivia muscle
EL PASO, Texas – In the gameshow category for $300: a timeless and treasured television show inspiring trivia fanatics for a half century. What is…
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El Paso police release video of man sought as possible witness in unsolved September murder
EL PASO, Texas — Police released video Wednesday showing an unidentified man sought for questioning as a potential witness in the September unsolved…
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El Paso Fire Department extends free flu shot program
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso City Department of Public Health recently reported that flu cases are up nearly 90 percent from last flu season. So the…
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UTEP professor’s trip home lands her near epicenter of Puerto Rico earthquakes
GUAYANILLA, Puerto Rico — El Pasoan Ivonne Santiago landed on stable ground in Puerto Rico on Sunday for a family visit and woke up Monday in a…
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‘You leave many others suffering’: El Paso man who lost girlfriend, her son in crash urges no drunk driving
EL PASO, Texas — Exactly one month ago, Alberto Cuellar’s life was turned upside-down. A suspected drunk driver going the wrong way on Loop 375…
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El Paso WWII vet recalls his rendezvous with destiny on anniversary of Battle of the Bulge
EL PASO, Texas — There are not many World War II veterans that are still alive in the United States. The Sun City though can boost…
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TxDOT working on several projects to improve El Paso roadways
EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation is working on several projects this year to improve El Paso roads and freeways. One of the…
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UTEP great, Packers star Aaron Jones expecting 1st child
EL PASO, Texas — UTEP great and current Green Bay Packers star running back Aaron Jones announced he and his girlfriend Crystal Molina are expecting…
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Farewell Estela: El Paso’s most recognizable person steps down after 27 years at ABC-7
(Editor’s note: You can view the conclusion of Estela’s final in video player above, and you can watch the community farewell event in the video…
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‘We are devastated’: El Paso Zoo mourns death of Melor the Malayan Tiger
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Zoo’s 24-year-old female Malayan Tiger “Melor” was found dead Monday in the moat of her exhibit. A necropsy,…
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Tornillo ‘tent city’ migrant shelters once again taken down
TORNILLO, Texas — The year 2020 in Tornillo is starting pretty much the same way 2019 started in that small border town just east of Fabens in El…
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Blood supply critically short in Borderland; donors urgently needed
EL PASO, Texas – It’s something a lot of people take for granted — blood. Here in the Borderland blood donations are always encouraged, but now…
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UTEP basketball coach Rodney Terry speaks for 1st time since his hospital release
EL PASO, Texas — UTEP head basketball coach Rodney Terry spoke at a news conference Monday for the first time since being discharged last week from…
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UTEP basketball coach Rodney Terry seen at pregame practice after hospital release
BOCA RATON, Florida — UTEP men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry was seen at pregame practice Saturday ahead of the Miner’s match-up with Florida…
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Disabled veterans now allowed on post at Fort Bliss to use commissary, exchange
FORT BLISS, Texas — The Department of Defense has expanded military commissaries, exchanges, and recreational facilitates to service-connected…
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Vigil held for El Paso High School athlete who died suddenly
EL PASO, Texas — Members of the El Paso High School community remembered a young life cut short at a candlelight vigil on the steps of the school…
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Mesa Street, I-10 east in El Paso among most congested roads in Texas
EL PASO, Texas — Two of the 100 worst congested roads in Texas are located here in El Paso. According to the annual study released by the Texas…
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UTEP basketball coach Rodney Terry released from hospital, to resume duties next week
MIAMI, Florida – UTEP head men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry was released from a Florida hospital on Friday, two days after being admitted…
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2 landmark downtown El Paso office towers sold to west Texas investment firm
EL PASO, Texas – Two of the largest and most notable office towers in downtown El Paso have been sold to an investment firm that is expanding its…
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Memorial service set for Border Patrol dog killed last month in northeast El Paso raid
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso sector of the U.S. Border Patrol is preparing to bury one of their own, a police dog killed in the line of duty. The…
Continue Reading UTEP basketball coach Rodney Terry hospitalized in ‘critical’ condition as Miners drop conference opener
MIAMI, Florida — UTEP head men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry remained hospitalized in Florida and was listed in critical condition on Thursday…
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Another video surfaces showing mystery man saving baby in El Paso Walmart shooting
EL PASO, Texas — Five months after the horrific mass shooting in El Paso, ABC-7 has obtained new video of the so-called mystery man walking out of…
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Migrants from Arizona will no longer be bused to El Paso
TUCSON, Arizona — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents for the first time Thursday began turning around migrants seeking asylum in Arizona,…
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Flames rip through Upper Valley house; many cats ‘not accounted for’
EL PASO, Texas – Fire crews were hard at work late New Year’s Eve working to control a fire at an Upper Valley home. Fire dispatchers got the call…
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William Beaumont Army Medical Center welcomes their first baby of the year … 10 seconds after midnight!
EL PASO, Texas – To start off the new year, one family welcomes the birth of their baby girl only 10 SECONDS after midnight! Talk about timing! The…
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“Each DWI arrest potentially spared that dreadful knock on someone’s door,” EPPD tweets STI did not respond to any calls New Years Eve night
EL PASO, Texas– In a tweet posted Wednesday morning, El Paso Police thanked the DWI Task force for the impact they made New Years Eve night. The…
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