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Food scares & your anxiety

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –More than 41-hundred lab confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported nationwide since May first. That’s enough to make anyone guess what they’re eating. Experts say outbreaks like this one can have major mental health consequences. There’s a difference between food caution and food phobia, and there are reasonable precautions

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BlackRock joins Meta’s El Paso Data Center project: What it means for city agreements and taxpayers

UPDATE (5:34 PM) – The City of El Paso has released the following statement regarding the financial partnership with BlackRock and Meta: The City Attorney’s Office has reviewed the City’s agreements with Wurldwide in light of Meta’s public announcement and the information that has been publicly released regarding the proposed transaction. The City was not

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City calls on state officials to extend data center ratepayer protections to El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso announced Wednesday that they have submitted formal comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) requesting that protections being developed to shield residential electric customers from the costs associated with large data centers apply statewide, including to communities served by utilities outside the ERCOT

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Renowned El Paso author, artist Benjamin Alire Sáenz dies at 71

by Cindy Ramirez and Robert Moore July 28, 2026 Benjamin Alire Sáenz is pictured in his writing studio in 2020, the year he received the Texas Institute of Letters’ Lifetime Achievement Award. His award-winning body of work includes the PEN/Faulkner-winning “Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club” and the bestselling “Aristotle and Dante” novels. (Mark Lambie /

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New Mexico AG files lawsuit against CYFD for alleged unlawful removal of teen to Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KVIA) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed another lawsuit against the Children, Youth, and Families Department of New Mexico Tuesday. It’s the second lawsuit he’s filed against the state’s primary child protection agency. This one alleged the agency unconstitutionally removed a child from their care and sent him to Mexico. The

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Fort Bliss unveils 1st 3D-printed barracks

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Fort Bliss officially opened the first of ten 3D-printed barracks this morning during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Custer Road. The project, built in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and construction technology firm ICON, marks the largest deployment of robotic construction capabilities for the Department of War to

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Former Navy SEAL sentenced for transporting explosives to throw at protests while traveling from El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A former U.S. Navy SEAL who intended to use explosives against law enforcement officers at protests was sentenced to 16 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said Monday. Prosecutors argued 49-year-old Gregory Vandenberg was motivated by extremist, antisemitic beliefs, officials said. Court records

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