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Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-The JaclynStrong Foundation rallies the borderland community for the 3rd annual golf tournament supporting traumatic brain injury awareness

The JaclynStrong 3rd Annual Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, May 29, 2026.

Tournament organizers are encouraging the community to participate by registering teams, becoming sponsors, donating raffle items, or simply spreading awareness of the event’s mission.

The tournament will feature:

Team golf play

On-course contests and prizes

Raffles and giveaways

Community networking opportunities

Opportunities to learn more about traumatic brain injury advocacy and survivor support

Now is the time to sign up as a participant or sponsor.

For more information, sponsorship opportunities, or to register a team, visit:https://pdnfoundation.org/events/jaclynstrong-3rd-annual-golf-tournament/05-29-2026

To learn more about the JaclynStrong Foundation for Traumatic Brain Injury, visit:https://pdnfoundation.org/give-to-a-fund/jaclynstrong-a-foundation-for-traumatic-brain-injury

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Joseph Montero

UPDATE: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a man is dead after a motorcycle crash in far East El Paso on Sunday night.

The driver of the motorcycle was the one killed and was identified as 33-year-old Fernando Villa. He died at the hospital after injuries from the accident.

According to the Sheriff’s Office Special Traffic Investigators, the preliminary investigation says that Villa was driving eastbound on Montana Avenue when a car tried taking a left turn onto Buntline Drive. The driver of the car failed to yield the right of way to Villa, resulting in the collision. The driver then fled the scene.

The Sheriff’s Office located the driver and was identified as 18-year-old Jose Orlando Ruiz Rodriguez. He was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility and was charged with one county of Accident Involving Death with a $100,000 bond, and Tampering with Evidence with a $10,000 bond. The office says the investigation remains ongoing.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed to ABC-7 that one person has been sent to the hospital with life threatening injuries following a motorcycle crash.

The crash happened on Montana Avenue going east at Las Casitas Drive.

The Sheriff’s office gave word to ABC-7 at around 11 p.m. Sunday Night. According to the office, all lanes on Montana Avenue going east are closed.

This is a developing story and we will give updates as they become available.

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Rishi Oza

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to the American Automobile Association, gas prices are at a four-year high in the United States this Memorial Day Weekend.

The national average is at $4.55 per gallon. Texas is lower at $4.09, but it’s still making an impact for travelers.

“It’s a lot more than it used to be because we would pay usually about half that,” said Randy Cox. Him and his wife were at the end of a 19-hour road trip from Idaho. They said they had to keep track of when they were getting paid to make sure they could afford to make the trip.

“It’s a little discouraging because I love taking road trips, and that’s kind of the American thing is being able to get on the road and just go and enjoy time with the family and go places,” said Cox. “That’s why we have our national parks, and it’s making it harder to want to be able to go out there because how much it costs just to get from one spot to the next.”

Cox said that in Idaho they had to pay nearly $35 for gas after just an hour and a half of driving.

Cox hasn’t seen many crazy drivers yet, but he thinks it’s because less people are out on the roads with the high prices.

“Usually there’s people going crazy all over the roads, and there were a lot more people just driving cautious and not really like pulling hard away from trucks and stuff like that.”

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With increased scam calls, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office made a public warning about people claiming to be members of the sheriff’s office.

Friday, EPCSO said callers are telling residents they have an active warrant and have to pay to avoid arrest.

The scammers ask for payment over the phone, through text or mobile apps, the sheriff’s office said. Scammers also use fake numbers to make it look like the call comes from a legitimate law enforcement agency.

“We will never call you to demand payment for a warrant, nor will we request payment over the phone, by text, or through any type of app,” EPCSO said in a statement.

The sheriff’s office suggested residents to hang up and not send any personal or financial information.

Additionally, you can call the sheriff’s office or search through its website to confirm whether you have an active warrant.

EPCSO said any call that creates a sense of urgency or threatens arrest is a strong indicator of a scam.

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said it charged a 21-year-old man for allegedly trespassing a middle school in Canutillo Thursday.

EPCSO said deputies found Roberto Federico Perez at Jose J. Alderete Middle School after it closed.

Deputies told him he’s not allowed on school property. EPCSO said he ran away after the warning.

Deputies chased and took him into custody and sent him to the county detention facility, EPCSO said.

EPCSO charged him for trespassing and evading arrest with a $3,000 bond.

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Prom season hit Emergence Health Network Friday. Clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities got to “shine bright” at the Marty Robbins Recreation Center.

EHN’s Director of Communications Noreen Jaramillo said the Shine Bright Prom gave clients a day of “fun, excitement and unforgettable memories” for those who never had the opportunity to attend the high school tradition.

Kristen Daugherty CEO of EHN said Friday’s prom gave their clients an experience “some of us take for granted.”

Students from the Milan Institute of Cosmetology did prom attendees’ hair and makeup for free, EHN said. The network also made corsages and boutonnieres.

The Shine Bright Prom started before the 2020 pandemic. Daugherty said the dance went on hiatus out of caution since some of EHN’s clients have compromised immune systems.

Now that EHN’s prom is back, Daugherty hopes it continues to bring clients together to dance.

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Gabrielle Lopez

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Construction workers’ sleeping quarters burned in Juárez Friday, the Juárez Public Safety Department said.

The fire burned near the Bridge of the Americas in South-Central El Paso.

The first started around noon. The smoke was visible from El Paso.

Views of a fire near the Bridge of the Americas from the ABC-7 Mountain Cam

No injuries were reported, the Juárez Public Safety Department said. Wooden structures burned.

No cause on the fire has been found.

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott reappointed an El Pasoan to a political subdivision where transportation planning and project leaders partner with the state to deliver projects to the El Paso region.

Friday, Gov. Abbott announced he reappointed Joyce Wilson to the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority, where she’s currently the Chair.

Wilson is the former CEO of Workforce Solutions Borderplex, a workforce development entity under the state workforce commission.

Wilson was also El Paso’s first city manager from 2004-2014, Gov. Abbott’s office said.

The governor first appointed Wilson to the Camino Real RMA in 2019. Her reappointment is for a term that was set to expire Feb. 1, 2027.

Camino Real RMA worked on returning El Paso’s streetcars for the first time since 1974, its website said. It also removed tolls from the César Chávez Express Toll Lanes on Loop 375.

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 38-year-old man died while in-custody at the El Paso County Jail Annex, according to a death report from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

According to documents, 38-year-old Edward Thomas Moore had been in the jail annex since Sept. 11, 2025 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, interfere with emergency request for assistance and possession of a controlled substance.

ABC-7 previously reported on Moore when deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to a family violence call in the Fall East. A SWAT team had to deploy a chemical agent to get Moore to exit a house in the Far East, EPCSO said.

The death report said on May 8, 2026, medical staff went to Moore’s cell at 6:56 a.m. after he appeared to suffer from a possible seizure. By 7:01 a.m., emergency responders performed life-saving measures, documents said.

EMS sent Moore to the hospital at 7:37 a.m.

A doctor pronounced Moore dead at 7:53 a.m.

The investigation into Moore’s death is ongoing, according to the death report.

Moore had medical problems, but the death report did not specify what kind.

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