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Gabrielle Lopez

SIERRA BLANCA, Texas (KVIA) — One person was flown to an El Paso hospital with serious injuries after a rollover crash near a Border Patrol checkpoint, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed with ABC-7.

DPS Acting Lieutenant Eliot Torres said the crash happened around 11 a.m. Friday near the Sierra Blanca checkpoint along I-10 East.

Lt. Torres said the crash caused the passenger-vehicle lanes to close. All traffic is currently using the 18-wheeler side at the checkpoint.

Views of a rollover crash near a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas.(Courtesy: FitFam El Paso via Instagram)

Video showed a white van on its side. A helicopter was also at the scene.

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Gabrielle Lopez

HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas (KVIA) — A $15 billion data center project has been set for Hudspeth County, according to County Judge Joanna MacKenzie. Construction could start as early as 2027.

In a social media post, the county said ServerDomes Global is one of the organizations involved in the project. The company is based in Boise, Idaho.

According to the county judge, the project is expected to bring 800 construction jobs that will take four to five years. After completion, an estimated 200-300 permanent jobs will be available.

The county judge said the data center is located on private property in the Desert Haven area. Additionally, she said the project isn’t requesting tax abatements from the county. Potential taxable value and resulting tax revenue haven’t been determined.

Project managers started helping with grading private roads following community concerns, the judge said. Agreements on road use involving county roads are in talks.

Judge MacKenzie learned the facility will make its own electricity. She said it will draw water from the property once during initial startup. It won’t withdraw water after. MacKenzie said the aquifer recharges.

The county is seeking information confirming that the facility won’t impact surrounding water users.

MacKenzie said she had “very little information” about the proposed data center before organizers confirmed their plans.

She said she visited the site Thursday to speak with contractors and others involved. She said project representatives recognized that conversation with local government and the community should have started sooner.

Since the judge’s visit, project representatives have been in talks with Hudspeth County, according to MacKenzie.

The Commissioners Court invited project representatives to provide more information and answer questions about the facility.

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water scheduled nine community meetings to get feedback on the proposed fiscal year 2027-28 budget. The Public Service Board received a presentation of four budget scenarios.

On Sept. 30, EPWater said it has four approaches to investment and risk: accelerated reliability, strategic, lean and high risk.

According to the utility, at the lowest end, the combined water, wastewater and stormwater budget is 27% lower than the current year’s $1.2 billion budget.

At the higher end, the combined budget is 25% higher than the current year’s budget

The utility said with accelerated reliability, it would make the largest capital investment, such as faster pipeline replacement to reduce the risk of breaks and outages.

Its strategic approach would prioritize the highest-needed capital projects while balancing the system’s reliability, affordability and financial risk.

The lean approach reduces capital and operating expenses by delaying 21 projects and eliminating 140 positions, the utility said.

Lastly, the high-risk approach makes the lowest level of capital investment. EPWater said the approach would include: significantly deferring or canceling capital projects at four treatment plants, including the Pure Water Center, and two other locations and eliminating 300 positions.

The public can attend the meetings, which are all planned for the evening across the eight El Paso City Council districts. There will be an all-community meeting at the TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center.

The meeting structure starts with an open house, a presentation from an EPWater official and ends with a Q&A session.

Attendees can give feedback, which the utility will use for its presentation to the PSB as they consider the proposed budget.

The PSB will vote on the fiscal year budget, rates and fees on Jan. 13. If approved, they will take effect March 1, according to EPWater.

All budget community meetings will take place 5:30-7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Oct. 13 District 2 – Central/Northeast Memorial Senior Center, 1800 Bryon St. 79930 Oct. 13 District 5 – Far East Upper Eastside Command Center, 14301 Pebble Hills 79938 Oct. 15 District 3 – Lower Valley Valle Bajo Rec. Center, 7380 Alameda 79915 Oct. 15 District 4 – Northeast Northeast Command Center, 9600 Dyer St 79924 Oct. 16 *(10 – 11:30 am) All Districts – East TecH2O Center, 10751 Montana 79935 Oct. 20 District 8 – Downtown Armijo Rec Center, 700 E 7th Ave 79901 Oct. 21 District 7 – Lower Valley Mission Valley Command, 9011 Escobar Dr 79907 Oct. 22 District 6 – East Marty Robbins Rec Center, 11620 Vista Del Sol Dr. 79936 Oct. 22 District 1 – West West Side Command Center, 4801 Osborne Dr 79922

You can learn more about the proposed budget here.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new border monitoring platform, “Fila de Puentes,” provides live wait-time estimates at international bridges, compiled from U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, community reports, and other official sources.

José Andrés Meza Parra is from Juárez and lived on the border all his life. He started Fila de Puentes nearly a year ago, looking to help people like him who cross the border every day.

Meza’s ultimate goal is for people to save time before heading to the international bridges and to know which bridges have a shorter wait to cross.

This website provides real-time traffic tracking across international bridge lanes, showing current wait times — even in other U.S.-Mexico border regions.

An example of wait times at international bridges in the El Paso-Juarez area.(Courtesy: Fila de Puentes)

The tracking service also monitors 32 live crossings across 11 border cities from Tijuana to Matamoros. It incorporates lane-by-lane estimates, Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) lane status, live video feeds and community input to help drivers compare conditions across bridges.

The platform also embeds live video camera feeds at key locations, including the Paso del Norte Bridge (PDN, Santa Fe), the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA), Ysleta-Zaragoza, and Stanton-Lerdo. It also offers an interactive virtual assistant, Fili IA, to answer questions about crossing.

In the Juárez–El Paso region, data on the platform show heavy traffic at several major bridges.

Friday, the Paso del Norte Bridge recorded the longest wait time at 75 minutes, followed by the Ysleta-Zaragoza Bridge at 69 minutes and the Puente Libre (BOTA), at 60 minutes.

The Jerónimo-Santa Teresa bridge showed a 55-minute wait time, while Tornillo recorded a 15-minute delay. The Lerdo bridge, which serves SENTRI traffic only, shows a one-minute wait time.

Beyond the Juárez–El Paso area, the platform provides tracking for 26 additional border crossings; covered locations include:

San Diego–Tijuana Laredo–Nuevo Laredo Calexico–Mexicali Brownsville–Matamoros McAllen–Reynosa Nogales Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras Del Río–Ciudad Acuña Douglas–Agua Prieta Progreso–Nuevo Progreso.

If you cross the border daily and want to know how to save some time doing that, you can watch the full story tonight on ABC-7 at 5 and 6.

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Gabrielle Lopez

FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — The 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss will have a change in command by the end of the month, it announced Friday.

The president nominated Brig. Gen. Brandon Anderson as the next commander of Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division on Sept. 30.

Anderson led a mechanized field artillery battalion in the 1st Armored Division 10 years ago.

Anderson relinquished his duties as the commander of the National Training Center and Fort Irwin in California. He’ll also assume command of the Joint Task Force of the Southern Border, which has 8,000 service members.

Fort Bliss said Anderson has experience training soldiers and caring for a military installation at Fort Irwin.

It won’t be Anderson’s first time in El Paso. He once led the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment (“Iron Thunder”). Iron Thunder is a mechanized field artillery battalion at Fort Bliss.

According to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Anderson left Fort Bliss in 2016.

“What a privilege it is to be coming back and joining Old Ironsides and the El Paso community,” Anderson said in a statement.

Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor currently holds the title of commanding general at the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss.

“Protecting the homeland is the top priority of our national leadership, and Brandon’s selection is a clear indication that the Army values this mission,” said Taylor in a statement. “His experience at the National Training Center, the Army’s premier combat training center, combined with his leadership as a senior commander at Fort Irwin, will be invaluable. That background is critical for instilling the highest levels of combat readiness in our Iron Soldiers, for leading one of the largest military installations in the United States and for ensuring our nation’s border is defended.”

Maj. Gen. Taylor will assume duties as the deputy commander of European Command, a three-star general officer position, Fort Bliss said.

During his 27 months at the 1st Armored Division, Taylor deployed the division to Europe for nine months. He also relocated the JTF-Southern Border mission headquarters from Arizona to El Paso.

“My wife and I have loved the special relationship between Fort Bliss and El Paso and will miss this wonderful community here in the Borderland,” said Taylor. “El Paso has become our home.”

The division will hold a promotion ceremony for Maj. Gen. Taylor to Lieutenant General and a Division Change of Command on Oct. 30 at the 1st Armored Division Parade Field. The ceremony will start at 8:30 a.m.

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Gabrielle Lopez

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — Nathan Rivas, the last of the four Young Park shooters found guilty, received his sentencing Friday.

Third Judicial District Attorney Fernando Macias announced Friday that Nathan Rivas was sentenced to 90 years in prison. A jury convicted him on three counts of first-degree murder in the mass shooting that happened on March 21, 2025.

Nathan Rivas was sentenced after being convicted of the deadly Young Park mass shooting in Las Cruces, New Mexico.(Courtesy: DACDC)

The shooting happened at an unsanctioned car show at Young Park in Las Cruces. Three teenagers died: Andrew Madrid, Jason Gomez and Dominick Estrada. More than a dozen were injured.

Rivas was 17 years old at the time of the shooting. The Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office said he fired 13 times into the crowd, emptying his Glock 45.

Rivas’ older brother, Tomas, was also found guilty of three counts of first degree murder and sentenced back in July.

Gustavo Dominguez was 17 years old at the time of the shooting. He received three consecutive life sentences or a total of 90 years. He was sentenced in early September. He was tried under the New Mexico juvenile code and will be eligible for parole in 25 years.

The youngest of the shooters, Josiah Ontiveros, was sentenced on Sept. 30. He was 15 at the time of the shooting. He was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder under the depraved mind statute. He also received a 90-year sentence.

After the shooting, all four defendants got into a car Rivas drove and went to El Paso. They later returned to Las Cruces to get rid of their weapons, the D.A.’s office said.

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Mia Tricarico

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Capt. Walter E. Clarke Middle School had a dramatic turnaround in student math performance. The Council for Regional Economic Expansion and Educational Development (CREEED) named the middle school the top school in the region for Algebra I.

The recognition follows a remarkable one-year jump in academic achievement: Clarke Middle School increased its Algebra I scores by more than 20 points year-over-year.

In 2026, every single student who took the Algebra I STAAR exam passed. The campus also saw overall improvements across all 8th-grade assessment scores at the “Meets Grade Level” threshold and above.

School leaders credit the success to targeted campus-wide initiatives aimed at strengthening foundational math skills, including expanded instructional time for mathematics and new student attendance incentives.

The achievement will be formally recognized on Monday, Oct. 12, during CREEED’s annual “AIM High” event.

CREEED’s AIM High program honors top-performing regional middle schools where at least 90% of eighth graders are enrolled in Algebra I. As part of the annual recognition every staff member at the winning campus receives a monetary reward.

Capt. Walter E. Clarke Middle School is in East El Paso on Bobe Hope Drive.

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Hillary Floren

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — If you’d like to learn more about mental health services in the borderland, get active and socialize, you’re in the right place! NAMIWalks El Paso is happening this Saturday, and organizers are encouraging anyone interested to come as they are.

What is NAMI? The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers free mental health support, education and advocacy for individuals and families in El Paso County. Those services come with a hefty price tag. That’s why NAMI welcomes sponsorships and donations, even though this weekend’s walk is free.

“It’s the largest mental health event in our region.  And it’s part of a larger walk – more than 200 walks across the country – a nationwide movement. We’re so excited to show up!   Every dollar raised here in El Paso stays here and supports all the programs we do at NAMI,” Executive Director Isidro Torres says.

The walk is this Saturday, October 10th at Ascarate Park. Registration starts at 8, and the walk itself starts at 10, but there will be plenty to do before that, including a group warm-up.

You can register online at namiwalks.org

“We encourage everyone to come out and join us!  NAMI walks is a great way to come together and show people they’re not alone.  There will be so many vendors.  So many activities.  It’s going to be a beautiful day,” Torres says.

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Those who celebrate Dia de los Muertos can add photos of their pets and family members to community ofrendas in El Paso.

Ofrenda at El Paso City Hall

The City of El Paso said it will set up a community altar at City Hall foyer (300 N. Campbell St.).

The deadline to submit a photo is Oct. 22 at 5 p.m. Additionally, photos must be limited to 5-by-7 inches. Drop off the photos at City Hall.

The city asked submitters to include their name and phone number on the pictures so they can get their photos back after the ofrenda is taken down.

On Oct. 26, the City Hall ofrenda will open for public viewing.

“Whether contributing a photograph or simply stopping by to experience the altar, the City welcomes the community to be part of this special celebration of remembrance, love and life,” the city said in a statement.

Pet Ofrenda at the Mexican American Cultural Center

To honor the pets that are no longer with their owners, Friends of El Paso Animal Services invited the community to add to a community pet ofrenda at the Mexican American Cultural Center.

From Oct. 17 to Nov. 15, the “Siempre con Nosotros – Always With Us” ofrenda will stand as part of the MACC’s Día de los Muertos celebrations.

To include a pet in the ofrenda, the City of El Paso said a $5 memorial contribution is required. The money will benefit the Friends of El Paso Animal Services’ medical care and other pet resources.

Photos of Borderland pets at the MACC last year.(Courtesy: KVIA)

“At its heart, the ofrenda honors the pets who became part of our families and everyday lives, the ones who greeted us at the door, followed us from room to room, kept us company through quiet moments and made ordinary days a little more special. Though they may no longer be by our side, the memories and love they gave remain with us,” the city said.

Pet photos must be submitted by Oct. 13 at 11:59 p.m. Send a picture using this link. The MACC is located at 201 W. Franklin Ave.

Last year’s ofrenda included handmade decorations.

A paper mache dog alebrije displayed on last year’s pet ofrenda at the MACC.(Courtesy: KVIA)

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Hillary Floren

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — If you have ever been affected by burnout, you’re not alone. Kids, work, health issues, relationships – whatever your stressors are… the feeling is real.

Sovereignty coach Camila Greenberg says burnout shows up in the smallest ways. But when it becomes too much, we have to remember who we are underneath all the pressure, and connect with ourselves again.

“We lose self-trust when we abandon ourselves to live up to somebody else’s expectations, standards, ideas of how we need to live. We do that when we’re people pleasing and slowly over time we lose self-trust,” Greenberg says.

She adds that the ultimate freedom is to say, ‘what do I actually want if nobody else had a say?’ Then, slowly start to integrate things from that life in to your current one.

To get back on track with your true self, recognize the signs and acknowledge where you’re at. Find a way to reduce your load, if possible. Set boundaries with others, and prioritize your health, including your sleep and what you eat and drink.

“What’s draining you?  What takes a lot of time to recover from and how can we start to adjust and live in more sovereign alignment, which means on our own terms,” Greenberg says. Read more about Greenberg here: https://www.camilagreenberg.com/

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