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Rosemary Garcia

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ahead of the holidays, La Nube STEAM Discovery Center has transformed into a winter wonderland thanks to a $10,000 gift from GECU.

The children’s museum will become a snowy Winter Wonderland for guests to explore from November 22 through January 4th.

El Paso families will get experience science with hands-on holiday fun.

Guests will be able to explore a winter forest filled with trees covered in snow. Families will also have the chance to meet Santa and his elves, and take photos. STEAM activities will also have a festive twist.

“Winter Wonderland is where the magic of the holidays meets the power of discovery,” said Gina Martinez, the CEO of La Nube.

General admission for the Winter Wonderland event is $17 for children and $20 for adults.

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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)— Ahead of the Christmas shopping season, Borderland financial experts are providing advice to stay within your budget and avoid a financial nightmare.

According to the National Retail Federation, this year, consumers will spend on average $890.49 on food, decorations, holiday gifts, and other seasonal items.

The association found that $627.93 will be allocated to gifts for loved ones, and the remaining $262.56 will be used on seasonal items, such as food, decorations, and greeting cards.

Brian Mirau, the president and founder of Mirau Capital Management, told ABC-7 it’s important to go into the season with a game plan.

“It’s so, so critical that you sit down and do some planning. And you know how much you’re going to spend going into the holiday season and you stick within that budget,” he said.

Mirau said it’s important that families sit down and create a realistic budget.

“So the better that you can plan for what those expenses are going to be, just like everything else we plan for in life, you know, whether it be a vacation, whether it be for, another holiday, identify how much money you’re going to be spending, and then really try to stick within that budget and not overspend.”

Mirau said he advises his own clients to create a budget, especially on big shopping days like Christmas.

He provided some helpful budgeting tips:

Make a list of who you’ll be buying Christmas gifts for.

Set a realistic spending goal.

Identify if you’ll be traveling for the holidays and what that could possibly cost you.

Figure out if you’ll be spending on decorations or food.

Mirau also said, “Always asking yourself that question before you spend that dollar, ‘Do I really need to spend that dollar? Or is it an impulse buy?’ And if you’re not sure about it, it’s better to go home and sleep on it overnight. And then ask yourself again tomorrow. ‘Is that a really, a good, wise spending decision that we’re going to make?'”

Mirau encourages you to stay within your budget so you can begin the new year on the right foot financially.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez Municipal Police Department (SSPM) and the Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE) have reported multiple rescues of migrants found confined in stash houses, with alleged smugglers arrested in recent weeks.

SSPE Chihuahua arrested three alleged smugglers and rescued 17 migrants from a stash house on Tuesday, and SSPM Juárez arrested four alleged smugglers and rescued six migrants on the same day.

“We receive information about houses being used to hold migrants captive, and thanks to this, in most cases, we have managed to free people who were being held against their will,” said SSPM Juárez spokesman, Adrián Sánchez.

According to Sánchez, anonymous tips and 911 calls from Juárez residents are how they’ve located these stash houses.

SSPM Juárez reports a significant drop in migrants arriving at the border since the start of the Trump administration in January of this year, but they have still rescued over 100 migrants held in stash houses so far this year.

“Once they reach the border, that is when they are being held in stash houses, supposedly waiting to be crossed. That’s when the situation changes — instead of crossing them, they start demanding money from the relatives of these people, not to cross them but to set them free,” Sánchez added.

Both SSPM Juárez and SSPE Chihuahua have also found children, family members of the alleged smugglers, cash, drugs, and even firearms at these stash houses.

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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-Operation H.O.P.E. will host the 30th annual Thanksgiving Food Giveaway on Saturday, Nov. 22nd at 10 AM. They aim to serve 1,000 families. They’ve teamed up with TNA Wrestling, and the event will be held at the El Paso County Coliseum.

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FABENS, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office needs help finding two men last seen in Fabens. It added, they may need medical assistance.

24-year-olds Aaron and Jorge Sanchez are white males. According to the missing persons report, they were last seen wearing black, white and blue sweaters; blue pants and dark shoes.

The report said they were last seen on Mike Maros St. near Fabens High School Tuesday morning.

If you have any information, call EPCSO at (915) 538-2292 or 911.

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Olivia Vara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The 1st Armored Division and its subordinate brigades hosted the Iron Heroes Competition at the Doña Ana Range Complex today.

This tactical series identified the division’s top individuals, teams, crews, and squads to represent 1AD in higher-level Army competitions.

Tanks traversed the terrain scanning for targets that resembled enemy vehicles. Several four-crew-member tank teams participated.The competition was about hitting targets resembling enemy vehicles.It also required traversing desert terrain.

The Best Tank Competition tested crews on speed, accuracy, and teamwork under demanding fire and maneuver scenarios.

It also intended to showcase warfighting readiness while emphasizing the discipline, cohesion, and lethality of 1AD tank crews in large-scale operations.

By highlighting how crews execute synchronized fire and movement, the competition demonstrated the division’s capacity to dominate on complex, modern battlefield challenges.

“You just go out there and do the best, and you already already know they’re the best. They’re just proving to everybody else who is the best. At the end of the day,” said 1st. Sgt. Quinterro who was overseeing the event.

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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Longtime Mexican actress and fitness figure Vanessa Guzmán held a news conference today to clarify the incident that occurred at her home earlier this month.

Guzmán said the shooting did damage her apartment, but it was determined to be an accident. She added that the bullet that hit her apartment came from her neighbor’s side.

She states her neighbor, who works in law enforcement, was cleaning a firearm when it accidentally discharged; no one was hurt.

Her 17-year-old son was the one who reported the incident to the police. Now Guzmán says she does not plan to file a lawsuit or pursue legal action against her neighbor since it was an accident.

She wasn’t in El Paso at the time of the incident; she was in Mexico City competing for an award.

“We have personal things and issues to resolve first, and just want to wait until things are a little calmer, because in the end, it’s a very hard experience to go through,” said Guzmán. “We don’t have anything to say but thanks god that we all are safe, that he’s (her son) alive and that my neighbor’s family is safe as well,” Guzmán said.

ABC-7 obtained the police report, which said the department presented what happened to the district attorney’s office, which declined the case. 

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Olivia Vara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Lately many local restaurants across the Borderland have recently closed.

UTEP Professor Tom Fullerton says this is ironic considering that during the first half of 2025 there were fewer nationwide closures than there have been historically. Yet in recent weeks, here in El Paso, there appears to be an increase in the number of restuarants that are closing down.

Fullerton says there’s most likely multiple factors contributing to this. He says one factor is most likely due to federal policy. This as higher tariffs have raised food costs. Any time food costs go up, this lowers restaurant profitability. Fullerton added that restaurant profitability margins are fairly low, and anything which erodes profitability usually translates into higher closure rates.

Fullerton adds that other factors such as nationwide staffing shortages may also be contributing to the closure of restaurants here in El Paso. This a labor wages have increased in recent years.

Restaurants such as Malolam, Tostique and The Baked Bear have already joined the list of restaurants recently closed in El Paso.

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