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Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX — The American Red Cross West Texas Chapter is seeking volunteers to help install free smoke alarms for local families during a Sound the Alarm home fire safety event in the Northeast El Paso community on Saturday, October 18, 2025.

WHERE: El Maida Shriner, 6331 Alabama St, El Paso, TX 79904.

WHEN: Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHO: American Red Cross West Texas Chapter, volunteers, and community partners.

Register now at www.SoundTheAlarm.org

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Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX — The 1st Annual Backyard Warriors BBQ Competition is happening Oct 18 at the El Paso County Coliseum grounds.

12:00 PM – 8:00 PM

4100 E Paisano Dr, El Paso, TX 79905

Venue: El Paso County Coliseum – Pavilion

Admission: FREE admission: $5 parking

https://www.epcountycoliseum.com

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El Paso-TX (KVIA-TV)-It’s been several days since the government shutdown began, and for many Americans, especially retirees, there’s growing concern about what this means for their savings and benefits. I’m joined today by financial adviser Charles Dodds, with Mirau Capital Management.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The government shutdown has been ongoing for 10 days now, and local businesses near Fort Bliss report that customer flow and services are changing, with fewer people going out to pay for services.

Pumping Ink and Dreadful Things tattoo shops in Northeast El Paso have experienced fewer clients during this shutdown, as most of their customers are military personnel.

Jake Baca, owner of Pumping Ink, and his wife, who owns Dreadful Things, say their artists have received calls and cancellations because soldiers are being asked to cut back on spending.

“That affects everybody who works through the shop and it impacts us, everybody paying their bills, all in all,” Baca said.

Pumping Ink employs around 20 artists who typically handle one or two appointments along with walk-ins daily, but cancellations have prevented them from providing services.

“There’s a lot of people not saying anything because they’re holding back and holding their breath, but the base basically, it’s very slow, so it’s affected business,” Baca added.

Sarah Estrella, a local tattoo artist, said, “My military clients, it has really, really impacted them and I love my military clients personally; I’ve learned so much from them.”

“I know some of them who have come through, even though the shutdown, they have told me that if they have asked for funds and loans.”

“I am fortunate enough that I do stay busy; I know a lot of my artist friends are really suffering right now because it’s not easy to get clientele in the first place, but through a government shutdown, even worse,” added Sarah Estrella.

Pumping Ink Tattoos is scheduled to partner with several local businesses and government agencies on Saturday, November 8, to host the Rockabilly Kustum Kulture Festival car show in honor of Veterans Day Weekend. It will take place at Lincoln Park from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced last Friday the passage of the International Bridge and Port of Entry Modernization Act, which will speed up the presidential permitting process for all international bridges and land ports of entry, according to a news release.

Ports of entry and international bridges are crucial to the economic success of our border communities, supporting trade, business, and tourism. However, new border crossings are often delayed by the presidential permit process. “I’m proud to announce the Senate passage of my legislation that will help streamline this process and deliver real investments to Santa Teresa and Sunland Park in New Mexico,” said Senator Luján.

“The Border Trade Alliance thanks Sen. Lujan for his leadership in strengthening the permitting process for cross-border infrastructure projects. New Mexico’s ports of entry are vital gateways for trade, tourism, and economic opportunity across the border. Sen. Lujan understands that modern, efficient, and secure border infrastructure benefits communities on both sides and supports our nation’s economic and national security. We look forward to working with him to see this important reform enacted into law,” said Ms. Britton Mullen, President of the Border Trade Alliance.

Sen. Luján co-sponsored this bill with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in May 2025, aiming to strengthen the local economy, boost cross-border trade, and support tourism along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Luján’s office also states that the International Bridge and Port of Entry Modernization Act would:

Expand the scope to include all international land ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders.

Add the word “sole” before “basis” to clarify that the State Department should not consider other factors besides America’s foreign policy interest.

Include language for the State Department to not consider NEPA during their decision-making for the purpose of a presidential permit. NEPA would be considered for any new international bridge or port of entry before construction or expansion.

ABC-7 spoke with the Border Trade Alliance today; more updates will be available in later newscasts.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A new round of sweeping tariffs was announced by President Trump last week, aimed at enforcing “National Security purposes,” something borderland business and industry leaders say will not only raise prices, but also economic uncertainty as well.

ABC-7 spoke with the national vice president of the Mexican Cargo Transportation Chamber (CANACAR), Manuel Sotelo, who said these new tariffs are only adding more impacts to the tariffs already imposed on other regular goods imported into the U.S.

Tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper, among others, have been shifting the supply chain demand by raising the price on these imports and exports.

The new 25% tariffs on heavy trucks imported into the U.S. are aimed at strengthening U.S. manufacturing companies over foreign-made products, merchandise and goods.

More updates in later newscasts.

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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – “Dead as a Dodo,” a puppet music theater spectacle, is coming to El Paso. The show will take place at The Plaza Theatre on October 11th, giving El Paso an opportunity to experience a performance that has been praised worldwide.

https://www.ticketmaster.com/dead-as-a-dodo-el-paso-texas-10-11-2025/event/0C00630CA9901F31

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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – The El Paso Symphony Orchestra returns with concerts featuring music by two Grammy-award-winning composers, John Williams and Eric Whitacre, plus composer Richard Strauss. Conducted by Bohuslav Rattay, the program will open with music from Adventures on Earth (E.T.) by John Williams.  EPSO will present “Space Odyssey” on Friday, October 17, and Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 PM in the Plaza Theatre.  With an 84-member orchestra and 32-piece choir.

Tickets: Tickets are on sale now at epso.org, ticketmaster.com, or by calling the EPSO office at (915) 532-3776.

Your seats today are priced at $49, $44, $37, $23, and $17 plus fees.

Student tickets are available for $9 and $12 plus fees.

https://www.epso.org/epso-journeys-into-space-october-17-18-2025/

EPSO JOURNEYS INTO SPACE OCTOBER 17 & 18, 2025

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Heriberto Perez Lara

JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Juárez has been encouraging all local residents with Chihuahua license plates to obtain the ecological or eco-friendly sticker since the summer to avoid fines or traffic tickets, which serves as a registration sticker.

Through its Ecology Department, the city has been placing these ecological stickers for decades, but now it has started to enforce them again since October 1.

Residents crossing from El Paso to Juárez with Texas or New Mexico license plates do not need to obtain this “registration” sticker, as they already have the respective state-issued one.

If Juárez Road Safety Coordination agents pull you over and you don’t have the sticker, you will receive a fine starting from around 2,000 Mexican pesos, or about $110.

Long lines of up to hours have been seen south of the border for those people trying to pass the vehicular inspection to get the ‘engomado ecológico.’

Around 32 different locations are available across the city to issue the ecological sticker, with one of the closest being near Juárez University and the Juárez Red “X” next to the Bridge of the Americas.

The cost of eco-friendly stickers for private cars in Ciudad Juárez in 2025 is 339.43 Mexican pesos for gasoline vehicles and 470 Mexican pesos for diesel vehicles, which is about $18.53 and $25.61, respectively.

ABC-7 spoke with the director of the Juárez Ecology Department; more updates in later newscasts.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President Trump announced last week a new round of sweeping tariffs, including 25% on all heavy-duty trucks and 30% on furniture imported into the U.S.

All trucks not manufactured in the U.S. will be subject to a 25% tariff once imported into the country.

“In order to protect our Great Heavy Truck Manufacturers from unfair outside competition, I will be imposing, as of October 1st, 2025, a 25% Tariff on all “Heavy (Big!) Trucks” made in other parts of the World,” said President Trump on Truth Social.

“Therefore, our Great Large Truck Company Manufacturers, such as Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, Mack Trucks, and others, will be protected from the onslaught of outside interruptions. We need our Truckers to be financially healthy and strong, for many reasons, but above all else, for National Security purposes!”

For borderland business and industry leaders, it is not clear if this 25% tariff would apply to all heavy-duty trucks or just those that do not follow the USMCA agreement.

“But any portion of the vehicle that’s coming in from Mexico or Canada that does not meet North American content is subject to that 25% tariff,” said the president of the Border Industrial Association, Jerry Pacheco.

There are already tariffs on imported vehicles of 25% coming into the U.S., but these don’t apply to production in Mexico or Canada due to the USMCA agreement.

“That’s definitely going to increase the price of trucks coming into the United States; we import a lot of those classes of trucks from Mexico, by the way,” Pacheco added.

These tariffs were imposed on October 1.

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