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The summer of 2026 may be remembered as the moment El Pasoans really felt the rising costs of climate change. The average temperature in El Paso between June 1 and Aug. 31 will be 86.6 degrees, the fifth warmest on record for that period, according to the National Weather Service...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Sunday is tracking to see a very similar weather pattern to Saturday across the Borderland. Most of El Paso and Las Cruces tracking to stay dry while isolated to scattered thunderstorms remain possible mainly along and west of the Continental Divide. Stor...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — NM State opened up its 2026 college football season with a promising but "disappointing" road loss against Florida State, 34-17, on Saturday, Aug. 29. Tony Sanchez reflected on the loss, noting that while there are no moral victories, he believes the team ...
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- The UTEP volleyball team opened its 2026 season with a battle against the reigning American Athletic Conference champions, but the Miners couldn't close it out. UTEP fell to Tulsa 3-2 Saturday afternoon at the Pan American Center after taking a 2-1 lead throug...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious death in Las Cruces, a spokeswoman confirmed to KTSM. Deputies were called out to what was described as a "traffic incident" on Saturday morning, Aug. 29 along Valley Drive in Las Cruces, ...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) - Vendors providing home improvement opportunities for both outdoor and indoor projects for homeowners make up the 2026 Home and Garden Show at the El Paso Convention Center on Saturday. The ballroom is filled with additions to the home ranging from patio fu...
We are tracking above normal daily highs in the Borderland. Daily highs could range from 96-102 degrees for the next several days which is 5-8 degrees hotter than average. Storm chances will be minimal for El Paso and Las Cruces, but I cannot rule out a stay storm or two. Rain ch...
The Greater El Paso Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars will host its 50th annual Massing of the Colors on October 24 at the El Paso Community College's Administrative Services Center Auditorium....
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Around 150 military personnel from Fort Bliss volunteered Saturday at El Pasoans Fighting Hunger to process food and assemble supply boxes for local residents facing hunger. The single-day volunteer effort is taking place at the food bank's facility, locat...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Transportation announced a 10-year transportation plan featuring a $138 billion investment, including $85 million for Phase 2 of the Montana Avenue project in El Paso....
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- We're tracking a mostly dry weekend across the Borderland, with limited storm chances mainly along and west of the Continental Divide. The best opportunities for thunderstorms potentially over the area mountains and western locations, where a few storms c...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) says it has passed its monthly arsenic tests for August. Test results were verified by an independent laboratory certified by the New Mexico Environment Department. Test results released by Eurofins Envir...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- South Desert Boulevard at Transmountain will be closed overnight from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 31 as part of the I-10 Widening West project. There will also be a series of closures overnight along the Border Highway (Loop 375), starting Sunday, Au...
A family remembers 36-year-old April Marie Flores, a mother of eight, following her fatal stabbing by Shaloni Mariah Wallace while she was working as a caregiver at a Northeast El Paso apartment complex on August 25....
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Salvation Army of El Paso will host its annual Lone Star Gala on Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Epic Railyard Event Center as the organization raises money to support local programs addressing hunger and homelessness. The event will raise funds for food and...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Trained teams are working to repair and cover a sinkhole on Trowbridge Drive, near Marathon Refinery, according to a news release from the refinery. Officials said Trowbridge Drive is closed while crews work to resolve the situation. As a precaution, air m...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Chuco Habla Comité de Resistencia will celebrate its 56th anniversary of the historic Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War in Los Angeles with a community political forum. The forum offers a distinct viewpoint regarding "Aztlán" and honors those w...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- You've seen the headlines, from a high-profile trial of a mother whose attorneys say strangled her three young children while experiencing postpartum psychosis. Then came the death of actress Hayden Panettiere, who was outspoken about her struggles with p...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) --Your Friday forecast will still lean warm as rain chances decrease. This morning we woke to temps in the upper 70s to low 80s. This afternoon El Paso is expected to reach a high of 100, Las Cruces is expected to reach a high of 98. This will still keep us ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A New Mexico State University professor and his team recently received a $1 million grant to help advance the rehabilitation of people with neurological motor disorders. Wei Tang, an NMSU engineering professor, received the funding from the National Scien...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A federal judge has once again struck down a Texas law, restricting certain sexually oriented performances, ruling that Senate Bill 12 is unconstitutional and violates First Amendment protections. U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled Tuesday that the la...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Rising property taxes are impacting El Pasoans and raising questions for buyers in the local housing market. El Paso homeowners face a series of property tax increases this year, including an average annual increase of: Taxpayers are also paying, on averag...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Thursday, two Mexican Nationals pleaded guilty in federal court to human smuggling and supporting the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico. The Trump Administration designated the cartel as a foreign terrorist organization, the Drug Enforcement Adminis...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Thursday, GECU announced it received approval to acquire Bank of the Southwest. The organizations will combine on Nov. 1 under the GECU name, the credit union said. The two are expected to operate as independent divisions during the integration. After the...
Traffic is moving a little more smoothly along westbound Pellicano Drive in far East El Paso as the dreaded orange barrels that have long restricted traffic are no longer blocking lanes and construction on the first expansion phase inches closer to completion. The westbound lanes...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - An 18-year-old was ordered to remain jailed after he allegedly shot at a group walking in a Las Cruces neighborhood Friday, August 21. District Court Judge Conrad Perea ordered Jerimiah Angel Castillo Zubiran to remain in custody at the Dona Ana County Det...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- After global superstar BTS performed in El Paso, the University of Texas at El Paso Special Events group is preparing for another star, Karol G, who is scheduled to rock the Sun Bowl on Saturday, Sept. 5 and Sunday, Sept. 6. Jorge Vasquez, assistant vice ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Video from the scene of a reported carjacking shows a woman sobbing uncontrollably as a man recording the footage reassures her, saying, “It’s OK, it’s fine, it’s OK.” The video shows law enforcement officers from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, the T...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Karol G will take the stage at the El Paso Sun Bowl Stadium next weekend -- and the University of Texas at El Paso is already preparing. Karol G will perform Sep. 5-6 as part of her "Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour." In July, UTEP announced Becky G will j...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Department of Transportation unveiled new technology to help prevent high-speed pursuits across the state. In December 2025, some Texas DPS patrol unites implemented the Grappler System to immobilize fleeing vehicles during pursuits. The Grappler...
EL PASO, Tx., August 27, 2026: El Paso homeowners are headed into another year of higher property taxes after local taxing entities set higher tax rates on their portions of […] The post El Paso Homeowners Facing Higher Property Taxes Next Year After Recent Tax Rate Announcements...
Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the El Paso Matters Podcast on YouTube , Apple Podcasts or Spotify . This episode was recorded Aug. 20, 2026. Read the transcript Diego Mendoza-Moyers: Today: we’re talking about the city’s budget, and a property tax increase on El Pasoans in t...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- We are saying goodbye to the last weekend of August, before beginning the -ber months, just without the temperatures to match the fall season. KTSM Que Pasa is briniging you the events to say goodbye to summer, and hello to September! El Buen Pastor Missi...
Photo Courtesy: Locomotive FC EL PASO, Texas - El Paso Locomotive FC defeated Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 2-1 on Wednesday night, earning three points and moving into second place in the Western Conference. The first half ended scoreless, with both sides creating a handful of chanc...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The San Juan Neighborhood Association invited residents to attend a community meeting Wednesday to discuss Marathon Petroleum refinery. The meeting comes three weeks after the refinery released more than 15 tons pollutants, according to environmental repo...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A fight between a daughter and her mother's caregiver escalated after the caregiver was stabbed multiple times with a knife in Northeast El Paso, according to court documents obtained by KTSM 9 News. As KTSM previously reported, 35-year-old Shaloni Mariah...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A jury issued a guilty verdict for Gabriel Ramirez on capital murder on Wednesday, Aug. 26, convicted of killing his 79-year-old aunt and 24-year-old girlfriend. Ramirez is now facing a life sentence without the possibility of parole. The jury began delib...
The Borderland will remain hot today, but temperatures will be a few degrees cooler compared to Tuesday as the upper-level high shifts slightly west. The mountains will have a better chance of seeing thunderstorms this evening, particularly across the Sacramento Mountains. Isolat...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Fall Home & Garden Show will return to the El Paso Convention Center Aug. 28-30, offering residents access to home improvement vendors, design ideas, landscaping resources and cooking demonstrations. Admission to the three-day event is free thr...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Texas will get more than $1 billion as part of a settlement with Meta to protect children on its platforms. Wednesday, Meta agreed to an $18 billion settlement to resolve claims that it intentionally desig...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — WE HIKE Adventure announced it will be returning for its second annual outdoor series, "WE HIKE for Veterans: Awareness, Connection & Prevention", in honor of September’s Suicide Awareness Month. WE HIKE officials said the organization is introducing a pos...
