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Flood mitigation efforts continue near Ruidoso

The Lincoln National Forest is scheduled to begin flood mitigation work in Upper Cedar Creek and Brady Canyons starting Sunday, July 19, to help restore watersheds impacted by the South Fork Fire....

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 19, 2026

The Tate brothers have been arrested in Miami, source says

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — US Marshals have arrested Andrew and Tristian Tate in Miami on a sealed warrant, according to a federal law enforcement source. This is a developing story and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warne...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 18, 2026

Ocean freight rates retreat as tariff uncertainty freezes import demand

Last week (July 5-11) was defined by the transition from temporary, emergency U.S. surcharges toward a permanent, investigation-justified centralized trade architecture. The USTR’s launch of public hearings for the 60-nation forced labor tariffs signaled that Washington will ...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 18, 2026

Wildfire smoke disrupts lives, events across the US on final weekend of World Cup

By Dalia Faheid, Alea Motwane, Dakota Smith, Kate Petersen, CNN (CNN) — Erin Cotton didn’t notice the smoke until her eyes started to water and her two children complained they felt itchy. “That’s when I remembered what I felt like during the Palisades Fire,” said Cotton, a W...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 18, 2026

What you need to breathe easier when the air is full of smoke

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Many millions of Americans and Canadians are breathing bad air right now due to smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires and additional wildfires in northern Minnesota. If you’re in an affected area, it’s important to check air quality before ...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 18, 2026

KTSM viewers capture heavy thunderclouds in El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Heavy rain has hit parts of the Borderland on Friday, July 17, as this weekend's forecast is slated for thundershowers. KTSM 9 News Chief Meteorologist Robert Bettes issued a Weather Authority Alert through Monday due to potentially strong thunderstorms. ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 17, 2026

2 arrested in El Paso in human smuggling investigation

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Two undocumented migrants were arrested Monday after a stash house disruption in El Paso, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas. A criminal complaint alleged U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Ysleta Border Patrol Stat...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

Police investigate death in Northeast El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso Police's Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating a death in Northeast El Paso, police said Friday. The El Paso Fire Department said a water rescue happened in the area. It happened near the intersection of Girl Scout Way and Woodrow Bean T...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

Weather Authority Alert: Heavy rain threat through Monday

As expected, the thundershowers are delivering heavy rain. A Flood Advisory for northeast El Paso has been upgraded to a Flash Flood Warning due to the heavy rain and street and arroyo flooding. Do not drive into flooded roadways. Any one of the thundershowers tonight, Saturday, ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 17, 2026

Police investigating a death in Northeast El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- El Paso Police are investigating a death on Friday afternoon, July 17 in Northeast El Paso. Police initially said they were called out on a welfare check at about 4 p.m. Friday at 9700 Girl Scout Way at Transmountain Woodrow Bean. At this time, police say...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 17, 2026

Why air quality can still be bad even if the sky doesn’t look smoky

By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are expected to bring unhealthy air to more than 120 million people this weekend, but the smoke and its toxic particles may not always be clearly visible. Some skylines are shrouded in obvious abnormal orange tinges with faint burnt odors. ...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

2 arrested after stash house disrupted in El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Two undocumented migrants were arrested on Monday, July 13 as a result of a stash house being disrupted in El Paso, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas said. A criminal complaint alleges U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Y...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 17, 2026

‘Most Wanted’ fugitives for week of July 17, 2026

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc. distributes pictures and descriptions of fugitives wanted by the El Paso Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office weekly through the Most Wanted feature. The following fugitives are individuals whose attempt...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 17, 2026

Family speaks out after ICE detains Chaparral grandma over 2022 drug conviction

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - The daughter of a woman taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week says her mother is not the person many have portrayed her to be and believes she was unknowingly caught up in the drug-smuggling case from 20200 that l...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 17, 2026

Before and after images: Wildfire smoke casts skylines in dystopian haze

By Meteorologist Dakota Smith, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from wildfires in Canada has poured into the United States, causing air quality to plummet and masking landscapes in a thick, brown haze. Poor air quality has been an issue in New York since Wednesday, when the cloud of smoke d...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

Las Cruces Police Department warns of rental scams

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Las Cruces Police Department is warning residents of apartment or rental house scams that can rip off victims hundreds or thousands of dollars. In one report, a woman said told LCPD that she found a listing for a rental property on a popular real esta...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 17, 2026

ICE arrests woman on probation with crystal meth trafficking conviction: DHS

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Department of Homeland Security said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a convicted meth trafficker from Mexico Wednesday. ICE said Martha Sias, who's from Mexico and has a green card, is amendable to removal proceedings because o...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

How much shooting does it take to end a ‘ceasefire’?

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Last week, President Donald Trump declared that the “ceasefire” with Iran was “OVER,” as US forces carried out consecutive nights of strikes against Iran. Trump had originally announced the ceasefire in early April, just hours after threatening th...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

How you can minimize the health risks of wildfire smoke

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — More than a hundred million people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from nearly 3,500 fires in Canada and northern Minnesota sweeps through the upper Midwest and along the East Coast. The smoke can cause health problems such as t...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

Will smoke smother out the World Cup final? Here’s the forecast

By Brandon Miller, Lead Meteorologist (CNN) — Dense smoke is suffocating much of the Northeast on Friday, and with air quality alerts warning against outside activity, the question looming is just as thick as the smoke itself: Will the air pollution be a problem for the World C...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026