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KVIA-TV Channel 7, KFOX-TV Channel 14 and KINT-TV Channel 26 did well at this year's Texas Associated Press Broadcasters awards. Here's a rundown of the local winners: BEST NEWSCAST •First place: KVIA's 10 p.m., Jonathan Eaves and Ozzie Carrillo producers....

It wasn't quite Darrengate, but the good people at KTSM-TV Channel 9/KDBC-TV Channel 4 had their own running with the El Paso Police Department last week. Hollis Grizzard, the manager for both stations, was on his way home on Thurday...

If you're an Oso Orgulloso de la Bowie or a Proud Austin Panther, you're in luck. KVIA-TV Channel 7 announced today that it will broadcast both schools' regional tournament games on its Stormtrack 24-7 channel. That's Channel 7.3 on digital...

Nope. You were not seeing double last night during the 10 p.m. news. Both KTSM-TV Channel 9 and KDBC-TV Channel 4 showed the same newscast in the evening that of course focused on election results from Tuesday's primaries. Although both...

KVIA-TV Channel 7 anchor Estela Casas announced yesterday that she has thyroid cancer and that she is having the gland removed during surgery today. She had said earlier this month that doctor's had found nodules on her thyroid and had...

KVIA-TV Channel 7 anchor Estela Casas announced today during the 5 p.m. newscast that she will have surgery on Wednesday to remove a nodule on the right side of her thyroid. It's still unclear how long she will be out...

Last Friday was the last day of work at the El Paso Times for education reporter Michael D. Hernandez. He had been an employee of the Times for nine years and wrote for the living and neighborhoods sections before being...

Stephanie Guadian will return to her morning anchor desk at the KFOX Morning News on Monday, the station announced via Twitter today. Officials at the station had said Guadian had been out for "several" weeks due to an emergency surgery....

KVIA-TV Channel 7 (cable Channel) reporter/anchor Stephanie Valle gave birth to a girl Saturday. Baby Velora was born nearly two months prematurely and weighed in at 3 pounds and 12 ounces, according to kvia.com. Stephanie's co-anchor and friend, Bob Harp,...

Not too surprisingly, the El Paso Times story, Chicken deaths near Horizon City spark talk of Chupacabras, got a lot of attention in the media. The story is continuing to make the Internet rounds, and is the most-viewed story on...

Word is that Nichole Ayoub and Robet Bettes are the new faces of KVEO-TV, the NBC affiliate in Brownsville, Texas. Sources inside KTSM-TV Channel 9 say the two KDBC-TV personalities are not leaving El Paso, though. ComCorp, the owner of...

Officials with the El Paso Community Foundation today told the El Paso Times that they have purchased the defunct Newspaper Tree online publication from former publisher Keith Mahar for an undisclosed amount. Eric Pearson, the foundation’s executive vice president, said...

Sidney Alvarez, the former reporter/anchor at KFOX-TV Channel 14 (cable Channel 8), is back on the tube ... rather, he's back on the computer screen. Alvarez, who left El Paso several years ago to do public relations in Pittsburgh, Pa.,...

KVIA-TV Channel 7 (cable Channel 6) weekend anchor and reporter Ken Molestina has extended his contract with the station for one more year. His contract was set to expire on Dec. 31, but he announced that he signed an extension...

Kim Bridger, the news director at KTSM-TV Channel 9 (cable Channel 9) is leaving the station in January. After about two years at the NBC affiliate, Bridger is stepping down to return to her hometown of Corpus Christi. Bridger's last...

KFOX-TV Channel 14 (cable Channel 8) announced today that it has hired a new morning anchor to replace Noreen Jaramillo, who left the station last month when her contract was not renewed. Bill Young will join Stephanie Guadian on Jan....

Today's 5:30 p.m. KDBC newscast wa supposed to be the first transmitted from the KTSM studios. You may remember that Channel 9 is taking over the news operations of Channel 4. Today's newscast was ready to go and reporters were...

Noreen Jaramillo will anchor her last KFOX Morning News show on Friday, the management at the station announced late today. She is expected to say good-bye to her viewers and the rest of the staff at KFOX during Friday's show....

KDBC Channel 4 reporter/anchor Armando Saldivar is leaving the station soon to start a new career in public relations. City officials confirmed they hired Saldivar to serve as a spokesman for the city's health department's H1N1 flu efforts. Saldivar's job...

A lawsuit has been filed recently that could provide us with entertainment for quite some time. In a blog post on Nov. 11, local blogger David K. expressed worry about why the Ethics Commission was being rushed along. David K....