With the increased reopening of businesses and the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the El Paso area will have plenty of things to do for the July Fourth holiday. Below is a list of some of the events that will be happening. The El Paso County Parks...

Editor's note: This story was last updated at 2:35 p.m. Vice President Kamala Harris visited El Paso today, June 25, joined by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar. According...

Parents and educators gathered outside of the new El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) administrative offices downtown June 15 to protest the quality of education that their children and students are receiving.    Hilda Villegas, parent...

At this year’s Hugs, Not Walls, also known as ‘Abrazos, no Muros’, approximately 200 families reunited at the U.S.-Mexican border on the Rio Grande on June 19. The annual event brings families together from the United States and Mexico, some of...

On June 8, protestors and groups, including the Border Network for Human Rights, Coalition to End Child Detention, in addition to Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance, gathered to protest the 4,000 unaccompanied migrant children being held at the detention...

In March 2020, when time seemed to stop for many in the Sun City, countless educators were instead put in a race against it. Seemingly each passing moment leading up to the first week in which the semester would resume was spent meeting, evaluating,...

The Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) held its annual UTEP Student Leadership Awards ceremony on May 5.   The ceremony, held via Zoom, recognized student leaders and student organizations for their contributions and academic excellence...

UTEP’s Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) hosted its annual Rainbow Miner Graduation on May 6, an event celebrating graduating students of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.  “We just want to celebrate our students who are reaching this milestone...

With UTEP’s spring finals week set to take place May 10-14, David Jones, Ph.D., a psychologist at UTEP’s counseling center, said students can prepare for what’s ahead by combating exam nerves and creating good study habits.  As the COVID-19...

Andrea Danielle Mata, a senior in Sociology at UTEP, has been selected as a Top Ten Senior for the graduating Class of 2021.   Born in McAllen, Texas, Mata moved to El Paso to help build a community around herself, peers, professors, and administration...

With the Spring semester coming to an end, preparations for the 2021 Graduation Commencement are on their way. After over a year of online celebrations, students have questions as to what is going to happen the day of graduation. The Prospector spoke...

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is set to allow eligible parents of UTEP graduates to cross the border on May 14-15, to attend commencement amid COVID-19 travel restrictions. University officials announced Wednesday, UTEP and CBP have reached an...