Grappling with unemployment from the pandemic, a local family revived an old family practice to start its very own fashion company from home. The result was Malenni, a brand-new fashion company based in El Paso. The company specializes in crafting handmade...

Despite the challenges COVID-19 has approached businesses with, local boutiques in El Paso are making adjustments to in-store and online sales to keep their operations up and running.    Between March and July of 2020, more than 120 businesses...

Wherever there’s demand, there will always be supply, at least that’s what local experienced seamsters found to be true as homemade mask businesses boomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   Throughout the past year, the Centers for Disease Control...

UTEP President Heather Wilson and University computer science professors give insight to campus operations following a site-wide outage that affected every facet of the University’s operations. On March 5, students lost access to the MyUTEP banner...

On Wednesday, March 10, business across Texas were allowed to reopen at 100% capacity and with no mask requirements, per Gov. Greg Abbott’s newly executive order.  "With this executive order, we are ensuring that all businesses and families...

UTEP's Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) hosted “Coping with Grief” March 10, an event focused on providing tips for those experiencing loss during a global pandemic.   Thursday's discussion is SELC’s second presentation as...

The UTEP Miners(17-8,13-5) had its NCAA tournament aspirations crushed Friday night with a loss to the top-seeded Middle Tennessee State (MTSU) Blue Raiders (16-7, 12-4) 74-58. Facing the preseason conference favorite Blue Raiders, the Miners had hoped...

Caring for more than 1,400 rose bushes at the El Paso Municipal Rose Garden can be challenging, but also therapeutic, said M.J. Tangney, Rose Committee Chair of the El Paso Rose Garden Association.   The garden, home to more than 430 different...

Casa Ortiz, the new Socorro art gallery, featured an all-female group of artists Feb. 25 as part of the El Paso County’s monthly Last Thursdays event.   Among those featured were UTEP’s own Jaqueline Martinez and Gabriela Velasquez.    Martinez,...

The UTEP Miners (12-12, 8-8) lost 76-70 in the first round of the Conference-USA tournament quarter-final versus the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Owls (13-9,7-5) while only scoring only one field goal in the final six minutes of the game. Starting...

With UTEP’s network system continuing to experience delays since Friday, March 5, students and staff have expressed concern over the potential academic setback this shutdown may imply. According to UTEP, the shutdown was a result of a 'potentially...

UTEP’s campus network has been experiencing delays following a ‘malicious intrusion’ Friday, March 5, which forced the university to turn off all its systems. UTEP officials took to Twitter to announce the unauthorized intrusion on its on-campus...