As UTEP President Heather Wilson’s first semester at the university starts wrapping up, The Prospector sat down to talk about her experience so far, plans for the university and more.   Wilson describes herself as a pragmatic, values-driven, strategic...

In its first exhibition game, heading into the 2019-2020 season, UTEP women’s basketball  team dominated the Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds Saturday, Oct. 26 with a final score of 84-64.   The game was the first of two exhibition contests...

Halloween is here and many celebrate with costume parties, haunted houses, and horror movies.  Here is a list of other options.  La Union Corn Maze   With the closing of the season coming up on Sunday, Nov. 3, La Union Corn Maze will be open...

People at the border of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas celebrate both Halloween and Día de Los Muertos as October makes way for November. For the episode, The Prospector’s podcast team talked to Irma Montelongo, an associate professor...

The Border Biomedical Research Center (BRRC) conducts research with the goal to address cancer-related health disparities that the Mexican American population faces.   The BBRC started working on finding a project to focus on a year before...

“Boba” is the popular term for the chewy black pearls found at the bottom of boba tea, or sometimes known as “bubble tea.” The increasingly popular boba tea is a combination of tea or water with creamer, flavoring and of...

El Paso Symphony Orchestra (EPSO) will celebrate Día de Los Muertos with a live rendition of the Academy Award-winning animated film “Coco” by composer Michael Giacchino at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at The Plaza Theatre.   Set in a fictional...

Zoe Aztlan Tour 2019 at The Plaza Theatre  8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30  El Paso Plaza Theatre  Latin Grammy award-winning Spanish rock band, Zoe, returns to El Paso for their 2019 “Aztlan” tour. The band will be performing at the El...

Tooth and Veil: Oddities and Macabre Shop hosted the Halloween Ugly Sweater Tea Party as part of their monthly Mourning Tea parties at its location on 820 Mesa St. Friday, Oct. 25.   The Mourning Tea parties, which started in March, were inspired...

One game remains in the UTEP women’s soccer season and after a two-game road trip, the Miners sit in seventh place in the conference standings. The Miners picked up a crucial 2-0 win against Old Dominion after falling 0-1 to University of North Carolina...

The Miners (10-11, 3-5) took all three sets (25-19, 25-20, 25-23) from the Marshall University Herd Friday evening in a dominating performance for the home team.   Sophomore Serena Patterson paced the team with a double-double which included 16 kills...

UTEP launched its search for a new provost on October.   The newly formed search committee met for the first time on Friday, Oct. 18, to discuss the details of the search process.  The search committee is led by Chairman Gary Edens, vice...