The Hunt School of Nursing Class of 2022, made up of 78 students, received their first white coats during a ceremony at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso on Friday, January 15. “Every White Coat Ceremony is important, but during the COVID-19 pandemic it’s even more important to recognize these new nursing students,” said Stephanie […]Read More
UTEP women’s basketball (5-5, 2-3 C-USA) fell to Conference USA foe North Texas (8-2, 5-0 C-USA) by a score of 67-59 on Friday night in front of 286 fans at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso. The Miners shot 41 percent from the field, but UTEP’s woes from the behind the three-point line continued […]Read More
El Paso Electric (EPE) officials announced Friday afternoon that the utility will resume its standard billing, payment and collection practices in the coming weeks while keeping flexible payment options available for customers in need. “No one at EPE wants to see a customer disconnected for nonpayment and that is why we are asking our customers […]Read More
DENTON, Texas – North Texas held UTEP to 21.6 percent shooting from the floor and ran away with a 63-33 victory on Friday night at the Super Pit. “Give [North Texas] a lot of credit. They did a really good job at defending tonight,” third-year UTEP Head Coach Rodney Terry said. “Early on, we had some […]Read More
The University of Texas at El Paso announced Friday that the school will administer nearly 1,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine next week to current students, faculty and staff. “We are grateful to be able to take care of our faculty, staff and students in this way,” said UTEP President Heather Wilson. “As the […]Read More
Friday afternoon, officials with University Medical Center announced the availability of 5000 Covid-19 vaccine doses, and appointments were filled in a matter of minutes. UMC’s registration, which opened at 12 noon and closed just 12 minutes later, was for Categories 1A and 1B: healthcare workers, first responders, anyone 65 and older or others with certain […]Read More
UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel announced the addition of offensive coordinator Dave Warner to the staff on Friday afternoon. Warner brings 36 years of coaching experience to the Sun City after spending the last 13 seasons on the offensive staff at Michigan State. Warner has been a quarterbacks coach and/or offensive coordinator or passing […]Read More
In addition to all the on-going work, TxDoT El Paso officials share that a new direct connector ramp from westbound Interstate 10 to the Bridge of the Americas is scheduled to open to traffic as early Friday afternoon. As a result, traffic bound for Juárez will no longer be detoured up US 54 and through […]Read More
UTEP Men’s Golf first-year head coach Derek Plucienski has announced the addition of transfer Greg Holmes to the 2021 roster, it was announced by the program on Friday. Holmes comes to the Sun City from McNeese where Plucienski coached him as a freshman during the 2019-20 campaign. As a freshman, Holmes saw action in seven […]Read More
Friday morning, officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in El Paso released a statement from Special Agent in Charge Luis Quesada regarding their efforts in the wake of the insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol last week. Below is SAC Quesada’s complete statement: The FBI El Paso Division is using all of our […]Read More