Skip to Main Content
Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Rocks painted by the El Paso community to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Aug. 3.

Ascarate Park will unveil a new mural in memoriam to those El Paso lost

Dominique Macias, Contributor/Photographer August 1, 2024

Walking into Ascarate Park’s Healing Garden, located at 6900 Delta Drive, is like stepping into the heart and soul of hope, faith, and comfort. The garden, which is meant to be a place of tranquility, commemorates the victims from the mass shooting...

Continue Reading
Lithium is an alkali metal that is used in different electrical items and is used for health treatments as well.

EPA detected trace amounts of natural lithium in El Paso’s drinking water

Frida Acuna, Arts & Culture Editor July 31, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published data indicating the presence of naturally occurring lithium in El Paso’s drinking water, a finding that was reported earlier in the spring. Lithium is an alkali metal and is nontoxic in...

Continue Reading
Volunteers from Canutillo ISD and El Pasoans Fighting Hunger food bank come together and give away food to the Canutillo residence.

People help people; school supplies drive

Dominique Macias, Contributor/Photographer July 24, 2024

One thing the El Paso community shares is the instinct to help others. The Housing Authority of El Paso, in partnership with the county, worked together on July 13 to help the Canutillo area on the west side of town. A compassionate community of organizations...

Continue Reading
On July 15, the El Paso County Commissioners Court held a meeting, which covered a wide variety of subjects including "The Sun Bowl Uplift" project.

Where do we get the 99 million? An update to the proposed “Sun Bowl Uplift”

Sofia Sierra, Web Editor July 16, 2024

The El Paso County Commissioners Court meeting discussed “The Sun Bowl Uplift” project as a part of their agenda in mid-July. In May, UTEP announced their proposal to upgrade the Sun Bowl, which would cost approximately $99 million, and be paid from...

Continue Reading
Peace, love and beer on display in the convention center for the Sun City Beer Fest.

Brews and beverages draw enthusiastic crowd to the Sun City Beer Fest

Jorge Guajardo, Sports Editor July 5, 2024

The El Paso Convention Center, nestled in the heart of downtown, was home to the annual Sun City Beer Fest, which saw crowds of people gather to try over 170 types of beers and ciders. The convention center served as a melting pot for beer enthusiasts,...

Continue Reading
The hole in the block of Tularosa Avenue and Stevens Street has since been filled.

Sinkhole aftermath has residents wondering what’s next

Jorge Guajardo, Sports Editor June 25, 2024

Residents of a quiet central El Paso neighborhood were awakened around midnight by El Paso Police officers on June 12 after a busted water main lying underneath Tularosa Street opened a massive sinkhole that swallowed two cars. In the days following...

Continue Reading
Extreme temperatures are expected this summer in El Paso.

Extreme temperatures in El Paso: What to know

Iziah Moreno, Photo Editor June 20, 2024

As days of summertime fun approach, it’s important to know how to stay safe in the heatduring triple digit temperatures. According to elpasoready.org, times of extreme heat will often result in the highest number of deaths among all weather-related...

Continue Reading
Player catches the ball for a touchdown during a game, April 27.

Sorority raises funds for El Paso’s Center for Children

Jorge Guajardo, Staff Reporter May 9, 2024

UTEP’s Alpha Xi Delta sorority hosted a flag football game to raise funds for the El Paso Center for Children, a non-profit organization that provides universal care and developmental services for children in the greater El Paso area. The event,...

Continue Reading
Rio Bosque Wetlands faces an uncertain future amid TXDOT expansion proposal.

A threat looms on the horizon for the Rio Bosque Wetlands

Ximena Cordero, Staff Reporter May 8, 2024

The Rio Bosque Wetlands is a 372-acre park managed by UTEP’s Center for Enviornmental Resource Management (CERM).   According to CERM, the goal of the park is to restore the wetlands, riverside forests and wildlife that once surrounded the Rio...

Continue Reading
Manuela Gomez, Ph.D., has over 19 years of teaching experience and specializes in philosophical pedagogy, ethics, feminism, visual literacy, and Latin American philosophy.

El Paso women break the boundaries

Esteban Corona, Staff Reporter May 7, 2024

The El Paso Commission for Women inducted Manuela Gomez, Ph.D., and Adeeba A Raheem, Ph.D., into the El Paso Women’s Hall of Fame.   Sponsored by the El Paso Commission for Women, the El Paso Women’s Hall of Fame honors and recognizes the accomplishments...

Continue Reading
Contributing authors to “Migrant 915,” senior students Diego Trujillo, Kacie Lino and Briana Lopez.

Students eyes, students lives: Life on the border

Sofia Sierra, Web Editor April 30, 2024

Although El Paso has been making national headlines about “continuous border problems,” the people in the city can agree it has many aspects that go unnoticed. Frequently labelled as a ‘migrant city,’ El Paso’s proximity to Ciudad Juárez allows...

Continue Reading
The El Paso Police Department will be receiving a new Central Regional Command Center after the city council voted to purchase the 13-acre plot of land that originally homed Bonham Elementary School. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

El Paso Police’s new central regional command center

Jorge Guajardo, Staff Reporter April 26, 2024

After three years of idleness, the site where Bonham Elementary School sits will now have a new purpose. On April 9, the El Paso City Council voted unanimously to purchase Bonham Elementary School from the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) with...

Continue Reading
Activate Search
El Paso