WASHINGTON – Subpar health care and benefits for veterans has been a long-term problem, but with the restructuring of the Veterans Affairs department, that may change. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert A. McDonald said Monday that the department...

This week in news, Mandala Sunrise is showcased at a ceremony, proceeds for pickaxe biddings benefiting scholarship, and centennial photo contest winners will be showcased at the centennial museum.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents resumed their meeting at UTEP today at the Tomás Rivera Conference Room at Union East. During the first hour of the meeting today, UTEP President Diana Natalicio, greeted the board and addressed topics...

The University of Texas Board of Regents, the governing body for the U.T. System, is meeting at UTEP for two days to discuss budget line items. One of the agenda items that will be discussed tomorrow for approval is the purchase of approximately 443...

Voting isn't always a smooth process, and SHFWire is following hot spots across the country. WASHINGTON – Some polling locations got off to a shaky start during the midterm elections Tuesday. Before the lunch hour hit, several counties and cities...

Nov. 5 marks the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, a group of Roman Catholics led by Robert Catesby, who attempted to blow up the Parliament in England to fight for religious freedom. Since the 1600s,...

Today’s culture is infested with television and web searches. It seems today, the majority of writing comes by way of social media, where users express their feelings at that moment. Reading books is seemingly being replaced by reading tweets and online...

For Douglas Watts, an infectious disease researcher and executive director of the animal care center, the Ebola virus is nothing new. Watts began working with Ebola back in the 1980s, when he worked for the U.S. Army’s medical research team, where...

Halloween has become notorious for being the time of the year when women dress up in revealing costumes. Sheila Alves, senior graphic design major and vice president of the Women’s Honor Studies Society, believes costume options for women are limited. “I...

In some cultures, death is not where life ends, it is where it begins. Starting on Oct. 31 and ending on Nov. 3, the celebrations of the Day of the Dead, or typically called Día de los Muertos, begin. In El Paso, this traditional Mexican holiday is...