UTEP basketball is set to introduce their six incoming freshmen for the 2017-18 season in the next couple of weeks. The first one to get the spotlight was the 6-foot-1, 150-pound point guard from San Antonio, Texas, Kobe Magee. Magee was a four-year...

Tobi Amusan, runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2016 NCAA Track and Field Championships, found redemption in her second appearance in Eugene, Oregon. The sophomore’s personal-best time of 12.57 was just enough to earn her the NCAA title and...

Freshman Evan Gilyard arrived at UTEP this past week to begin workouts and preparation for the 2017-18 basketball season with the Miners. The 5-foot-10, 160-pound point guard is from Chicago, Illinois and went to the talent-productive Simeon Career...

Incoming freshman forward, Tirus Smith, out of Petal High School (Mississippi) was introduced to the media on Tuesday afternoon. The 6-foot-9, 230 pound forward compiled 10 double-doubles his senior season in high school with season-highs of 30 points...

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced UTEP’s freshmen star Emmanuel Korir as a semifinalist for college track and field’s highest individual honor, The Bowerman Award. Korir has been on the Bowerman...

For over 100 years UTEP has stood as El Paso's local university, and this year, UTEP athletics will celebrate their sports history by targeting community engagement with the new marketing theme, “We are Miners.” The theme will be present and...

On a clear Tuesday evening, the Chihuahuas struck early with two home runs to defeat the Tacoma Rainiers 3-1 in the first of the four-game series. Leading off the batting rotation, Rafael Ortega started the bottom of the first inning with a booming...

Last week Judge Amy Clark Meachum, Travis County judge in Austin, was presented with a temporary restraining order by the Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid to hinder the discussions to obtain properties for the $180 million proposed arena in Downtown El Paso. Both...

In the month of June, President Donald Trump has been in office for about six months, which is long enough for the country to  evaluate him on a short-term basis. Through six months, Trump has not necessarily done as the public might have expected him...

In a calm, humble storage unit at Montecillo lives one of El Paso’s newest and most unique food creations.  The Villanueva brothers, Sergio, who is a UTEP alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, and Jaime, a senior pre-nursing major, opened...

After a six-year hiatus, Seattle band Fleet Foxes is back with their third studio album “Crack-Up.” The band is known for their classic indie folk sound and delicate, yet powerful harmonies in songs like “Helplessness Blues,” “White Winter Hymnal”...

Local band Old Kids is well stocked with classically trained musicians whom appear to fear nothing since they expect nothing. Since their slow and sporadic beginning in 2013, to their first humble performance in 2015, Old Kids have remained loyal not...