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The El Paso Fire Department opened a new central fire station July 9. The new facility, located at 201 South Florence St., opened its station doors to the public, offering tours, emergency response demonstrations and information about joining the Fire Department to attendees.
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From the sound of heavy machinery outside the Union Building to the demolition of the Liberal Arts Building, construction has become part of daily life at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).
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Charli XCX released her eighth studio album on July 24, titled, “Music, Fashion, Film.” This is her second album release of the year, following her seventh studio album, “Wuthering Heights,” which was released earlier in the year to accompany the film “Wuthering Heights.”
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With continuously rising temperatures in El Paso, there have been Heat-Related illness (HRI) risks that can affect people long-term. Since June 27, there have been 152 cases of HRIs reported using cooling facilities, according to the City of El Paso Public Health.
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As the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) officially crossed over into the Mountain West Conference on July 1, the university marked the historic athletic transition with the first visual redesign of its iconic mascot, Paydirt Pete, in nearly three decades.
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Colorful Chapters came from the mind of Alabama native Tephanie Hopper, who has had a passion for reading before the thought of creating Colorful Chapters appeared in her mind.
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In college, sports tend to nurture a competitive environment. The pressure of expectations and the relentlessness of the schedules can create a suffocating existence in a student-athlete’s life, especially for those who are foreigners and are trying to make a new city feel like home.
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The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Food Pantry has been a part of campus since 2014, their goal being to help students that deal with food insecurity, providing food and toiletries to those who need assistance.
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Every Friday evening on station 88.5 FM, listeners can get a small snapshot of what life on the border is like. Listeners can hear a variety of music, with each episode having a unique theme. These songs are often introduced from the perspective of those living in the borderland.
Minero Magazine
Growing up in a religious, Hispanic household, I was taught that intimacy was something sacred and something you only shared with someone you trusted, felt comfortable and could imagine a future with. I recently shared my first kiss with a guy I had been talking to for a little while and that night I felt...
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Local and national acts took the stage at San Jacinto Plaza for El Paso’s inaugural Sol Summit Festival. Headlined by Bomba Estéreo and The Flaming Lips, the two-day non-profit event centered around music, culture and community saw thousands of attendees during a weekend marked by other notable performances from high profile acts across the city....
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Sonic Ranch is a working farm on 1,700 acres hugging the Rio Grande and Texas’ border with Mexico, some 40 miles east of El Paso, in the small town of Tornillo. There’s open desert on all four sides, broken up by rows and rows of pecan orchards. But Sonic Ranch’s true commodity is the prized music that has emerged...
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Upon returning to his hometown, El Paso native Seth Dodson, a former music festival director who’d worked for Pitchfork in Chicago, Ill., took a contract position as the director for a new El Paso Community Foundation project: Sol Summit Music and Cultura Festival. The event would be the first major locally organized festival in the region...
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At the Drive-In’s split in March of 2001 left members of the group split into factions. Jim Ward, At the Drive-In co-founder and guitarist, and the band’s rhythm section would go on to start alternative rock outfit Sparta. Ward and Sparta would go on to release three albums in a four-year period lasting from 2002...
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Anthony Chavez set his foot on third base when the thunderous crack of the bat sent the ball like a missile toward him. He reacted on instinct and pushed off his left leg to charge forward to catch the ball. As he planted his foot, a sharp sting shot through his knee. Sweat dripped down...
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Synergy between people and music is a quintessential element to the dance floor. Twists of the mixer control knobs and scratches of the platter allow DJs to conjure a harmony for a liberated soundscape. Thanks to El Paso’s live music ecosystem, clubs, brunch spots and rave warehouses across El Paso are strengthening the link between the dance floor and its a
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In late January, El Paso braced for a harsh cold front. Dangerous wind chills and ice accumulation kept residents from going outside. Yet on the evening of Jan. 24, dozens poured into a building near the corner of Overland Avenue and South Mesa Street. The occasion? The grand opening of Syndicate, a queer, leather, fetish and bear bar. Visitors arrived in fe
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Today’s world has a crush on the idea of being young forever. It can be seen in beauty standards praising youthful characteristics, nostalgia haunting friendships when “remember when” stories appear on their feeds, and that feeling like the world is running out of time. How is it to be young in a world that constantly...
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As Nayeli Rodriguez prepares to land her final jab on Diana Fernandez, the sound of the bell fades at the Gimnasio Universitario UACJ in Ciudad Juárez on Nov. 29, 2025. All she can hear is her own heartbeat, loud and unsteady in her ears. The clock bleeds down to its final seconds as her gloves...
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