EL PASO -- William Englisbee embodies the quiet strength of the city he calls home. 

“Every day’s a struggle,” said Englisbee at Evergreen Cemetery east recently where he was paying respects to his mother. Angelina Maria Silva de Englisbee was among 23 people gunned down at an El Paso Walmart a year ago.  She was 86.

EL PASO --It’s been nearly a year since the August 3rd mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart, the deadliest attack targeting Latinos in modern U.S. history.  Alongside the horror of what happened that day, there were moments of heroism -- Shoppers risking their livesto help others escape from the gunman.  

On a sweltering summer day recently, Eduardo Castro, 72, met the woman who saved his life for the first time since their paths crossed when the gunman made his way through the store.

KTEP's Angela Kocherga and guest co-host Alfredo Corchado, Mexico border correspondent for The Dallas Morning News  based in El Paso continue their series of COVID-19 conversations with authors, historians and researchers. Borderland historian and author of Ringside Seat to the Revolution David Romo discusses the health, economic and political implications of pandemics then and now and lessons as El Paso and the region copes with COVID-19.

KTEP's Angela Kocherga begins a series of conversations about COVID-19 that go beyond the grim numbers to examine some of the issues and disparities exposed by the pandemic. Angela and guest co-host Alfredo Corchado, Mexico border correspondent for The Dallas Morning News based in El Paso, interview authors, historians and researchers.

Every generation has its small quirks, and Millennials have made a knack for indoor planting. On this episode, Denise and Jan speak on this decorative new phenomenon and the best ways to grow healthy and beautiful plants all without going outside. 

Warmer weather means the possibility to plant new vegetables. Denise and Jan spoke this week on the best way to grow tomatoes for the upcoming spring season. With great tips and tricks, growing hearty tomatoes this season will be a breeze. 

For this week's episode, Denise and Jan sat down to discuss upcoming gardening events in El Paso, and how to deal with the emergence of those pesky weeds! By understanding how weeds spread and grow, we can better understand how to prevent them and react to them properly when they do sprout up.

As movie theatres are shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cinephiles have found new ways to explore the films they love. Former El Pasoan Jack Fields started the Quarantine Theatre Company as a new way to continue his love of movies with his friends. Now with growing attention and membership, this script reading Zoom group has been a new and exciting venture for Fields. With new scripts and live streams weekly, the small group has found light in the slow production gloom of the current pandemic. 

The Resilience Art Project, or RAP, is designed to stimulate dialogue and promote tolerance and cross-cultural collaboration to heal from adversity.

Art heals, and the intent is that RAP becomes a tool for capacity building that fosters self-expression, while empowering individuals to cope and grow regardless of what they are facing.