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There’s growing concern about more drownings in Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. Two bodies were pulled from the river this week. One was stuck in the buoy barrier created by the state of Texas to stop migrants from crossing.

El Paso is remembering the 23 people killed four years ago Thursday in a mass shooting targeting Latinos. There are several events to honor the victims’ memory.

Texas governor Greg Abbott sent state troopers to El Paso in December as part of Operation Lone Star. That’s the governor’s nearly $10 billion border enforcement effort.

El Paso is honoring the memory of the 23 victims killed in the Walmart mass shooting four years ago tomorrow. There are several remembrance ceremonies happening.

Just outside of Odessa, there’s a small national natural landmark identifying one of the only known asteroid craters in the country. About 60,000 years ago, when woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers roamed the Earth, an asteroid slammed into what is now known as West Texas

A group of elected officials and business owners from the Texas border made a long-shot pitch Tuesday to the Biden administration and Gov. Greg Abbott.

The city of El Paso is planning a new memorial dedicated to the 23 victims of the 2019 Walmart mass shooting. A new circular plaza will replace a temporary memorial at Ponder Park.

Erika Edwards recently joined the History Department at the University of Texas at El Paso, but her first dream in life was none other than to be a flower. Dr. Erika D. Edwards is an Associate Professor of Latin American History.

From Florida, with a quick stop in Virginia, this volume of We Are UT El Paso we are joined by Education professor, Ericka Mein; always surrounded by teachers and school-related workers in her family, she has always been interested in teaching, and learning. She developed a special interest in learning about Latin America and had the wish to learn Spanish. This pushed her to volunteer in going abroad on a scholarship to Ecuador where she spent all the time that she was not teaching, learning about the culture and the language.Dr. Mein is currently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Educator Preparation.Additional Links:Dean Mein’s Faculty Profile: https://hb2504.utep.edu/Home/Profile?username=elmein2

Dr. Ana Bencomo talks about her upbringing, what got her into changing from a career in engineering to try and pursue her dream of studying literature, and how that affected her present life.Dr. Anadeli Bencomo is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso with experience in teaching Language and Linguistics.Additional Links:UTEP names Anadeli Bencomo as Dean for the College of Liberal Arts:https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/2022/utep-names-bencomo-as-dean-for-college-of-liberal-arts.html