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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

Dena K Jones talks with Keith Pannell about her career and interests in Joaquin Rodrigo’s music. Dena Kay Jones has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Spain, Mexico, and Canada.Additional Links: Professor Jones: https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/music/people/dena-jones.html

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar Salazar met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week to discuss migrant flights. California says it will investigate the flights of migrants to California after they entered the U.S. at the El Paso border.

The El Paso City Council will hold a public hearing on the budget on Monday. The city introduced a “no new revenue tax rate” for next year’s budget earlier this month.