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Cindy Esparza received her masters degree Saturday in Instructional Specialist in Science from UTEP.

Mayoral candidates Oscar Leeser, left, and Steve Ortega will face off in the race for mayor on June 15.

Ramon Guillen, nephew of Medal of Honor recipient Ambrosio Guillen, was presented with his uncle's Bowie High School diploma during at a ceremony at Guillen Middle School Thursday.

Emilee Cantrell and Priscila Chavez each received a $1,000 check from association board member Eli Garcia and El Paso Mayor John Cook on Thursday during the association's monthly luncheon.

FASEB MARC Program has announced the travel award recipients for the 2013 American College of Sports Medicine 60th Annual Meeting & 4th World Congress on Exercise is MedicineTM in Indianapolis, IN from May 28 - June 1, 2013.

Eduardo Mora is likely the first student at Chaparral High School to receive both the Gates Millennium Scholarship and the Daniels Scholarship, both of which fully cover all college expenses at any school.

Civilian workers at Fort Bliss and throughout the Department of Defense got a bit of a financial reprieve Tuesday when the expected number of furlough days was lowered by the government.

The University of Texas at El Paso will soon be completely transformed as one of the main phases of a multimillion-dollar project starts next week.

A quick look at voter turnout numbers for Saturday's election may scream voter apathy, but Gregory Rocha, a political science professor at University of Texas, El Paso, told KFOX14 the numbers are actually fairly standard for a local election.

With the image of their alma mater taking a beating from the El Paso Independent School District cheating scandal, Bowie High School alumni aren't waiting for direction from the district's new board of managers to raise their campus' profile.

Oscar Leeser is all smiles after giving a short speech to supporters and volunteers at his party headquarters.

A new security policy requiring Customs and Border Protection officers to verify all student visas is creating delays for students who commute daily from Mexico to universities in the United States.

An El Paso contingent traveled to Washington, D.C., last week, and shared what some off-border U.S. lawmakers might consider a different take on how immigration reform can affect those living in border cities.

El Paso County Elections employee Ruben Gamez, left, goes over the items in the bag given to precinct captains like Isela Lerma.

She's already stressed out about finals next week, and now, as a student from Mexico, she faces extra scrutiny at the border because of a decision in Washington.

University of Texas at El Paso students crossing from Juarez said their wait times at the bridge are getting longer.

Wicker is the director of the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation at the University of Texas at El Paso.

"Wow, that's a lot of money," said University of Texas at El Paso political science professor Gregory Rocha, who keeps a close eye on local elections.

In all, GCU conferred 16,113 degrees to graduates in its College of Business, Arts and Sciences, Education, Theology, Nursing and Health Care Professions, Fine Arts and Production and Doctoral Studies.

A new security policy requiring Customs and Border Protection officers to verify all student visas is creating delays for students who commute daily from Mexico to universities in the United States.