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Arrowhead Center at NMSU, partners offer border manufacturing business accelerator

El Paso Community College President William Serrata is seemingly everywhere. Since 2012, Serrata has been the school’s president but also juggles other

In 2015, the state of Texas launched an ambitious plan aimed at having 60% of its young adult population earn a higher education degree or two-year

At 7:30 a.m., Noel Martin is waking up to start her day as a full-time student at El Paso Community College and prepare her 2-year-old daughter, Charlotte, for day care at the YWCA. After Charlotte is dropped off at 10 a.m., Martin returns home and logs into her virtual classes while simultaneously doing the never-ending […]

Employers try to fill El Paso and national jobs with a mix of virtual and in-person job events.

EPISD now offers college credit or industry certifications at every high school, after the district rolled out four new P-TECH programs this week.

Texas Roadhouse is planning its first hiring event to fill more than 80 full and part-time positions. Those interested can reserve an interview time, and register online in advance. Interviews will take place June 7 at each participating location. There are three locations: 10729 Gateway Blvd W., 5010 N. Desert Blvd., and at Freedom Crossing on Fort Bliss. ·

Coronavirus threatens to permanently change a way of life at the border The partial shutdown of the border has many Mexicans unable to do their usual business in the U.S., and some fear shopping and other patterns may be changed forever. Fewer shoppers are on the street in the shopping district just across from El Paso in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, seen here in early April.(Alfredo Corchado) 3:36 PM on Apr 12, 2021 CDT Consider Samantha Camacho, a U.S. citizen, University of Texas at El Paso studen...

Nearly 1,000 jobs tied to Fort Bliss migrant shelters are available FORT BLISS, Texas -- The Fort Bliss migrant shelters are providing job opportunities for Borderland residents.  Nearly 1,000 job openings of varying experience levels and competitive pay are available with federal contractors. “These 900 positions are very specific to the migrant shelter centers for children within Fort Bliss,” said Bianca Cervantes, a spokesperson for Workforce Solutions Borderplex. Initially the plans we...