Big moment for UTEP in Sun Bowl, as team gets set to host Texas (Las Cruces Sun-News)

5 September 2008, 11:11 pm

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas-El Paso has played a lot of football in the shadows of the Franklin Mountains, tucked away in a far-flung corner of a pigskin-crazy state.... read more

Knights fall in overtime to Socorro, Texas (Las Cruces Sun-News)

5 September 2008, 11:11 pm

LAS CRUCES — Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes. Last weekend, the Oñate Knights survived several errors in beating El Paso Bel Air 12-9. On Friday night, the Knights couldn't overcome those mistakes in falling to Socorro (Texas) High School, 21-14 in overtime, at the Field of Dreams.... read more

It's homecoming for El Pasoan Alex "Digitz" Franco (El Paso Times)

5 September 2008, 7:30 am

AUSTIN -- Alex Franco will see his dream come true in El Paso this weekend, and the radio show personality is bringing along a few friends to witness the Texas football showdown in his hometown.... read more

El Paso seeks to lure health sciences industries (El Paso Times)

5 September 2008, 6:31 am

El Paso's industrial recruiters have hired a division of Fluor Corp., a global engineering and construction company based in the Dallas area, to do a study on how El Paso could attract pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and other companies in the so-called life sciences industry.... read more

Excitement buzzes in El Paso before matchup with Texas (Austin American-Statesman)

5 September 2008, 4:17 am

Nate Poss sat in his office at University of Texas at El Paso trying to talk to the manager of the hotel the Miners were going to stay at Friday night.... read more

UT-El Paso game to undergo economic study (The Daily Texan)

5 September 2008, 12:59 am

For sports fans, this weekend's game against UT-El Paso may be a chance to show school pride, but for El Paso's economy, it means a big payday - almost $10 million in estimated economic benefits. "It's the result of a lot of people coming in, eating at restaurants, staying at hotels," said Victor... read more