Reyes Mata III

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When the U.S. Labor Department announced in late May a “phased pause” in the operation of Job Corps centers around the country, the local workforce commission was faced with a surge of hundreds of employees and at-risk students needing immediate assistance. “We were not anticipating this,” said Kandolite Carson, spokesperson for Workforce Solutions Borderplex, the El Paso branch of the Texas agency charged with providing workforce development services to employers and job seekers.

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Cindy Ramos-Davidson, the longtime advocate for small, minority businesses who helped lift the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce from obscurity into one of the most recognized chambers in the state, died on June 1 after a battle with cancer. “After a courageous battle with pancreatic, colon cancer, and a stroke, Cindy passed peacefully early this morning, surrounded by the love she so freely gave to others,” her family stated in a Facebook post on June 1.

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In the summer of 1991, the year before one of UTEP’s most successful basketball seasons, an investigation roiled the university’s athletics department when it determined that a slew of violations were committed against NCAA regulations. Among the more serious allegations: Student-athletes at the University of Texas at El Paso had received favors from school officials, including car rides to summer jobs and long-distance phone calls from campus phones.

1 week ago | elpasoinc.com | Reyes Mata III |Steve Escajeda

In the summer of 1991, the year before one of UTEP’s most successful basketball seasons, an investigation roiled the university’s athletics department when it determined that a slew of violations were committed against NCAA regulations. Among the more serious allegations: Student-athletes at the University of Texas at El Paso had received favors from school officials, including car rides to summer jobs and long-distance phone calls from campus phones.

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In the moments leading up to conferring degrees on the first graduates of the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Richard Black, the school’s dean, stood at the podium on the illuminated stage of the Plaza Theatre. Looking out at the hundreds of family members, Black issued the words that students and their families had been eagerly awaiting during the four-year journey of studies. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the historic first commencement of the Woody L.