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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Hanks high school senior running back Austin Deucher earned KTSM 9 Overtime's Baller of the Week for week 4, after helping propel the Knights to a 79-47 victory over Ysleta high school last Friday. That game was selected as 9 Overtime's Game of the Week 4,...
Miroslava Lem Quinonez joined the ABC-7 team as a producer in August 2026. A native of El Paso. Miroslava grew up in Juarez before returning to the United States for high school. She attended Del Valle High School where her interest for journalism started when she joined the scho...
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A major hurdle stands in the way of permanent daylight saving time: schools.
A student continues their education. A child finds a safe and enriching place to learn after school. A family receives essential support during a difficult time. A neighborhood is brought together through art, culture, and shared public spaces. These are the possibilities behind ...
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Kent Hups set out one morning on a research expedition in the famed Hell Creek Formation, a series of fossil-rich sedimentary rock layers in the western United States. The vast formation, spanning parts of Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Da...
The FAFSA forms, which traditionally opened Oct. 1, had a few chaotic starts under the Biden administration while reforms were made to the applications, leaving schools and students in a time crunch....
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — There is a large pool of water on Schuster Avenue near El Paso High School, Wednesday morning, Sept. 23. Reports indicate the road is closed due to what appears to be a large sinkhole opening up. Footage from FitFamElPaso shows the large pool of water and ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A large pool of water covered Schuster Avenue near El Paso High School Wednesday morning, Sept. 23, as crews responded to flooding and debris along the roadway. The road was closed near an area of the sidewalk where the concrete had caved in, creating what...
Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the Borderland in the coming week. UTEP Homecoming Football Game The University of Texas at El Paso will celebrate Homecoming with a week of activities through Saturday, Sept. 26, including student events, alumni gatherings, a ...
The shift from summer to the school year can happen almost overnight. Early wake-ups, packed calendars, homework, errands and extracurriculars leave families with less downtime and more to keep track of. A new survey fielded by Morning Consult on behalf of Shipt finds that 60% of...
At the beginning of each new class, Al Rabanera lets his students know that he knows they’re using AI . “I’m not going to pretend like you aren’t,” he tells his students. “I know it’s readily available for most of you, if not all of you.” A math teacher at La Vista High School in...
Paige Wyatt heard plenty from administrators about using AI to generate lesson plans at the school where she taught high school English. Her students used AI to cheat so frequently she resorted to spending her own money on detection tools. Yet she never got help with what she rea...
The intersection will now be dedicated in Dr. West's name, and her decades-long contributions to education, literature and culture in Chicago.
Kratom, an herbal substance whose components are opioid-related, was found in the investigation into two student deaths at the University of Mississippi, the local narcotics team said on Tuesday....
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Independent School District cancelled all after-school activities amid heavy rain in the area. EPISD shared this statement: “Due to inclement weather, all after school activities are canceled for today, Tuesday September 22, 2026. High School ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Week 5 of high school football in the Borderland is gearing up, and KTSM 9 News' 9 Overtime show is ready to bring you all the action! On Thursday, Sept. 24, the El Paso Broadcast Company will livestream the Socorro vs. Coronado game for Thursday Night Li...
By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The recent murder of a female foreign exchange student in central Mexico has cast international attention on the country’s high levels of violence against women, prompting the Mexican government to act with an urgency that some say it often lacks in c...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Oracle, the main developer behind the Project Jupiter data center project, announced the establishment of a $1 million education fund to support the Gadsden Independent School District (GISD). The fund is designed to help educators, schools, and district ...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas high school football enters Week 5 this Friday, bringing the return of another edition of KTSM's 9 Overtime. For Week 5's Game of the Week, 9 Overtime heads to Trooper Stadium for a District 1-6A contest between the Eastlake Falcons and the Eastwood ...
School shooting preparedness drills have been a routine though uncomfortable part of the back-to-school experience.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- It's a week that UTEP alumni, students, faculty, staff, sports fans and their families all look forward to -- Homecoming Week. The University of Texas at El Paso will celebrate Homecoming from Sunday, Sept. 20 through Saturday, Sept. 26. Homecoming highli...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Doña Ana Community College (DACC) is calling golf enthusiasts to participate in its 24th Annual DACC Golf Tournament. The event will help to support student scholarships and the college's food pantry. The tournament will be held Friday, Oct. 9 at the New ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Dozens of El Paso ISD high-school students are getting to see their artwork displayed at the El Paso Museum of Art. It's an experience that builds pride but also serves as an educational moment, the district said. The students created original works durin...
Glen Cove Elementary and Presa Elementary became the first schools in El Paso to earn the state's 2026 Lone Star Ribbon Schools designation for their sustained academic excellence....
For generations, kids have learned how to ride a bike — a quintessential childhood milestone — in driveways, on sidewalks and in neighborhood streets.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Doña Ana Community College (DACC) has been recognized for being one of the top colleges in the nation for student satisfaction, the college said. The results are based on EdSights’ Student Voice Score (SVS), which uses an AI-powered chatbot to connect stu...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- It's week four of the high-school football season, with action all over the Borderland. The #9OT Game of the Week features Ysleta taking on Hanks, featuring two teams high-flying teams in a non-district showdown. The #9OT crew -- Sam Guzman, Jesus Baltaza...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - A Riverside Middle School student brought an unloaded gun to the Ysleta Independent School District campus Friday, September 18, before classes began, according to district spokeswoman Tracy Garcia-Ramirez. School administrators and security officers respo...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Educational Talent Search (ETS) Program at The University of Texas at El Paso has a $375,000 grant that helps students overcome barriers to higher education, according to university officials. The TRIO Talent Search Grant, funded by the U.S. Department...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Education Department cannot cut money to teacher training programs the Trump administration argues are focused on “divisive ideologies.”...
This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso. UTEP Breaks Admission Record; EPCC Sees 4% Enrollment Bump A record 27,368 students enrolled at the University of Texas...
UPDATE: The Eastwood vs. Americas game has been postponed to noon at Friday, Sept. 18 at SAC 1. The game will resume with 4:04 left in the first quarter, with Eastwood up 7- 0 over Americas. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — High school football action starts on Thursday, Sept. 17 and KTSM...
This time last year, Bruno was picking out a new backpack, asking friends about their junior year class schedules, and starting college courses through his Newark high school. The 16-year-old should be preparing for his first day of senior year, but instead, he’s packing his bags...
Some school expenses get delayed. Some get financed. And some get canceled — a season, a club, a trip a kid was counting on. That last group is bigger than most parents realize. Accredited Debt Relief ’s back-to-school survey of more than 1,000 parents of K-12 students found that...
Online stores have spent years serving people who browse and buy, but some of the requests arriving at those stores now come from AI agents acting on behalf of human customers. In 2025, Columbia Business School researchers built a simulated marketplace to study what happens when ...
New research from Stanford Graduate School of Business finds that financial advice from artificial intelligence chatbots can push consumers toward sounder, life-cycle-based financial decisions, like broader diversification and bigger savings buffers. But the quality of that advic...
By John Liu, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — Unlike in the United States, no one in China seems to be openly fretting over the prospect of humanity being destroyed by artificial intelligence soon. There, citizens access local government services through AI-powered digital employees...
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The water cycle you were taught in school is being thrown off balance by fossil fuel pollution, bringing a host of dangerous consequences including shrinking rivers, disappearing glaciers and wild swings between floods and drought , according to the...
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A prestigious London university will re-enrol an Egyptian student who was suspended following his participation in pro-Palestinian protests, after senior leadership initially enforced disciplinary action that could have triggered his deportation from...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The final living member of the 1949 Bowie High School baseball team died. Alfonzo Lopez was part of the first team to be declared Texas state champions. Lopez' nephew confirmed with ABC-7 about his death. He was 94. Lopez was part of a team that made hist...
By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — When teenagers went back to school in China earlier this month, one book on their new mandatory reading list stood out: the 19th century English novel “Jane Eyre.” The literary classic, originally considered a trailblazing tale of female em...
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A new Gallup poll highlights teachers' mixed feelings toward devices in schools, but ultimately most say they would like to see some limits on how much screen time students receive in classrooms....
By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating the murder of a Spanish exchange student in Mexico as a possible feminicide, in a case that has shocked the academic community in both countries. Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera was reportedly killed during an armed robber...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM)-- New Mexico State University’s Creative Media Institute will hold an open casting call for anyone interested in acting in student film productions. The idea is to build an actor database for upcoming student projects. Community members of all ages are welco...
