UTEP track & field head coach, Mika Laaksonen, is set to fire after 28 years with the program. Laaksonen was at the helm of the team for 15 of those 28 years.

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Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Los Angeles on Friday, as recent enforcement of the Trump administration’s immigration policies has caused ongoing unrest and protests across the city.

Increasing immigrant arrests in California have begun to gut-punch the economy and wallets of immigrant families and beyond.