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  • Ninja Convention

    2025-10-16 Rich Wright

    The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade on Montana last night. Kudos

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  • “Trump and the FBI”

    2025-10-11 elrichiboy
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  • The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

    2025-10-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a tad up the road from

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  • Diminishing El Paso

    2025-10-06 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue to see little to moderate

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  • “Highway Dragnet”

    2025-10-05 elrichiboy
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  • “The 1916 [Irish] Rising of Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”

    2025-10-04 elrichiboy
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  • Ouch!

    2025-10-03 Rich Wright

    The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not pretty. On July 25, 2025,

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  • Juarez’ 2025 Bullfighting Season

    2025-10-01 Rich Wright

    While we weren’t looking, the Ciudad Juarez 2025 bullfighting season got underway. The next bullfight is Friday, October 3 at 8pm at the Alberto Balderas

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  • The Deck Park Will Kill Downtown

    2025-09-30 Rich Wright

    Downtown El Paso is already barely accessible. What effect will 5 years of freeway and deck park construction have on it? All those businesses who

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  • “Park Plaza 605”

    2025-09-28 elrichiboy
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  • Social Engineering Chuco-Style

    2025-09-26 Rich Wright

    I live in a neighborhood I call Barrio Heights. Barrio Heights is below Rim Road, close to El Paso High. The houses in Barrio Heights

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  • Community First Coalition Forum on Affordable Housing

    2025-09-25 elrichiboy

    The Community First Coalition is hosting a forum on the housing challenges facing the local community. Everybody needs housing, and in the current climate, we

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Ninja Convention

2025-10-16 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, Visit El Paso Leave a comment

The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade

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“Dressed to Kill”

2025-10-12 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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“Trump and the FBI”

2025-10-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

2025-10-07 Kent Paterson Slider, The Environment, Water One comment

By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a

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Diminishing El Paso

2025-10-06 Rich Wright Economic Development, population, Slider, Urban Planning Leave a comment

Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue

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“Highway Dragnet”

2025-10-05 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The 1916 [Irish] Rising of Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”

2025-10-04 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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Ouch!

2025-10-03 Rich Wright El Paso Times, Media, Slider One comment

The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not

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Juarez’ 2025 Bullfighting Season

2025-10-01 Rich Wright Culture, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider One comment

While we weren’t looking, the Ciudad Juarez 2025 bullfighting season got underway. The next bullfight is Friday, October 3 at

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The Deck Park Will Kill Downtown

2025-09-30 Rich Wright Deck Park, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 7 comments

Downtown El Paso is already barely accessible. What effect will 5 years of freeway and deck park construction have on

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“Park Plaza 605”

2025-09-28 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Social Engineering Chuco-Style

2025-09-26 Rich Wright City Management, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

I live in a neighborhood I call Barrio Heights. Barrio Heights is below Rim Road, close to El Paso High.

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Community First Coalition Forum on Affordable Housing

2025-09-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

The Community First Coalition is hosting a forum on the housing challenges facing the local community. Everybody needs housing, and

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Book Launch: “Juarez | Tales from a Misunderstood City”

2025-09-24 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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You and the Juarez Walking Tour

2025-09-22 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Juarez Walking Tour, Slider 2 comments

I’ve been offering Juarez Walking Tours to anyone willing to pay my meager fee for more than 10 years. Over

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“The Pretender”

2025-09-21 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Europe in the Wake of the Fall of Rome”

2025-09-20 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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Paul Foster is Selling Land in his Campo del Sol Development

2025-09-19 Rich Wright City Council, El Paso Water, Public Service Board, Slider, Water, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council unanimously approved an amendment to a 2020 incentives agreement to allow for the sale

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“The Eyes of Chihuahua”

2025-09-18 Rich Wright Juarez, Law Enforcement, Slider, Surveillance Leave a comment

Here’s a story from TexasObserver.org about the Torre Centinela, that surveillance tower going up in downtown Ciudad Juarez that will

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The Project Jupiter Chronicles: A Charged Countdown to September 19

2025-09-17 Kent Paterson CRRUA, Economic Development, New Mexico, Project Jupiter, Slider, Sunland Park, The Environment, Water Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson September 19 looms as a fateful day in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. That’s when the Doña

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