By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting
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People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open
March Meeting, Reports Flag Paso del Norte Air Pollution Trouble Spots
By Kent Paterson Here’s a binational border institution many of you might haven’t heard of-the wordy Joint Advisory Committee for
Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”
By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched
Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho
By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22,
Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule
by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That
The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup
Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has
Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland
The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises
By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a
The Project Jupiter Chronicles: A Charged Countdown to September 19
By Kent Paterson September 19 looms as a fateful day in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. That’s when the Doña
Taxes, Tax Breaks and a Texas Two-Step
By Kent Paterson You may or may not have heard about Project Jupiter by now. No, it’s not the latest
Roaming Free in Mexico: How Will the Wolf Survive?
By Kent Paterson A Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of undetermined sex was captured on camera roaming the back
July 12 Border Policy Protest Planned for Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
By Kent Paterson Under the slogan “Humanize Don’t Militarize,” New Mexico and Texas activists intend to put their constitutional rights
The Sunland Park-Santa Teresa Chronicles: Cannabis, CRRUA and Capitalism
The evening of May 21, 2025 will surely count as one of the liveliest meetings of the Sunland Park City
CRRUA in the Whirlwind: The Future of People and Water in Sunland Park-Santa Teresa at the Crossroads
by Kent Paterson Like the wind, dust and mist that sting the spring of 2025, stormy developments surround the fundamental
A Border Story You Might Have Missed
By Kent Paterson If you rely on El Paso online media for your news, you might have missed one of
Sphere and Shakedown in Las Vegas: 60 Years Later the Grateful Dead Family Keeps Truckin’ On
By Kent Paterson For the second year in a row, the Good Ship Terrapin Station has landed in Las Vegas,
Dolores Huerta: Still Inspiring the Fight for a New Society
By Kent Paterson Sporting a black beret that nicely complemented her attire, Dolores Huerta looked ready for battle. The life-long
Tariffs, the Superbowl and Ecocide
By Kent Paterson President Donald Trump’s decision to delay for 30 days the implementation of tariffs on Mexican products averted