This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully
Author: Rich Wright
The Primary Elections
I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to
Shopping South El Paso Street
South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our
Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact
Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New
Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
Did you see last week that the City Manager wanted to charge every house and business in El Paso a
Big Brother is Watching
Here’s a comforting story from EFF.org, the website of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Through an analysis of 10 months of
Thank the Taxpayers
Here’s a story at ElPasoTimes.com titled State of the County address touts growth through bonds in address. “On time and
Can’t We Just Wait?
Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people
Bullfight Tonight!
The 2025 bullfighting season carries on tonight with another spectacle at the Aberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez. Tonight’s headliner
Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain
by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s
Who’s the New Guy?
Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing
Ninja Convention
The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade
Diminishing El Paso
Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue
Ouch!
The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not
Juarez’ 2025 Bullfighting Season
While we weren’t looking, the Ciudad Juarez 2025 bullfighting season got underway. The next bullfight is Friday, October 3 at
The Deck Park Will Kill Downtown
Downtown El Paso is already barely accessible. What effect will 5 years of freeway and deck park construction have on
Social Engineering Chuco-Style
I live in a neighborhood I call Barrio Heights. Barrio Heights is below Rim Road, close to El Paso High.
You and the Juarez Walking Tour
I’ve been offering Juarez Walking Tours to anyone willing to pay my meager fee for more than 10 years. Over
Paul Foster is Selling Land in his Campo del Sol Development
From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council unanimously approved an amendment to a 2020 incentives agreement to allow for the sale
“The Eyes of Chihuahua”
Here’s a story from TexasObserver.org about the Torre Centinela, that surveillance tower going up in downtown Ciudad Juarez that will