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Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?

2026-04-22 Rich Wright Cost of Living, El Paso, Slider One comment

You probably heard lately that El Paso is the second best big city in the U.S. in which to live.

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“Now We Know Their Names”

2026-04-17 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, El Paso, Slider, Video Leave a comment
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Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, Slider 2 comments

by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s

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El Paso is Falling

2026-03-13 Rich Wright El Paso, City Council, El Paso Electric Company, El Paso Police Department, El Paso Water, EPISD, Slider 2 comments

The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the

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Economic Undevelopment

2026-02-25 Rich Wright Economic Development, El Paso, Slider One comment

According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs

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Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

2026-01-25 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, sports Leave a comment

ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract

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Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa

2025-11-25 Kent Paterson CRRUA, El Paso, Slider, Sunland Park, The Environment, Water 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland

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“EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

2025-10-23 Bob Chessey History, Culture, El Paso, Music, Slider Leave a comment

by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,”

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Ninja Convention

2025-10-16 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, Visit El Paso One 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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An Economic Forecast

2025-08-22 Rich Wright The Economy, El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s part of an editorial from El Diario de Juarez:1 Ayer informamos que, a tasa mensual, la producción de la

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Dr. M. C. Melanson’s One-Track Mind

2025-06-06 Bob Chessey El Paso, History, Slider Leave a comment

by Bob Chessey Narcotic traffickers aim to profit by delivering contraband across geopolitical lines; however, there are physicians who trespass

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The People Speak!

  • Andre on You Can Pay When You’re Dead
  • Paul Pino on The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
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  • Lela Gayle Braswell Merz on City of Dust: Center Point, New Mexico (Updated)
  • Laurel on City of Dust: Monticello, New Mexico
  • Mark Z on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Greg on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Annony on New Chief, Same as the Old Chief
  • Jerry K on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Jessamyn C Young on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

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