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No Mas la Puntita

2025-05-26 Rich Wright City Council, Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT, Veronica Escobar 2 comments

From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council voted eight to zero to pass a resolution authorizing the submission of an application

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Gallium in Round Top Mountain

2025-05-25 Rich Wright Economic Development, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

From EcoPortal.net, a story titled 36,000,000 kg under this American region ? It’s better than lithium and the end of

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CRRUA in the Whirlwind: The Future of People and Water in Sunland Park-Santa Teresa at the Crossroads

2025-05-17 Kent Paterson New Mexico, Slider, The Environment, Water One comment

by Kent Paterson Like the wind, dust and mist that sting the spring of 2025, stormy developments surround the fundamental

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The Apartment

2025-05-14 Rich Wright Fiction, Slider 4 comments

by Rich Wright His hands are filthy. He looks at them where they protrude from the frayed cuffs of his

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Blow, Wind, Blow

2025-05-13 Rich Wright Everybody talks about the weather, Slider 2 comments

From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said

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“Yes, Your Arrogancy”

2025-05-12 elrichiboy Arrogance, Art Fierro, City Council, Slider Leave a comment

From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso City Council this week will take another look at public engagement at meetings after a

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Lady Liberty

2025-05-11 Kent Paterson Politics, Slider Leave a comment
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The New Soccer Stadium

2025-04-26 Rich Wright MountainStar Sports Group, Slider One comment

From Mexico’s national media outlet Milenio.com: Alejandra de la Vega, propietaria de los Bravos de Juárez, ha confirmado uno de

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“Prohibition Era Bars in Juarez”

2025-04-24 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Local historian and frequent contributor to El Chuqueño Bob Chessey gives a talk about the proliferation of bars and bar

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A Border Story You Might Have Missed

2025-04-23 Kent Paterson Breaking News, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson If you rely on El Paso online media for your news, you might have missed one of

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About the Deck Park

2025-04-23 Rich Wright Deck Park, Renard Johnson, Slider, TxDOT 5 comments

by Rich Wright You may have noticed that the deck park is still in play, even after funding sources have

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Elephant March

2025-04-22 Rich Wright Fiction, Slider One comment

by Rich Wright When I was six, my father took me to the circus. My father drank a lot, and

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Sphere and Shakedown in Las Vegas: 60 Years Later the Grateful Dead Family Keeps Truckin’ On

2025-04-21 Kent Paterson Culture, Music, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson For the second year in a row, the Good Ship Terrapin Station has landed in Las Vegas,

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Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

2025-04-16 elrichiboy ballpark, Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT One comment

This post originally appeared on 23 Novemeber, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include

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Community Forum with EPISD D1 Candidates

2025-04-15 Xavier Miranda Education, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

From Xavier Miranda Please consider attending this community forum.  Our public schools face daunting challenges coming from the federal and

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Dolores Huerta: Still Inspiring the Fight for a New Society

2025-04-09 Kent Paterson New Mexico, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Sporting a black beret that nicely complemented her attire, Dolores Huerta looked ready for battle. The life-long

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Transparency, Chuco-style

2025-04-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dionne Mack, Slider Leave a comment

Can you believe that 6 of our 8 City Representatives voted against citizen oversight of bond expenditures? From Adam Powell

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A’s hire A’s

2025-03-28 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment

B’s appoint C’s as cabinet members.

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 3

2025-03-10 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider, Uncategorized Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 3 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 2

2025-03-07 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. The Valera

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