Today’s front page headline of the dead tree edition of our English almost-daily newspaper is “Five new restaurants to try
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El Paso 23rd Biggest City in the U.S.?
From ElPasoMatters.org: The population in El Paso’s city limits grew by 150 people between 2023 and 2024, continuing a decade-long
CRRUA Update: State of New Mexico Sues
From SourceNM.com: New Mexico’s environment department on Wednesday announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Camino Real Regional Utility
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
The New Hypernormalization
From TheGuardian.com: First articulated in 2005 by scholar Alexei Yurchak to describe the civilian experience in Soviet Russia, hypernormalization describes
No Mas La Puntita
From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council voted eight to zero to pass a resolution authorizing the submission of an application
Gallium in Round Top Mountain
From EcoPortal.net, a story titled 36,000,000 kg under this American region ? It’s better than lithium and the end of
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
The Apartment
by Rich Wright His hands are filthy. He looks at them where they protrude from the frayed cuffs of his
Blow, Wind, Blow
From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said
“Yes, Your Arrogancy”
From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso City Council this week will take another look at public engagement at meetings after a
The New Soccer Stadium
From Mexico’s national media outlet Milenio.com: Alejandra de la Vega, propietaria de los Bravos de Juárez, ha confirmado uno de
“Prohibition Era Bars in Juarez”
Local historian and frequent contributor to El Chuqueño Bob Chessey gives a talk about the proliferation of bars and bar
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
About the Deck Park
by Rich Wright You may have noticed that the deck park is still in play, even after funding sources have
Elephant March
by Rich Wright When I was six, my father took me to the circus. My father drank a lot, and
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,
Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe
This post originally appeared on 23 Novemeber, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include