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  • Blow, Wind, Blow

    2025-05-13 Rich Wright

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

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  • “Yes, Your Arrogancy”

    2025-05-12 elrichiboy

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

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  • Lady Liberty

    2025-05-11 Kent Paterson
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  • The New Soccer Stadium

    2025-04-26 Rich Wright

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

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  • “Prohibition Era Bars in Juarez”

    2025-04-24 elrichiboy

    Local historian and frequent contributor to El Chuqueño Bob Chessey gives a talk about the proliferation of bars and bar owners on Saturday, April 26,

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  • A Border Story You Might Have Missed

    2025-04-23 Kent Paterson

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

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  • About the Deck Park

    2025-04-23 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright You may have noticed that the deck park is still in play, even after funding sources have dried up. Here’s Mayor Renard

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  • Elephant March

    2025-04-22 Rich Wright

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

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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

    By Kent Paterson For the second year in a row, the Good Ship Terrapin Station has landed in Las Vegas, Nevada. The prestigious passengers disembarking

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  • Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

    2025-04-16 elrichiboy

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

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  • Community Forum with EPISD D1 Candidates

    2025-04-15 Xavier Miranda

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

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  • Dolores Huerta: Still Inspiring the Fight for a New Society

    2025-04-09 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Sporting a black beret that nicely complemented her attire, Dolores Huerta looked ready for battle. The life-long activist, who turns 95 on

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City of Dust: Ancho, New Mexico

2017-06-29 John Mulhouse City of Dust 6 comments

Hitting the Bricks Lincoln County, New Mexico is Billy the Kid country. The Kid gained his reputation in the Lincoln

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Was That the Sound of Distant Thunder?

2017-06-29 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

Some of my readers seem to think that the arena is a done deal, like an avalanche or a tsunami

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El Paso’s Finest

2017-06-28 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Slider 8 comments

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times this past weekend? On June 23, 2015, Maria Ramirez called

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They Don’t Know How to Politick

2017-06-28 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Quality of Life Projects, Slider One comment

Remember Lance Armstrong? He was the greatest bicycle racer that ever lived until they started testing his old blood samples.

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Number 3 On Another List

2017-06-26 elrichiboy It's All Good, Quality of Life Projects, Slider One comment

Here’s some disconcerting news. El Paso has the third highest rate of HIV infection among men who have sex with

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How Did We Get Here?

2017-06-24 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

I reckon the City figgered that no one would stand up to them. That no one had the resources to

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Mow Glee

2017-06-23 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

Mary got me this speaker cabinet and IT IS AWESOME! And it arrived just in time to start posting music

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“What Happened to Texas Music?”

2017-06-23 elrichiboy Art, Music Leave a comment

I saw it happening but I didn’t know what it was. From Fort Worth Weekly: A New York guy killed

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Mexico’s Pot Initiative

2017-06-23 elrichiboy Mexico, World News Leave a comment

Did you read that Mexico has made medical marijuana legal? Here it is in the Washington Post: Mexican President Enrique

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Putin Explains El Paso

2017-06-23 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Oliver Stone interviewed Vladimir Putin. Here’s a takeaway from Vox.com: Should Sanders become president, Putin says, he would suddenly realize

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“CITY PREPARING FOR MASS DEMOLITION OF DURANGUITO” – Max Grossman

2017-06-22 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, The Arena Leave a comment

Dear Friends, I have attached three photos of the Flor de Luna building, the first from now and the other

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“It’s You, Only Faster”

2017-06-21 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

Riding bikes is fun. The wind’s in your hair, and you’re right out there in the environment. Not like in

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What the Employment Numbers Mean

2017-06-19 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

I’ve been sussing out the employment situation here in El Paso over the last some years, and here’s what I’ve

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Welcome to Monday

2017-06-19 elrichiboy Welcome to Monday One comment

I’m just going to leave this here: Have a nice week.

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Sunday Matinee: In Pursuit of Honor

2017-06-18 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This made-for-teevee Western stars Don Johnson with a little bit of Rod Steiger thrown in for good measure. It’s nice,

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Gabriel Solis on Father’s Day

2017-06-18 elrichiboy Navel Gazing Leave a comment

From Vice.com: This weekend, I plan on bringing my father’s grave an ofrenda: a bundle of flowers, a lime-and-salt rimmed

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The Bad Batch at Alamo Drafthouse Today

2017-06-17 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

Here’s the trailer for a new movie from Ana Lily Amirpour. It looks pretty trippy. It opens tomorrow in a

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Retrovision: What the Ballpark Means

2017-06-16 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, sports Leave a comment

[This post originally appeared on November 27, 2013. I’m re-posting it because it echoes the article from earlier today.] The

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And the Winner Is . . .

2017-06-16 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

Hope & Anchor, of course. Best Bar. Best Happy Hour. Best Outdoor Patio. Best Bar for Day Drinking. All of

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Mezcal, the Next Big Thing

2017-06-16 elrichiboy World News One comment

French liquor giant Pernod Ricard is buying an interest in a mezcal importer, according to this story in Forbes. In

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