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  • The Restorative Power of Restaurants

    2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez

    2026-08-19 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell In many American cities, the great barbershop tradition is being replaced by heavily marketed, generic chain shops. While these corporate establishments are

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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • An Economic Forecast

    2025-08-22 Rich Wright

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

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  • Retrovision: Billares El Cid

    2025-08-12 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in Mexico, like wealth and income

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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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Lydia Loveless at Tricky Falls Next Tuesday

2017-01-18 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do 2 comments

At El Chuqueño we try to get you the straight dope about the hippest happenings in the Mexoplex, and this

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Cultivate from the El Paso Community Foundation

2017-01-18 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

From the EPCF: Please save the date for our next Cultivate Forum on local food systems and sustainability. Thursday, January

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Adios, Call Centers

2017-01-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a story from the New Yorker (via Molly Malloy’s Frontera List) that should throw a shadow on the graves

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Now We Want to be San Diego

2017-01-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Not too long ago, the local machine said we should be like Oklahoma City, developing downtown through sports infrastructure. Now

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Eat Chile, Live Longer

2017-01-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

That title means just what it says. From LiveScience.com: Firing up the flavors in your food may help you live

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Economic Impact

2017-01-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

What do you think has more effect on the El Paso economy. A downtown arena, or the value of the

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City of El Paso: Values

2017-01-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

According to the Employee Handbook for the City of El Paso, the city’s values are: Integrity Respect Excellence Accountability People

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Crowder on the Arena

2017-01-16 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Media, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

This week David Crowder unpacks the arena rebate, and things aren’t what the City told us. From an article titled

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Private Letter Rulings from the Comptroller

2017-01-15 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

If you want to know if your project qualifies for some arcane tax credit, you ask the Texas Comptroller for

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The Joker in the Deck

2017-01-14 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena One comment

Who wins if we build an arena? Obviously whichever firm is selected to build it. (Maybe we can just give

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#Highland Park Episode 2

2017-01-13 elrichiboy Art, Brand El Paso Leave a comment

Here’s the second episode from #Highland Park, that web series about gentrification in El Lay. #HighlandPark – Episode 2: Basketball

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Brujeria at Tricky Falls on Sunday

2017-01-13 elrichiboy shows, What to Do Leave a comment

I am not a fan of heavy metal. I don’t like the headbanging. I don’t like the distorted vocals. I

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3 Cheap Bars

2017-01-13 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider, What to Do One comment

Over the last two years, the peso has lost about a third of its value. Yesterday it was trading at

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Let’s be reasonable.

2017-01-12 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

I don’t really blame the local multi-millionaires for buying City Council. I blame City Council for letting them. Money gives

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The Empire Strikes Back!

2017-01-11 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

That really harshes my mellow.

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#Highland Park

2017-01-10 elrichiboy Art, Brand El Paso Leave a comment

Here’s the pilot for a series out of El Lay about Chicanos in a neighborhood called Highland Park. Which brings

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An Arena? Really?

2017-01-10 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

Over the last twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of money on Downtown. For Union Plaza. The Plaza Theatre. The

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Journalism Intern Opportunity

2017-01-09 elrichiboy Opportunity!, Slider One comment

Have you ever wanted to be a journalist? Me neither. There are different ways to get to be a journalist.

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Plasma Sword: A Trailer for a Local Film

2017-01-09 elrichiboy Art, Go Local 3 comments

Can the movie be as good as this trailer featuring all our local heroes? PLASMA SWORD from Roberto Urrea on

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Breaking News: Cortney Won’t Run for Mayor

2017-01-09 elrichiboy City Council, Politics One comment

The word on the street is that District 8 Representative Cortney Niland was considering a run for mayor. She just

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