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  • Gallium in Round Top Mountain

    2025-05-25 Rich Wright

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

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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

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

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  • The Apartment

    2025-05-14 Rich Wright

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

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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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El Paso: Where Young People Go to Leave

2014-09-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

The New York Times Magazine ran a feature on Portland touting the city’s ability to attract and retain college educated

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National PARK(ing) Day in Downtown El Paso

2014-09-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

In an effort to promote downtown El Paso, the City has commandeered what looks like a couple of parking spaces

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It’s Lonely at the Top . . .

2014-09-13 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

or so I’m told. We only made it to the saddle.

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El Paso is Home to the Second Best Burrito in America

2014-09-12 elrichiboy Uncategorized 5 comments

The website fivethirtyeight.com claims that Delicious Mexican Eatery’s chile verde burrito is the second best burrito in American, being edged

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The Future of Journalism

2014-09-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Dead tree media have had a hard time competing with the internet. Newspapers thought that all they had to do

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Sensationalist Pandering to Base Emotions

2014-09-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

Do you see this fight that took place before the UTEP-Texas Tech game? I lifted it from the KVIA website.

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Death A Waits

2014-09-07 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

The word on the street is that squatters had been occupying the old Lerner building since the Gateway closed. Word

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Monorail! Monorail! Juarez Scratches the Itch

2014-09-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a story from the El Diario website. Juarez is thinking about putting in light rail to link San Agustin

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Guess What. The Developers Have Been Screwing Us.

2014-09-04 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

Here’s some brilliant insight from an informed observer who was sitting at the table when El Paso residential property owners

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The Long Walk Home

2014-09-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Last night I walked home from Ultimate. I had a ride lined up but it fell through. Everyone wanted to

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Is the Islamic State in Juarez?

2014-08-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

This from the website JudicialWatch.org: Islamic terrorist groups are operating in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and planning

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Clang Clang Clang

2014-08-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Will people park their cars and take the trolley from downtown to UTEP? Currently there are four bus routes that

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‘topes Leaving ABQ for OKC

2014-08-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Albuquerque Isotopes will end their affiliation with the Los Angeles Dodgers next season. The Major League club will move

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You Are All Just Characters in My Video Game

2014-08-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a story that’s either comforting or disturbing or both. Government scientists are investigating whether reality is as real as

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Leading Indicators

2014-08-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

If the County of El Paso were a publicly held company, these two stories would give investors reason to short

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Mission Accomplished!

2014-08-26 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

Well, the numbers are in, and the ballpark is a huge success. Attendance records have been broken, businesses are swarming

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More Tiny Houses for Homeless People

2014-08-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s the latest. This one’s from Portland. Portland is preparing to endorse the construction of communities of tiny houses on

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A Closer Look at Austin’s Newest Housing Project

2014-08-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

My interest was piqued by the tidbit of information about Austin’s newest project to provide housing to the chronically homeless.

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The Divided Future of El Paso

2014-08-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

I was surprised to see many of El Paso’s first citizens at the recent meeting to discuss the potential move

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Our Budget Deficit

2014-08-18 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

By now you’ve heard that El Paso is facing a $3.5 million deficit, and City Council will probably raise property

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