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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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The New York Times on Project Jupiter

2025-12-11 elrichiboy New Mexico, Project Jupiter, Slider Leave a comment

NYTimes.com did a story about Project Jupiter Stargate Project Miner, the mega data center that is to built out there

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The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup

2025-12-06 Kent Paterson CRRUA, Project Jupiter, Slider, The Environment, Water Leave a comment

Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has

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Retrovision: The Problem With TIRZs

2025-12-03 elrichiboy Slider, Taxes, TIRZs, Uncategorized Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 10 February 2023. Part of the reason that property taxes are so high in the

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Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs

2025-12-02 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Debt, Dionne Mack, Joyce Wilson, Renard Johnson, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs 4 comments

Did you see last week that the City Manager wanted to charge every house and business in El Paso a

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“The Second Woman”

2025-11-30 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Siberia: The Coldest Place on Earth”

2025-11-29 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa

2025-11-25 Kent Paterson CRRUA, El Paso, Slider, Sunland Park, The Environment, Water 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland

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Big Brother is Watching

2025-11-24 Rich Wright Law Enforcement, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a comforting story from EFF.org, the website of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Through an analysis of 10 months of

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Again, Who’s the New Guy?

2025-11-23 elrichiboy If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider Leave a comment

I’m probably late to the party with this. Won’t AI generated “people” start infiltrating your social media feed? Come on,

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“Fog Island”

2025-11-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Black Budget – The ENTIRE History of the CIA”

2025-11-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Powering AI: The Environmental Impacts of Borderland Data Centers”

2025-11-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

“[NMELC] Staff Attorney, Kacey Hovden, along with our clients, has been invited as a guest speaker at a University of Texas

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“Harper”

2025-11-16 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Red Elvises at Sunset Parlor this Tuesday

2025-11-15 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music, shows Leave a comment

Your favorite band brings it back to El Paso this Tuesday, at the Sunset Parlor.

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Thank the Taxpayers

2025-11-10 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Ricardo Samaniego, Slider, Taxes One comment

Here’s a story at ElPasoTimes.com titled State of the County address touts growth through bonds in address. “On time and

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Can’t We Just Wait?

2025-11-09 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people

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“The Sniper”

2025-11-09 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Why The Normans Were The Most Feared Warriors Across Medieval Europe”

2025-11-08 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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“Deadfall”

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Andres Muro Art Opening Tonight at Traffick Artspace

2025-11-01 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso, shows, Slider Leave a comment

With music by David Romo.

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