According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That
An “Unprecedented” Event
This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully
The Primary Elections
I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to
“That one night in jail at El Paso was tough.” | The Man in Black’s El Paso Drug Bust
by Bob Chessey (Unless otherwise noted, information is based on March 2, 2010 interview by author with retired El Paso
Shopping South El Paso Street
South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our
Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact
Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New
The New York Times on Project Jupiter
NYTimes.com did a story about Project Jupiter Stargate Project Miner, the mega data center that is to built out there
The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup
Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has
Retrovision: The Problem With TIRZs
This post originally appeared on 10 February 2023. Part of the reason that property taxes are so high in the
Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
Did you see last week that the City Manager wanted to charge every house and business in El Paso a
Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland
Big Brother is Watching
Here’s a comforting story from EFF.org, the website of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Through an analysis of 10 months of