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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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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision

    2026-07-30 Guest Column

    By Dylan Corbett, Special to El Paso Matters. Our city stands at a turning point. Schools are closing. Young people are leaving. The global economy

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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Juárez Multimedia Art Show Connects Rivers, Borders and Healing

2024-04-19 Kent Paterson Art, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson If you get a chance, you might saunter over to Ciudad Juárez to see the Somatica Terreste

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Impact Fees, Developers, and Politics

2024-04-18 Rich Wright El Paso Water, City Council, El Paso Electric Company, Politics, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 11 comments

From KVIA.com: El Paso Water and the City of El Paso are discussing potential changes to impact fees, which homebuilders

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El Paso’s Rio Bosque Wetlands Park threatened by unchecked forces of development.

2024-04-17 Jon Rezendes The Environment, Slider, TxDOT Leave a comment

This post was originally published on April 10, 2024 by ricklobello on the ILoveParks WordPress blog. In just a few

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City of Dust: Mystery Photos

2024-04-16 John Mulhouse City of Dust, Slider Leave a comment

by John Mulhouse I was sent two vintage photos from unidentified locations by someone that wants to know where their

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Iris Dement – “Let the Mystery Be”

2024-04-15 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Sunland Park Déjà Vu: Water, Management Crisis and Community Protest

2024-04-15 Kent Paterson New Mexico, CRRUA, Slider, Sunland Park, Water 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Momentous days riveted April in the southern New Mexico border communities of Sunland Park and neighboring Santa

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City of Dust: Cabezón, New Mexico

2024-04-11 John Mulhouse City of Dust, Slider 3 comments

by John Mulhouse Beneath the Giant’s Head If you’re tooling around the Rio Puerco Valley northwest of Albuquerque, one feature

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The Arena Saga

2024-04-10 Rich Wright The Arena, Arrogance, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Economic Development, Renard Johnson, Slider 3 comments

I am tired of writing about the ongoing swindle that local governments keep trying to pull on us. I’m talking

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Migrant Deaths Skyrocket in the El Paso Sector

2024-04-09 elrichiboy Migration, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a horrifying story from TheBorderChronicle.com that brings to light skyrocketing migrant deaths in and around El Paso. As safe

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“Abe Partidge’s 403d Freakout”

2024-04-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Ann Baxter and Sterling Hayden in “The Come On”

2024-04-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Sentinel Tower Update

2024-04-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Juarez, Slider, Surveillance 5 comments

They’re bringing it. Pretty soon you’ll be able to see it from El Paso. It’s the Torre Sentinela. You remember:

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In Other News

2024-03-31 Rich Wright News, Slider 3 comments

According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, El Paso County’s population grew from

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Yul Brynner in “Port of New York”

2024-03-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Gregory Peck in “I Walk the Line”

2024-03-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Ma Barker and Her Crime Family”

2024-03-23 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“I Love Trouble”

2024-03-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Ninja: The Real Shadow Warriors Of Medieval Japan”

2024-03-16 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Why We Can’t Build an Arena in the Rail Yard by City Hall

2024-03-12 Rich Wright Joyce Wilson, Liar Liar, Slider, The Arena One comment

Seems like the perfect location, right? Big. Mostly vacant. Downtown. But Union Pacific won’t deal with the City. Why not?

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Joe T. Hodo – “Padre Solalinde / Las Patronas”

2024-03-11 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, Video Leave a comment
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