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  • “Trump and the FBI”

    2025-10-11 elrichiboy
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  • The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

    2025-10-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a tad up the road from

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  • Diminishing El Paso

    2025-10-06 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue to see little to moderate

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  • “Highway Dragnet”

    2025-10-05 elrichiboy
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  • “The 1916 [Irish] Rising of Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”

    2025-10-04 elrichiboy
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  • Ouch!

    2025-10-03 Rich Wright

    The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not pretty. On July 25, 2025,

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  • Juarez’ 2025 Bullfighting Season

    2025-10-01 Rich Wright

    While we weren’t looking, the Ciudad Juarez 2025 bullfighting season got underway. The next bullfight is Friday, October 3 at 8pm at the Alberto Balderas

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  • The Deck Park Will Kill Downtown

    2025-09-30 Rich Wright

    Downtown El Paso is already barely accessible. What effect will 5 years of freeway and deck park construction have on it? All those businesses who

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  • “Park Plaza 605”

    2025-09-28 elrichiboy
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  • Social Engineering Chuco-Style

    2025-09-26 Rich Wright

    I live in a neighborhood I call Barrio Heights. Barrio Heights is below Rim Road, close to El Paso High. The houses in Barrio Heights

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  • Community First Coalition Forum on Affordable Housing

    2025-09-25 elrichiboy

    The Community First Coalition is hosting a forum on the housing challenges facing the local community. Everybody needs housing, and in the current climate, we

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  • Book Launch: “Juarez | Tales from a Misunderstood City”

    2025-09-24 elrichiboy
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“Pickup”

2022-10-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Southern Raised – “What a Day That Will Be”

2022-10-16 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Coverup – Behind the Iran Contra Affair”

2022-10-15 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Dinner for few”

2022-10-14 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Those Folks at City Hall Think They’re Special

2022-10-07 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider Leave a comment

The elected officials dress up, and look down at us from the dais, and once a week they might have

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Big Signs Available

2022-10-05 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Slider 2 comments

Hey, I’ve got some of these big (4′ x 8′) signs available. If you live in District 8, and have

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Juarez Loses a Defender of the People

2022-10-03 Vanessa Johnson History, Juarez, Slider One comment

by Vanessa Johnson Beto Dominguez Rodriguez passed away on September 16, 2022, at 4 p.m., surrounded by his loved ones,

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Rich Wright Fundraiser This Thursday

2022-10-03 Rich Wright Political Advertisement 4 comments
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“Dark Journey”

2022-10-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Billy Preston – “You Can’t Beat God Giving”

2022-10-02 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Einstein’s Brain”

2022-10-01 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The City’s New Plan

2022-10-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 6 comments

Here’s an interesting story from KVIA.com: This week the city has come out with a plan to clear up some

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THE OPERATING DEFICIT OF THE FOUR WATER PARKS IS $5.6 MILLION SO FAR!

2022-09-30 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Isabel Salcido, Slider, Water Parks 3 comments

by Max Grossman I recently reported that the City’s four water parks lost $1,335,420 during the summer 2021 season and

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“Voice Over”

2022-09-30 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“En Nuevo Leon se baila la cumbia”

2022-09-29 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Ballad of a Corrido, Part Two

2022-09-28 Bob Chessey History, Slider 2 comments

By Bob Chessey Gabriel Jara and “El Contrabando de El Paso” On the night of August 7, 1924, a somber

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More Water Parks Boondoggle

2022-09-27 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks One comment

Max Grossman recently brought to light the uncomfortable fact that the water parks are losing millions of dollars every year.

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“Ship of Fools”

2022-09-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 4 comments
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Johnny Cash – “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”

2022-09-25 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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EL PASO WATER PARKS LOST $1.3 MILLION IN 2021, TO LOSE $3.4 MILLION IN 2022

2022-09-24 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 12 comments

by Max Grossman Proposition 1 on the ballot of November 6, 2012 ballot authorized the issuance of $245,000,000 in general

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