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  • “Surprise Witness”

    2026-04-26 elrichiboy
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  • “Four Dead in Five Seconds”

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  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso

    2026-04-23 Bob Chessey

    Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support groups, the nationwide de facto

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  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?

    2026-04-22 Rich Wright

    You probably heard lately that El Paso is the second best big city in the U.S. in which to live. It was on the news.

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  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

    2026-04-21 Kent Paterson

    Downwinder leader Tina Cordova speaks at the Valle de Oro Community Earth Day event. Seated to Cordova’s immediate left is Loretta Anderson and next to

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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

    2026-04-19 elrichiboy
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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy
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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 Rich Wright

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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Alison Krauss – Down to the River to Pray

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Saturday Matinee – The Bizarre Modern Reality of The Simpsons

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Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers – Pink Champagne

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Desde ‘el corazón’ de Juárez van por el derecho a la cultura

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Tom Waits – Hell Broke Luce

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Redistricting – Why It Matters

2021-12-29 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Redistricting, Slider 3 comments

Did you know that the District 1 representative and the District 8 representative live (or at least are registered to

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Pedro Armendáriz in Rosauro Castro

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Back of Library Smells Like Weed

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Any Takers?

2021-12-27 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider, sports One comment

I’m trying to get up a team to play Washington State in the Sun Bowl next Friday. If you’re down

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El Barrio Park: Attack of the Bureaucrats

2021-12-26 elrichiboy Ben Fyffe, City Management, Local Heroes, Slider, sports, Taxes 12 comments

Here’s a letter that Cruz Morales posted on Facebook: RE: Cease and Desist – EL BARRIO PARK Mr. Morales This

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Sunday Matinee – Assignment Paris

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Son House – John the Revelator

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Saturday Matinee – The Howlin’ Wolf Story

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Friday Short – Guide Me Home

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Movie Night – Jorge Negrete and Maria Felix in El Peñón de Las Ánimas

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Will You Cross a Picket Line to Go To the Sun Bowl? (Updated)

2021-12-20 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider, sports One comment

From 3NewsNow.com, an Omaha, Nebraska, teevee station: Monday marks 11 weeks since hundreds of workers at the Kellogg’s plant in

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The Ongoing Environmental Disaster

2021-12-20 elrichiboy Slider, The Environment One comment

Since August 15, El Paso Water has been pumping raw sewage into the Rio Grande. Ten million gallons a day.

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Sunday Matinee – The Man With the Golden Arm

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God Bless Adair

2021-12-19 elrichiboy Adair Margo, Gensler, Heritage Tourism, History, Slider, The Arena 7 comments

“Former First Lady of El Paso” Adair Margo just won’t let it go. From a guest column in today’s El

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Barockmusik zum Advent

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  • “Surprise Witness”
  • “Four Dead in Five Seconds”
  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso
  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?
  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

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