El Chuqueño

El Paso 23rd Biggest City in the U.S.?

2025-05-30 Rich Wright

From ElPasoMatters.org: The population in El Paso’s city limits grew by 150 people between 2023 and 2024, continuing a decade-long plateauing of people, according to

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CRRUA Update: State of New Mexico Sues

2025-05-29 Rich Wright

From SourceNM.com: New Mexico’s environment department on Wednesday announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority and has asked the

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The Sunland Park-Santa Teresa Chronicles: Cannabis, CRRUA and Capitalism

2025-05-29 Kent Paterson

The evening of May 21, 2025 will surely count as one of the liveliest meetings of the Sunland Park City Council. Carrying a 50-person capacity,

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The New Hypernormalization

2025-05-28 Rich Wright

From TheGuardian.com: First articulated in 2005 by scholar Alexei Yurchak to describe the civilian experience in Soviet Russia, hypernormalization describes life in a society where

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No Mas La Puntita

2025-05-26 Rich Wright

From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council voted eight to zero to pass a resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Office of Congresswoman

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Gallium in Round Top Mountain

2025-05-25 Rich Wright

From EcoPortal.net, a story titled 36,000,000 kg under this American region ? It’s better than lithium and the end of China: A recent discovery may

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CRRUA in the Whirlwind: The Future of People and Water in Sunland Park-Santa Teresa at the Crossroads

2025-05-17 Kent Paterson

by Kent Paterson Like the wind, dust and mist that sting the spring of 2025, stormy developments surround the fundamental question of water and wastewater

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The Apartment

2025-05-14 Rich Wright

by Rich Wright His hands are filthy. He looks at them where they protrude from the frayed cuffs of his dark flannel shirt as though

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Blow, Wind, Blow

2025-05-13 Rich Wright

From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said Thomas Gill, an environmental scientist

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“Yes, Your Arrogancy”

2025-05-12 elrichiboy

From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso City Council this week will take another look at public engagement at meetings after a vote limiting audience speakers to

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Lady Liberty

2025-05-11 Kent Paterson

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The New Soccer Stadium

2025-04-26 Rich Wright

From Mexico’s national media outlet Milenio.com: Alejandra de la Vega, propietaria de los Bravos de Juárez, ha confirmado uno de los proyectos más ambiciosos en

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Retrovision: “I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe”

2024-08-22 Rich Wright ballpark, Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT One comment

This post originally appeared on 2021-11-23. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include widening the

The Deck Park

2024-08-20 Rich Wright Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider One comment

Anyone who has been outside in the last four months should question the motives and judgment of the deck park

U.S. Census Bureau: El Paso

2024-08-19 Rich Wright Economic Development, population, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a new page from the U.S. Census Bureau with the latest local info for data nerds. Highlights include Percentage

“Raw Deal”

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“Investigating the Meth Superhighway”

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Low Rent Mayhem in Cruces

2024-08-11 elrichiboy Crime, Las Cruces, New Mexico, News One comment

Look at this crazy story from Las Cruces, via CBS4Local.com: A Santa Fe, N.M., murder suspect was arrested Saturday evening

James Mason in “Odd Man Out”

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“Black Money: Inside the Shadowy World of International Bribery”

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Elvis Costello, John Prine, Ray La Montagne, and Lyle Lovett – “Loretta”

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Retrovision: “El Paso’s Highway Boondoggle”

2024-08-06 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 One comment

This post originally appeared on 2023-11-19. An alert reader hipped me to the Public Interest Research Group’s Fall 2023 publication

Tony Curtis and Gilbert Roland in “The Midnight Story”

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“The Deadliest City in Mexico | Tijuana: 7 Murders a Day”

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Induced Demand

2024-07-31 Rich Wright Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

From Vox.com: From Massachusetts to California, transportation departments are pursuing controversial plans to widen highways, expansions that are sure to