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  • UTEP’s Professional College Athletes

    2026-04-27 elrichiboy

    “Hookers and a Camaro aren’t going to cut it anymore.” — My friend Mora I think UTEP should be a big party school, because it’s

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  • “Surprise Witness”

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

    2026-04-25 elrichiboy
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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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Retrovision: Our Local Public Private Partnerships

2020-12-17 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Opportunity Costs, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 08 February 2018. Public Private Partnerships are all the rage. The ballpark got one. The

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Frontera Bugalu’s Tiny Desk

2020-12-17 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment

Here’s Frontera Bugalu’s submission to NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. Looks like a party I wish I’d been invited to.

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What’s Wrong With the Ballpark

2020-12-16 elrichiboy ballpark, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

The baseball stadium is nice. Real nice. One of the nicest ballparks in the country, and one of the nicest

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The Speakeasy Three: When I get Low I Get High

2020-12-15 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Joe T. Hodo: ¡Especial navideño!

2020-12-15 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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Sunday Matinee – The Big Combo

2020-12-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 2 comments
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Retrovision: The Master Plan

2020-12-12 elrichiboy ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 22 October, 2017. How MountainStar Wants to Get You to Pay for Their Futbol Stadium

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“They Make Patients Die Alone . . .”

2020-12-12 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Quarantine, Video Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – How Pandemics Change the World

2020-12-12 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The Bets are In

2020-12-11 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, MountainStar Sports Group, Sam Morgan, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

The latest Campaign Finance Reports are interesting. MountainStar Sports Group has picked their favorites. Mayor Dee Margo received $23,031.48 from

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Friday Short: Daytime Noon

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Conan & the Bread Expert

2020-12-10 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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Ministry — Jesus Built My Hotrod

2020-12-10 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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La Feria on Avenida Juarez

2020-12-10 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez, Slider 7 comments

Downtown Juarez was my third place. The third place is the place that’s neither home nor work. The place you

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The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats – Irish Way

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Otava Yo – (This Website Doesn’t Support Cryllic Cyrillic)

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Music 4 comments
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Are They Still Going to Fix Tickets?

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Corruption, Law Enforcement, Slider 2 comments

I guess you heard that we’ve got a new District Attorney. She takes office in January. She’s already made plans

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Why Aren’t Masks Free?

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Politics, Slider 4 comments

If the single most effective thing we can do to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus is for everybody to

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The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 3

2020-12-08 Kent Paterson Local Heroes, Music, Slider 4 comments

This is the last part of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here.

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Joe T. Hodo — Por un México más Fifi

2020-12-08 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo One comment
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