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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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The Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States of America

2020-07-20 elrichiboy Law Enforcement 10 comments

From the aforementioned document: First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free

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CJNG on Display

2020-07-18 elrichiboy Mexico, Slider 2 comments

This is, purportedly, the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, displaying their firepower in Mexico. Here they are in the town of

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What Are Your Neighbors Up To?

2020-07-17 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, News, Slider 10 comments

Did you see this story in the news? From OPB.org: In the early hours of July 15, after a night

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AMF

2020-07-17 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, population, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Good news, everybody. According to recently released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, between July 2018 and July 2019, the

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The Winds of Change?

2020-07-16 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Elections, Politics, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

The primary elections are over. Incumbent Vince Perez lost his Precinct 3 County Commissioners seat. And James Montoya, veteran District

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Rattlesnake Milk: Dave Dudley

2020-07-14 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment
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Sunday Matinee: Fritz Lang’s Scarlet Street

2020-07-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Why Our Taxes are High and Our Streets are Bad

2020-07-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

You could write it off to the City’s excessive spending. And you’d be right. The City is drunk on spending

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Friday Short: Dust

2020-07-10 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Coke Dealing in Juarez

2020-07-09 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider, Video Leave a comment

With El Paso in a supporting role. This documentary originally aired in September, 2019.

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The Fiscal Ship is Sinking

2020-07-06 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Here’s a news flash from the El Paso Inc.: El Paso leads major Texas cities in debt not approved by

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Carlsbad Caverns Park Ranger Shoots, Kills, Speeder

2020-07-01 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Slider One comment

From KOB.com, an Albuquerque TV station: Recently released videos from a body-camera worn by a National Park Ranger at Carlsbad

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It’s Good to be the Chief

2020-07-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Law Enforcement, Slider 6 comments

Protesters are calling for the dismissal of El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen. From the El Paso Times: [O]rganizers unveiled

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Racism in El Paso

2020-06-29 elrichiboy City Council, Education, Slider 13 comments

Racism is kind of like a secret club. If you don’t belong, you might not know it exists. In 1927,

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Leon Bridges: Beyond

2020-06-27 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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“Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter”

2020-06-27 elrichiboy ballpark, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s a scathing article from Reason.com about cities building stadiums. Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter is a new

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Post-Pandemic Education Thoughts

2020-06-24 Xavier Miranda Coronavirus, Education, Slider Leave a comment

This piece was written by Xavier Miranda. Our education community must contend with a new malignant normalcy in our society.

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A Streetcar Named Conspire

2020-06-24 elrichiboy Public Transportation, Slider, Trolley 3 comments

An alert reader tipped me to this item on June 19 Metropolitan Planning Organization agenda. How about a little operating

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Sunday Matinee: New York Confidential

2020-06-21 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Segundo Barrio

2020-06-18 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Downtown, Economic Development, History, Slider, TIRZs 2 comments

Have you seen this map of the Segundo Barrio Historic District the El Paso Commissioners Court approved last Monday? It’s

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