By now, you have probably read it on Newspaper Tree. In case you haven't and don't feel like boring yourself to death, David K. wrote a piece for the Tree giving a blow by blow (no pun intended) on the whole Republican takeover that went down at KHRO. In case you're REALLY behind, conservative capo Greg Freyermuth took Paul Strelzin's morning slot, Paul Strelzin got moved ...
Representative Silvestre Reyes has ordered ICE to utilize all known resources to begin the process of freeing stray pit-bulls from El Paso Animal Services. An antelope and crane were found dead at the El Paso Zoo early last week. The captured group of pit-bulls could have been responsible for the killings. Zoo spokeswoman Liz Kern explained, "The animals dug under a chain link fence, they then jumped over ...
Avocadoan.com's latest study shows that El Paso's crappiest TV News station-KDBC (citation:Worst of El Paso 2008) has one more thing to be proud of. Yes, beating Rick Cabrera and KVIA in a drag race was great, but this is far more important to KDBC. Today, scientific facts show that Nichole Ayoub is El Paso's most bangable local news personality. A total of 37 votes were ...
Now you can actually view and fly around the streets in our city. You might have seen some cars with those funny looking cameras strapped to the top of them in the past months. This is what they were for. Click here. Maybe now we can find out where exactly Melina Castro lives. Wait, it does not extend into Mexico. D'oh! A popular hangout for our future ...
Underage drinking and curfew violations were handed out in Canutillo this weekend after kids failed to flee a keg party when Sheriff's deputies busted in. "Those lazy bastards don't even give us a chase anymore. It's as if they don't care or have lost all their desire to be a drunken teenager in El Paso. The blame can possibly be put on their parents, the ...
Just when you thought the Catholic priest sex scandal was over, Kevin Courtney of EPISO tried to make Rep. Steve Ortega the next victim. As reported by Newspaper Tree, Courtney used Rep. Ortega as bait in a ploy to increase the amount of funding EPISO receives from the City. According to an e-mail Courtney accidentally sent to Rep. Ortega, Courtney tried enticing Father Ed Roden-Lucero into participating in ...
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New police contract restricts polygraph use, prevents questioning officers involved in shootings for 48 hours - Wed, 27 Aug 2008
While Police Chief Greg Allen and the head of the police union, Bobby Holguin, supported those changes, former Chief Richard Wiles and the police union's former attorney, Bill Ellis, appeared before City Council to oppose them.
City Funds Housing Projects - Thu, 28 Aug 2008
In the name of affordable housing, the city has been taking federal funds, putting money in the hands of qualified first-time buyers and sending them out to find their starter home, apparently with mixed results.
"We won!": Soldiers go from tense standoff with police to a meeting with Obama - Thu, 28 Aug 2008
DENVER -- The group Veterans Against the War marched four miles, with thousands of civilian supporters, to demand an audience with presidential nominee Barack Obama. Things were edging close to something bad when the word went out that Obama's staff said he'd meet a representative of the group.
Street Scenes, Denver, Aug. 27, 2008 - Thu, 28 Aug 2008
DENVER -- On California, an entrepreneur expanded his business. At Civic Center Park, a Critical Mass. And at Speer and Market, police, protesters, and soldiers avoided confrontation.
El Pasoans say treat wounded in Jurez
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Thu, 28 Aug 200
EL PASO -- Most local residents don't think victims of drug-war-related violence in Jurez should be treated at El Paso's Thomason Hospital, a recent El Paso Times/News Channel 9 poll shows.
Man gets life sentences in 2005 slaying
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Thu, 28 Aug 200
EL PASO -- An alleged Barrio Azteca gang member convicted of murdering a 29-year-old man, who had been placed on a hit list after he left the gang, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.
Business, school leaders discuss growth
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Thu, 28 Aug 200
EL PASO -- Despite budget constraints from increases in fuel and food costs, the absence of two area superintendents and a system of state funding that many school districts deem ineffective, the city's State of the School District luncheon Wednesday directed focus to academic gains and plans for growth.
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