Good: Some O'Doul's for the Del Valle boys soccer team! Good job on becoming State Champs for the second time in four years, gentlemen. We brought some for you, too, Socorro Bulldogs Baseball. Congrats on being ranked 18th in the nation. Here's to you, Natasha Lacy & Izabella Piekarska for being drafted into the WNBA, and a great season from the Lady Minders overall. Pour some for the U.S. Women's ...
Good: Over 1,000 people earned their U.S. citizenship. These people became citizens LEGALLY. Here's to you! Job opportunities. While the unemployment rate on this side of the border keeps creeping higher, the youth in El Paso have new option: serving as drug mules. With the escalating violence in J-town be resulting in lower workforce retention, the cartels have been buying help wanted ads hoping to add ...
Good: Apparently the County has an extra $23 million in revenue it did not anticipate. Could it be all the bribe money was just put into the County's accounts? City Council did not take on any new enemies this week. In all fairness, several other institutions have taken the feds to court on the border fence issue. In fact, UT Brownsville won a legal battle against the ...
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City Council requires what your mom would say: Get up for elderly or disabled - Tue, 18 Nov 2008
The ordinance makes it a city misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500 for an able-bodied person to refuse to move from a wheelchair space if it is needed by a someone in a wheelchair, or to give up a seat for a passenger who is disabled or over 65 years old.
News: Se reanuda contienda por basura - Tue, 18 Nov 2008
La corporación propietaria de El Paso Disposal y del basurero Camino Real en Sunland Park organizó a un grupo de transportistas de desechos comerciales para combatir los intentos del Ayuntamiento por estudiar y posiblemente enviar basura a los vertederos de la ciudad. Empezaron el pasado fin de semana con un anuncio que apareció en varias publicaciones.
A Juarez news outlet shuts down temporarily, as Drug War threats to journalists escalate - Tue, 18 Nov 2008
Even as El Diario de Juarez reporter Armando Rodriguez was killed last week, more Ciudad Juarez journalists reported getting death threats. In one case, the director of a popular online news site took the threats so seriously he immediately fled to the United States.
El Paso immigration reformers, part of a border-wide coalition, set off to Washington - Tue, 18 Nov 2008
“We're not going just to say 'we’re here, we want a seat at the table.' We’re going with solutions and recommendations for them.” -- El Paso County Commissioner Veronica Escobar.
Newest SISD trustee is UTEP student, 18
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Tue, 18 Nov 200
EL PASO - Socorro Independent School District trustees Monday unanimously appointed Tanya Loya, an 18-year-old student at the University of Texas at El Paso, to the school board. Loya, who graduated from Americas High School at the age of 16, is a junior political science student at the university. She will replace former trustee Joe Sarabia, who resigned from the position in October.
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Attorney general wants to bolster fight against human trafficking
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Tue, 18 Nov 200
AUSTIN - A beautiful woman raped repeatedly and beaten beyond recognition.
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Obama meets with McCain
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Tue, 18 Nov 200
CHICAGO -- No longer foes but not yet allies, President-elect Barack Obama and John McCain buried their bitter campaign in public smiles and searched for common ground in private on Monday, discussing possible collaboration on climate change, immigration, Guantanamo Bay and more.
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