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 ...
Yeah, we know he's involved in a lot more with all the public corruption in town, but what the hell. We want to help you avoid those sneaky obscenity and porn charges. Let the rest sort itself out. Tell Xavier, Thom, Kyan, and Carson that your work email is strictly for work purposes only. "Pigs at the Trough," "Gay Dad and Son Sex," and "Bondage Muscle Daddy" ...
In order to appreciate and better understand this satire, please read Rich Wright's Segundo. It was just after work, on a Friday afternoon. I stopped at Ale House thinking I might play some pool. As this was my first time here, I sat near the middle of the bar to scope things out. "How can I help you," the bartender asked. "What do you recommend?" "Landshark is the popular beer ...
At what could have been confused for a Paso del Norte Group meeting, El Paso Media Group celebrated the "newly redesigned El Pasoan, "a free, 32-page glossy magazine that boasts quality content about Downtown El Paso and has been branded 'The Voice of Downtown.'” "As far as we know, nobody had claimed that title yet, 'the voice of Downtown,' so we said, 'Fuck it. It's ours,'" ...
Here’s some FREE concert events: The Rudolph Chev/Honda 2008 Live Music Series at The State Line Taking place every Wednesday at 8pm, 1222 Sunland Park Drive. All customers (or attendees) are asked to make a food or monetary donation to the West Texas Food Bank (which by the way is not one of the four charities that didn’t meet standards here in ep, so feel free to donate away). The Line Up ...
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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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