Writer Raquel Gutiérrez. Image by Reynaldo Rivera, 2025. Courtesy of Raquel Gutiérrez. Share Raquel Gutiérrez was born and raised in Los Angeles to parents who immigrated to California from Mexico and El…
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El Paso Herald Post – Funeral Details For Political Icon Alicia Chacón
EL PASO, Tx., December 2, 2025: Long time El Paso political icon, Alicia Chacón will be buried today. Chacón, who was born in Canutillo on November 11, 1938, passed away […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – “The Second Woman”
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El Chuqueño Blog – “Siberia: The Coldest Place on Earth”
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The Border Chronicle – Giving Thanks at The Border Chronicle
Subscribe now A mural at a migrant resource center in Agua Prieta, Sonora. (Photo credit: Todd Miller) Share It’s a short publishing week here at The Border Chronicle as we enjoy some…
El Paso Herald Post – Civic Sense: The Truth About Campaign Texts
Campaigns are always trying to think of creative ways to reach voters. Always thinking there must be something more cost-effective – and simply more effective – than knocking on doors, […] The…
El Paso Herald Post – Breaking News: Long-time Politician Alicia Chacón Passed Away Earlier Today
EL PASO, Tx., November 1, 2025: Earlier today, the first woman elected to an El Paso office, Alicia R. Chacón passed away at her home. She was 87 years old. […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa will likely pay significantly more for water and…
The Border Chronicle – Kafka’s Merry-Go-Round of Hell: A Podcast with Laura St. John
Incarcerated migrants at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas in May displaying a banner saying “Help we want to be deported. We are not terrorists, S.O.S.” U.S. District Judge Wesley Hendrix readily…
El Paso Herald Post – Tuesday Time Warp – County Files Tax Lawsuit To collect Delinquent Taxes
In today’s edition of Tuesday’s Time Warp, we look at a tax collection lawsuit filed in El Paso County in 1933. The lawsuit seeks $2,715 for taxes owed for 1931 […] The…