The freeze of 2011 yielded a lot of powerful lessons for El Paso Water. The biggest: we needed to be better prepared for the effects of below-freezing temperatures on our facilities, equipment and energy supply. This month’s cold snap was not quite as severe as the historic temperatures we experienced in 2011, but it did […]Read More
He loaded them up into the bed of his truck. They were finished with their job and he didn’t need them anymore, not that day anyway. The rich farmer had paid them and was now loading them up. Not knowing where they were going, the men in the bed of the truck assumed they might […]Read More
Earlier this week, I was honored to welcome 351 new U.S. citizens, representing 32 countries, at a naturalization ceremony at the El Paso Civic Center. They came from all over the world, including from countries that are experiencing devastating conflict, such as Iraq and Ukraine. I cannot imagine not welcoming them. Yet today, our governor […]Read More
Op-Ed by Andy Parker: We need to do whatever it takes to end this insanity Last Wednesday, my daughter Alison was brutally struck down in the prime of her life by a deranged gunman. Since that time I have stated in numerous interviews I have done with local, national and international media that I plan to […]Read More
Given the nature of Borderland residents to be enthralled with top ten lists that mention El Paso, I present the only list you’ll ever need on what El Paso is. 25: Yes, there really were live alligators in the fountain of our downtown plaza. Take that Phoenix.24: Before he was a Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris […]Read More
Nine years ago this week, February 23rd, 2001, I unknowingly began the journey of a caretaker. Just a week removed from the death of one of my heroes, Dale Earnhardt, I accompanied my Grandfather to the hospital after nearly a month of miserable, searing, daily pain at his home in Tornillo. None of us knew […]Read More
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