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NPT Wednesday Brief: Council denies stormwater takeover; Border Wall standoff; CBS discovers the Drug War
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UPDATED: Border Wall opponent halts construction at Rio Bosque, then is arrested
by Sito Negron
 A Border Wall opponent who was arrested for briefly stopping construction Wednesday of a portion of the structure will speak at an anti-Wall event Saturday at Cafe Mayapan. The wall is to separate the Rio Bosque Park, a wetland in the Lower Valley that is the last remnant of the thick groves of trees and vegetation that once thrived along the banks of the river, from the Rio Grande.
Posted on December 17, 2008 • read more »
Culture
Noteworthy Art at UTEP’s Union Gallery
by Becky Hendrick
 Each artist was invited to consider the idea of the controversial border wall as a point of departure, and the results are multifaceted and full of postmodern experimentation.
Posted on December 16, 2008 • read more »
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