News

Who's paying? PSB pays its own legal fees, but Gilbert et al will pay for failed appeals, judge decides
by Sito Negron

Judge Alvarez placed a "poison pill" of sorts in the case of an appeal – if the plaintiffs appeal and lose, they owe the PSB $25,000 in legal costs, and if they appeal to the state Supreme Court and lose, it's another $15,000. But he also ruled against the PSB request that the plaintiff pay $44,000 in legal fees the agency spent defending itself from the lawsuit.

Posted on August 22, 2008  •  read more »

UPDATED: Stray dogs kill two El Paso Zoo animals; two strays captured
special to NPT

Zoo security heard barking and animal distress noises; when the guards ran over to investigate, they found two Pit Bulls and a German Shepherd inside the exhibit near two zoo animals that were lying on the ground. The next day, Animal Control reported capturing two stray dogs.

Posted on August 21, 2008  •  read more »

Opinion

Foxconn development raises stakes for Lomas de Poleo
by Neil Harvey

The problem with this model of binational development is that it fails to take into account the long-term needs of border communities. This is most dramatically evident in the case of Lomas del Poleo, a colonia on the western edge of Ciudad Juárez that will be directly impacted by development at the San Jerónimo-Santa Teresa maquila zone.

Posted on August 22, 2008  •  read more »