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Bliss gets its own shopping mall
$100M retail center will be ‘first of its kind’ on a U.S. military post
Work is set to begin next month on a $100-million retail center at Fort Bliss that’s the first of its kind: the first-ever upgraded center on a military property, and the first-time ever that private retailers will operate on a military installation.

Named Freedom Crossing at Fort Bliss, the center will include more than 500,000-square-feet of retail space. ServiceStar Development, a private company headquartered in Colorado, is developing the center.
New bridge? Long lines? No thanks
Opponents of a new bridge that would connect El Paso’s Eastside to Juárez argue that it will disrupt established neighborhoods.
Vetoed: Perry rejects 35 bills
AUSTIN – Of the 35 pieces of legislation that Gov. Rick Perry has vetoed since the Texas Legislature wrapped up earlier this month, 12 of them moved through the legislature without a single vote in opposition – and many others only drew slight opposition.
‘3 or 4 day’ special session starts Wednesday
AUSTIN – State legislators will have to put their 4th of July celebration planning on hold as Gov. Rick Perry announced that a special legislative session will begin Wednesday.
Students prep for intelligence jobs
Several engineering students at the University of Texas at El Paso begin orientation this summer and are setting up internships as part of a new program designed to help them prepare for jobs in the intelligence community.
Looking for money under rocks
State takes on El Paso cement company
AUSTIN – Gold and silver are valuable minerals alright, but what about limestone, hard rock or sand? Does plain old dirt have any real value?
Q and A with Jose De La Rosa, M.D.
Founding Dean, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
For more than a decade, Jose Manuel de la Rosa has been at the center of the long-running effort to expand the School of Medicine at Texas Tech University in El Paso from a two-year school to a full, four-year institution.

But he has been a part of the school since he enrolled at medical school in 1980, just two weeks before his son was born.
All things being =
I am on the injured reserve list (IR) recovering from a stupid fall I took playing tennis, and it occurred to me that tennis is one of only three sports I can think of that are played mano-a-mano; you against the other person.
Tourism and military drive regional economy
AUSTIN – Despite the lagging economy, the future looks promising for El Paso and the Upper Rio Grande region, according to a report by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.