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Mexico's 'chocolate' auto overdose |  EL SESTEO, Nayarit, Mexico - This isolated town of fishermen and farmers on Mexico's west coast lies 700 miles from the U.S. border. But from the license plates on cars and trucks, you might guess you were in Washington. Or Virginia. Or Idaho.
In Mexico, they're known as "chocolate" vehicles - cheap, used cars and trucks bought in the United States with a decade or more to their title, as well as newer vehicles that cross the border with temporary permits only to remain in country illegally for years, with plates that hark to their U.S. origins.
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SamCorp defaults on UTEP bookstore | El Paso Inc. has learned that SamCorp defaulted on its contract to build a $5.9 bookstore at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Plaza Hotel signs aglow | The Plaza Hotel's signs are shining once again after 18 years in the dark.
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The truth about graduation rates | AUSTIN - When more than 2,200 students cross the stage of the Don Haskins Center Saturday to receive their degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso, they'll have plenty to celebrate: attainment of an important educational goal and the personal satisfaction of having completed a difficult task - not to mention a ticket to a better future.
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Going 'green' as in saving money | Last week, the El Paso Times announced it was shrinking the width of its page an inch to save trees and "go green."
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Dodson: The Downtown plan on track | Despite reports to the contrary, El Paso's director of economic development says the 2015 Downtown Plan has not been "redirected."
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Final 'smart growth' vote is Tuesday | City Council members are slated to vote on each part of the city's proposed subdivision code changes on Tuesday.
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Why apartment owners are suing city, PSB | Ever since March, when El Paso's Public Service Board started charging stormwater fees, business owners have been the biggest critics of the move.
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UTEP to add new degree programs | AUSTIN - The University of Texas at El Paso has received preliminary approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to add several new academic programs, including two new doctoral degrees.
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Finally, SunMetro and UTEP to build garage | AUSTIN - After years of discussions, El Paso City Council has approved a new parking garage on the UTEP campus.
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Spend your rebate at home, says Homegrown El Paso | Encouraging people to buy locally produced goods and services is what Homegrown El Paso is all about.
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Q and A with Mathew McElroy | 
Mathew McElroy is in a unique position: He works for the city in a job that is paid for by the Pentagon, and there are only about 15 like him in the country.
McElroy is El Paso's military growth and expansion coordinator. His job is to tackle city problems related to the ever-accelerating growth at Fort Bliss. One of his biggest tasks is putting together a regional growth management plan, or RGMP, for the city.
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All things being = | As I mentioned last week, I get a lot of comments at cocktail parties concerning this column and, after some in-depth research, I determined that 72.653 percent of the people don’t have a clue about the stock market, and only read the column because they think it is humorous.
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Forrest closed,
village open | 
CLOUDCROFT - As of last week, all one million acres of the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico, which includes the Sacramento, Smokey Bear and Guadalupe districts, is under Stage 3 fire restrictions.
"These are the driest conditions we've had from January to April in 20 years. If a fire started now, it would be very difficult to control," said Terry DeLay, acting Sacramento District ranger, which includes the village of Cloudcroft.
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Lee Woodruff speaks
at YWCA luncheon | When ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff left for Iraq in 2006, his wife Lee had little idea how much her life would change.
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So this is where you create those gorgeous paintings! | What a week!
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Confused about clothing care? Check out these symbols | I put on a new spring dress this week - the first time I've worn it.
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Athletic Hall of Fame: 58 years of excellence | Talk about quality!
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Winning on the court and in the classroom | In intercollegiate athletics, fans measure the success of an athletic department by wins and losses, championships and final scores.
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Go to Grenada
before the crowds find it | The warm and charming Caribbean island of Grenada is a sailor's paradise with strong British and French influences, a place for adventure, a quiet oasis blessed by calm azure waters, soft empty beaches, contented people, and very few tourists.
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Cathedral wins state tennis championship second year in a row |
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Document storage goes digital | 
Talk to Beatriz Fernandez, co-owner of the data management company called DataXport, and you get the impression that the hardest part of digital storage is convincing people to make the conversion.
She cites a "local city agency" that informed her they were going to keep their records on microfilm. "Microfilm, a system they were using back in the '80s," she said incredulously.
Fernandez points to the many advantages of electronic document storage and management.
For one thing, you can easily import, export and access your files in a timely manner. You can integrate documents such as e-mail with invoices and other documents. You can arrange security so that people will have whatever level of access to the files you want to give them.
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It's a duck! | I am not talking about the recession "duck," I am talking about the stagflation "duck," very similar to the 1970s and 1980s, even if the Fed Chairman tries to dismiss the similarities.
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It's time for the PEMEX reformation | On April 10, Mexican President Felipe Calderon introduced legislation to allow increased foreign and national capital in PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned petroleum company.
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How to live with $3.50/gal gas | As gas prices soar to record highs, motorists throughout the region are scrambling to save on gas by making their vehicles more fuel-efficient and by rethinking the miles they drive.
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Our Perspective | One third of all American teenagers have credit cards.
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