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Presidio News

Local news for Presidio, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Tuesday Jul 8 | The Austin American-Statesman

Kieran Fitzgerald

For the past several years, budding Austin filmmaker Kieran Fitzgerald has been working so intensely on his first documentary film that he sometimes feels he's living with a ghost - the ghost of Esequiel ...

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Entertainment, Redford, TX, Movies

Wed Jul 02, 2008

The Journal Record

Reviving the history in the Mayo's walls

TULSA "Lower your heads when you go in," Clyde Johnson warned as the construction elevator's metal mesh doors stopped before a portal the size of a window pane.

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Related Topix: Laredo Metro, Laredo, TX

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Oklahoma City Business

IBC Bank provides financing for restoration of the 83-year-old historic Mayo Hotel in Downtown Tulsa

On July 1 at 2 p.m., IBC Bank, in conjunction with Presidian Companies and the Mayo Hotel, will host a groundbreaking event at the hotel located at 115 West 5th Street.

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Wed Jun 18, 2008

The Austin Chronicle

Day Trips

Fort Leaton State Historic Site outside of Presidio, Texas, stands as a stark reminder of the rugged life of the pioneers on the Texas frontier 150 years ago.

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Related Topix: West, TX, World News, Mexico,

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Lubbock Avalanche

Marfa's picturesque geography has attracted mystery lights

Long a cattle community set in the vast Chihuahuan desert, Marfa has grown into an internationally renowned art center in the past three decades.

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Related Topix: Presidio County, TX, Marfa, TX

Fri Jun 06, 2008

KVIA-TV El Paso

Police: Two Texans hurt in Juarez shootings as violence continues

A mother and daughter from Presidio, Texas, are in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds after they were caught in a hail of bullets in Juarez Wednesday night, according to Chihuahua State Police.

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Related Topix: El Paso County, TX

Thu May 29, 2008

Alpine Avalanche

Bypass talk is intense: Local control key to any 'relievers'

By Mike Perry / mikeperry@alpineavalanche.com Brian Swindell, the consultant leading a feasibility study of a proposed transportation corridor from Presidio to Odessa-Midland, acknowledged last week that local ...

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Related Topix: Marfa, TX, Alpine, TX, Brewster County, TX

Fri May 23, 2008

Houston Chronicle

Texas on the Potomac news links

John Hagee's no San Antonio rose, says John McCain. One judge dismissed a suit, while a House committee summoned a suit.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, San Antonio, TX

Sun May 11, 2008

El Paso Times

Rebates drive truck sales, dealerships in El Paso keep pace

“Rebates make payments A pair of Ford Focus models beckon from outside Shamaley Ford. "Rebates make payments more affordable and I guess people are thinking that's offsetting some of the gas costs”

Shamaley Ford salesman Nasario Meraz stands next to one of the company's Ford F-150s Thursday at the dealership at I-10 and Lee Trevino. via El Paso Times

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX, Auto Dealers, Ford, El Paso Metro, El Paso, TX

Sun Apr 06, 2008

News From the Border

CBP Officers in Texas Nab Juvenile Wanted for Homicide

“This apprehension was the direct result of CBP officers thoroughly inspecting all the passengers on the bus and working hard to determine the identity of those who apply for entry to the U.S. ”

Sunday, April 06, 2008 Thursday, April 03, 2008 Presidio, Texas - " U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Presidio port of entry apprehended a 15-year-old male being sought by law ... via News From the Border

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Related Topix: Presidio County, TX

Thu Apr 03, 2008

Newton Kansan

Teen arrested at Mexico border in Mo. double murder

A 15-year-old boy suspected in a double murder in Missouri has been arrested trying to cross the Mexican border into Texas, federal officials said Thursday. via Newton Kansan

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Thu Mar 20, 2008

Fort Worth Weekly

NEWSOn the Border of Fear

Raymundo: "Your freedom should be a perfect thing." Evaro: "This is the most peaceful place on earth." Tamez: "We're going to become extinct." Homeland Security has walls planned for Neely's Crossing and ... via Fort Worth Weekly

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Related Topix: El Paso, TX, Texas

Thu Mar 06, 2008

The Pitch

Pick Up Stephen Shore's Photo Trail at the Kemper

“Trail's End Restaurant, Kanab, Utah, August 10, 1973”

Stephen Shore, "Presidio, Texas, February 21, 1975" Details: Biographical Landscape: The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1969-1979 Through May 18 at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick, ... via The Pitch

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Related Topix: Arts, Photography, Amarillo Metro, Amarillo, TX

Tue Mar 04, 2008

Man Eegee

Moratorium and March Called by Tejas Border Activists

“The only reason to waive the laws is because you intend to break them.”

Repeated violations of property rights and environmental laws has united a growing group of Tejanos in opposition to the Great Wall of AmericaTM. via Man Eegee

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Related Topix: Texas, Immigration Reform

Tue Feb 26, 2008

KOSA

Hundreds Turn Out to Hear About LEAP 2/25

Bill Warren CBS 7 News February 25, 2008 Midland, TX - Tx-dot presented the next in a series of reports about La Entrada Al Pacifico, now called "LEAP," the trade route to Mexico, at the CEED building in ... via KOSA

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Related Topix: Redford, TX, Odessa Metro, Midland, TX

Sun Feb 24, 2008

Free Republic

Anti-fence conference building unity among groups across U.S.

“All for fighting the war on terror, they say. We all know there's no threat here.”

Posted on 02/24/2008 5:43:18 PM PST by SwinneySwitch Some of them have been trying to gather support in the Rio Grande Valley. via Free Republic

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Related Topix: Energy, Water Utilities, Southwest Water, San Antonio, TX, Texas

Wed Feb 20, 2008

Themonitor.com

McHi librarian to be featured on History Channel

“It's a topic that interests me a great deal and there aren't too many people investigating UFO cases in South Texas and Mexico”

Noe Torres is scheduled to make history Wednesday night. The McAllen High School librarian is set to be featured in The History Channel's UFO Hunters show, which airs at 9 p.m. on cable Channel 31. via Themonitor.com

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Related Topix: UFO and Alien, Sullivan-City, TX, Hargill, TX, Edinburg, TX

Fri Jan 25, 2008

Http

The Cowboy Way

“My paintings are absolutely original”

You know no one like A. Kelly Pruitt. Chances are you have never even met anyone similar to Pruitt. via Http

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Eartharchitecture.org

Vault Building Workshop

Jesusita Jimenez, master mason and project manager, hands-on instructor. The Adobe Alliance offers a vault-building workshop from March 6 to 11, 2008, or longer by arrangement. via Eartharchitecture.org

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Thu Jan 24, 2008

KOSA

Big Bend Residents Protest Border Wall

“It's far more valuable having the community turn out and interact.”

Melissa Correa CBS 7 News January 23, 2008 Marfa, TX- No border wall. Open borders, open society. via KOSA

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Related Topix: Redford, TX, Marfa, TX

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