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Babies, babies, babies!Here’s the latest word on the Desert Bighorn Sheep now living in the Franklin Mountains. Texas Parks and Wildlife says they’ve spotted 17 brand new baby sheep – they’re called lambs, of course – doing just fine, living in the rugged mountain territory. During an aerial survey, they also saw 60 of the 74 adult sheep that were tagged and fitted with GPS collars before they were reintroduced into the area last December.

1 week ago | elpasoinc.com | Ford Wadsworth

South El Paso StreetMaybe the headline says it all: “The best little shopping strip in Texas.”The strip is South El Paso Street, and that’s the beginning of a story in a recent issue Texas Monthly magazine. Writer Clayton Maxwell does normal touristy things. She visits Dave’s, “what might be the world’s weirdest pawn shop” she writes, to see “allegedly, Pancho Villa’s amputated trigger finger and a desiccated Chupacabra,” as well as buying a pair of red go-go boots.

2 weeks ago | elpasoinc.com | Ford Wadsworth

Moving, maybeWe hear that the upscale Argentinian restaurant Garufa has closed. It’s been serving steak and such for 15 years. Will Garufa reopen in a new spot? Maybe. Or it might reopen in Pepper Tree Square with a new name, maybe Gaucho. A posting says they’re taking a little break, while looking at the possibility of moving to a new location. That’s what Mi Piaci is doing. The popular Italian restaurant located just across the parking lot from Garufa closed last November.

3 weeks ago | elpasoinc.com | Ford Wadsworth

Barracuda newsMany readers know the name Barracuda Public Relations, which has been a “megaphone for all the great things happening in the Paso del Norte Region” for 15 years. Now the firm is closing and has written its own obituary, which you can read in the Your Money section on page 7C of this fine publication. It’s clever, funny and a little sad. We asked founder Marina Monsisvais what’s next for her. It turns out a lot.

1 month ago | elpasoinc.com | Ford Wadsworth

Flower powerEver wonder why some plants just keel over and die in your garden? It’s probably because they’re not from here. Don’t despair. FloraFest, a sale of native plants that can handle the heat, cold and dryness of the desert Southwest, is coming right up. It’s Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on the UTEP campus, in the plaza between the Centennial Museum and the Undergraduate Learning Center, or UGLC.