🌱 How diverted Pentagon funds are reshaping Fort Bliss’s role at the border

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• How diverted Pentagon funds are reshaping Fort Bliss’s role at the border

Also on today's calendar: Toddler Storytime – Mickelsen Community Library and 4 more events.

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 36 degrees.
• Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 68, low: 41.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 72 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pentagon diverted over $2 billion from barracks, schools to fund border mission (federalnewsnetwork.com) — Fort Bliss is highlighted as a key site where the Pentagon has spent hundreds of millions of diverted defense dollars to support a large immigration detention facility and related processing center in El Paso. Lawmakers’ findings detail how more than $2 billion shifted from barracks, schools, and training across the military—raising concerns that readiness and local base infrastructure are being shortchanged to fund border and deportation operations.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Bliss

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• The Dinner Detective: True Crime Mystery Dinner Show
  Centennial Banquet and Conference Center, 11199 Sergeant E Churchill St, Fort Bliss
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Old Tin Mine Hike
  Franklin Mountains State Park FranklinMountainsStatePark Map&Directions
  8:00 am
• Toddler Storytime – Mickelsen Community Library
  Mickelsen Community Library , 2 Sheridan Rd , Fort Bliss
  9:00 am
• Lucha Libre Night - To benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso
  Boys & Girls Club of El Paso , 801 S Florence St , El Paso
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 25

• Story Time & New Parent Support
  Mickelsen Community Library , 2 Sheridan Rd , Fort Bliss
  9:00 am

Sunday December 28

• Last Sunday Hike - Schaeffer Shuffle
  Franklin Mountains State Park , 2900 Tom Mays Access Road , Fort Bliss
  8:30 am

Tuesday December 30

• Story Time & New Parent Support
  Mickelsen Community Library , 2 Sheridan Rd , Fort Bliss
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 20

• Old Tin Mine Hike
  Chuck Heinrich Memorial Park , End of Jon Cunningham Blvd , El Paso
  8:00 am
• Spill the Tea & Spread the Cheer
  Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site HuecoTanksStatePark&HistoricSite Map&Directions
  10:30 am
• Barrel Room Yoga + Wine with Lindley Folkerson - Saturday, December 20
  Zin Valle Vineyards , 7315 Canutillo-La Union Rd , Canutillo
  10:30 am
• Chihuahuan Desert Ornament Making
  Chamizal National Park , 800 South San Marcial Street , El Paso
  1:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Bird Tour: Christmas Bird Count
  Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site HuecoTanksStatePark&HistoricSite Map&Directions
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• US Government Jobs posted a job opening for Recreation Aid (Facility Aid) NF-01 in El Paso. Apply here.
• TradeJobsWorkforce posted a job opening for Costco Forklift Operator in El Paso. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Bliss here.

🗞 Nearby News

El Paso

• It will be free to ride El Paso County buses until September 2026 (kvia.com)
• El Paso police officers ‘relieved of duty' following arrests (ktsm.com)
• El Paso County vehicle registration backlog drops below 500 after initial surge (kfoxtv.com)

Canutillo

• El Paso snubbed in Yelp Elite Squad's top 25 tamale spots in the U.S. (elpasotimes.com)

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