Maverick County Commissioners Court approve Used Tire Removal Contract to comply with TCEQ Notice of Violation
October 28th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the hiring of Reliable Tire Disposal at its October 26, 2015 meeting to remove thousands of used tires stored at the Maverick County Fairgrounds, also known as the Caballo Dorado Arena, in order…
Maverick County Cemetery Near Capacity and Closure
October 28th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court discussed the future closing of the Maverick County Cemetery during their meeting held on Monday, October 26, 2015 due to the depletion of burial spaces. The Maverick County Cemetery is located at the intersection of…
EPA Preliminary Report of Elm Creek Fish Kill after Oct. 8th Flood Inconclusive
October 28th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 A preliminary report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the large fish kill on Elm Creek and adjacent ponds near Eagle Pass, Texas due to the October 8-9, 2015 flooding is inconclusive as to the potential cause…
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
October 28th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The month of November has been designated as National Diabetes Awareness Month by the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes is a modern day epidemic that affects millions of people across the United States putting their overall health in jeopardy. Maverick…
Maverick County Commissioners approve Audit of Sheriff’s Department Confiscated Funds
October 28th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court approved two agenda items during their meeting held on Monday, October 26,2015 in which they moved forward with auditing the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department Confiscated Funds for the years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011- 2012 under…
Texas A&M Ranks No. 1 In The Nation On List Of Best Schools For Low-Income Students
October 28th, 2015COLLEGE STATION, Oct. 28, 2015 – The website Priceonomics.com ranks Texas A&M University as the top institution of higher education in the nation for the success of low-income students. Based on data obtained from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, Priceonomics editors created a list of schools that are…
Report Finds 100,000 Fewer Texas Kids Uninsured, but State Still in Dead Heat for Last in the Nation
October 28th, 2015Oliver Bernstein AUSTIN, TEXAS – The number of Texas children who are uninsured declined last year, but the state is in a dead heat with Alaska for the highest rate of uninsured children in the nation, according to a report released today. The report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children…
Disabled American Veterans Mobile Service Office to visit Eagle Pass on November 2nd
October 28th, 2015By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Mobile Service Office is scheduled to be in Eagle Pass, Texas on Monday, November 2, 2015 at the parking lot of BBVA Compass Bank, 2310 East Main Street, to provide free professional services to…
UT to Supreme Court: We Need Affirmative Action
October 27th, 2015by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Oct. 26, 2015 The University of Texas at Austin needs to consider race in admissions if it wants a diverse, representative student body, the school told the U.S. Supreme Court 0n Monday in a 70-page brief filed in advance of oral arguments in the…
Federal Jury Convicts Eagle Pass Brothers for Role in Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy
October 26th, 2015Late Friday in Del Rio, a federal jury convicted 36–year-old Xavier Cardona and his 32-year-old brother, Michael Cardona of distributing approximately two kilograms of cocaine in the Eagle Pass, TX, area announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs,…