by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. A statewide teachers group filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an attempt to block the state from implementing a controversial system that for the first time ties assessments of educators to student performance on…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Native American ceremonial and war drums filled the air on the United States-Mexico border on the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas as approximately 500 Native American and concerned Maverick County citizens gathered on Saturday,…

(Press Release) On April 11 through April 13, 2016, Maverick Countians Rosy De Los Santos of the Office of Border Health Texas Department of State Health Services Health Service Region 8, Silvia Olivares of Southwest Border AHEC, and Marlen Ramirez of the Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) attended the Texas…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 On April 21, 2016 will mark the 38th anniversary of the suspicious death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Jose Gamez, Jr. in Maverick County, Texas. None of the federal agencies investigating the death of Jose Gamez, Jr., including the…

(Press Release) On April 20, 2016, the Eagle Pass Helping Everyone with Special Needs Gain Resources for Outcomes to Guide Educational Success (Eagle Pass HEROES), a non-profit organization, held a press conference with the Eagle Pass Independent School District Special Education Teachers to at the Meeting Room of the De…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The City of Spofford, Texas City Council held a regular meeting on Monday, April 18, 2016 to discuss their municipal water system and requests to connect additional water meters or lines amidst an audience of 10-15 people. Mayor Alex…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 UPDATE: The Eagle Pass City Council was unable to review City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr.’s employment contract on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 due to Mayor Ramsey English Cantu attendance of a family member’s funeral.  The City Council has rescheduled…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry detected narcotics in a battery of a vehicle as the driver attempted to make entry to the United States over the weekend. “Smugglers will go to any extent to cross any sizeable drug…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Approximately 500 Native Americans and Maverick Countians participated in a protest march against the controversial Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s Eagle Pass Coal Mine on Saturday, April 16, 2016, walking nine miles from the City of Eagle Pass Shelby Park…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles Softball Team captured the 2016 District 29-6A Championship on Friday, April 15, 2016 with a convincing 11-4 win over the Laredo Alexander High School Lady Bulldogs at the Eagle Pass Independent…