By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Local, State, and Federal law enforcement officers will battle each other in the 7th Annual Battle of the Badges Boxing Challenge on Saturday, September 24, 2017, at 7 P.M. at the City of Eagle Pass International Center of Trade…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The majestic 1,896 miles long Rio Grande River gently flows from the Canby Mountains within the San Juan Mountains near Creede, Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico at Boca Chica, Texas providing significant water supply to farmers, ranchers, industries, and…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Sept. 20, 2016 A federal judge has ordered Texas to issue new voter education materials, siding with those who accused state officials of misleading voters about identification requirements for the November elections. U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos on Tuesday ordered changes to certain…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks stomped all over the visiting Mission High School Eagles in a key non-District football game on Friday, September 16, 2016, at the Eagle Pass Independent School District Cozel Foster-Veterans…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles were trounced by the host Laredo Alexander High School Bulldogs 42-16 in both teams District 29-6A Opener on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at the Laredo United Independent School District Student Activity Complex…

by Nicole Cobler, The Texas Tribune Sept. 20, 2016 In the wake of an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision striking down part of that state’s workers’ compensation law, Texas is now the only state that lets private companies opt out of a state-run system and draw up their own plans to…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Mexican law enforcement authorities report that Eagle Pass, Texas resident Oscar Ramon Flores Alfaro, age 34, was killed by a blow to his head by unknown persons while visiting Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico after performing an autopsy on hid body…

(Press Release) EAGLE PASS, Texas –The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector honored two Border Patrol Agents on Sept. 14 at the Eagle Pass Station. South Texas Regional Director Ana Maria Garcia from the Office of United States Senator John Cornyn, presented Border Patrol Agents Mark Garcia and Josue Gonzalez with…

(Press Release) EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry prevented a shipment of hard narcotics from making entry into the United States. “This significant seizure by our officers demonstrates the teamwork they accomplish every day at our port,” said Port…

(Press Release) Washington, D.C.  – September 15, 2016 – Voto Latino, the leading non-profit organization empowering American Latino millennials by engaging them through civic media, is proud to announce a new partnership for Hispanic Heritage Month of Action (HHMA) with threeesteemed Latino Secretaries of State from across the country. HHMA…