By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The federally funded community health center, United Medical Centers (UMC), introduced its new Chief Executive Officer William Worrell to the public at a press conference held on Monday January 11, 2016 at the UMC Administration Conference Room located at…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Independent School Board of Trustees heard a presentation from EPISD Financial Advisor David Gonzalez of Espinoza and Hinojosa & Company, Inc. and Bond Counsel Juan Aguilar of Escamilla and Poneck during agenda item No. 1 which…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The American Social Health Association (ASHA) and National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) have named January 2016 as Cervical Health Awareness Month to promote women’s health and encourage women in the United States to get screened for cervical cancer and…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Over 5o local and out of town persons and entities have formed the Maverick County Coalition Against Domestic Violence (MCCADV) during the fall of 2015 in response to the salient domestic/family violence abuse and sexual assault problems facing Eagle…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The 2016 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show and Sale kicks-off with the Miss Maverick County Junior Livestock Show (MCJLS) Beauty Pageant on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 1 P.M. at the Zan Mathies Showbarn lcoated at the Maverick County…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Maverick County Junior Livestock Show Association will be holding a Photography Contest during the 2016 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show on Thursday, January 28, 2016 for all Maverick Countians who enjoy photography, announced Olga Ramos, Board member of…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Collections Department Head Ruben Montemayor was terminated on Friday, January 8, 2016, by County Judge David R. Saucedo according to a written letter signed by Judge Saucedo and hand delivered to Montemayor. According to the letter, Montemayor…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Dimmit, Maverick and Zavala Counties Juvenile Board approved to table agenda item numbers 4 and 5 concerning the discussion to hear complaints or charges against the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer for the Dimmit, Maverick and Zavala Counties Probation…

by Elahe Izadi and Joshua Partlow, The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune Jan. 8, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who escaped from a maximum-security prison in Mexico nearly six months ago, has been recaptured, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Friday….

San Antonio, TX—Senator Carlos Uresti joins the Legislative Budget Board as part of an interim reshuffling of committee assignments by Lt. Gov. Patrick preceding the retirement of two longtime state senators. Uresti becomes the first Senator who resides in San Antonio to serve on the LBB since its creation in…