By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Over 100 Eagle Passans witnessed the swearing-in of newly Texas licensed attorney Ruben O. Valadez by Honorable Amado J. Abascal, III, of the 365th Judicial District Court, Maverick County, Texas on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 in Eagle Pass, Texas….

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County honored and remembered its fallen military heroes during an emotional and solemn Memorial Day Ceremony celebrated on Monday, May 30, 2016, at the Maverick County Lake Veterans Memorial sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Maverick County Appraisal District announced that the deadline for Maverick County taxpayers to file a protest of their 2016 Maverick County ad valorem tax appraisals has been extended to Friday, June 3, 2016. Taxpayers have an opportunity to…

by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2016 Throughout Mental Health Month in May, The Texas Tribune is partnering with the Mental Health Channel and KLRU to focus on some of Texas’ biggest challenges in providing mental health care. See all the stories in this series. In the last…

(Press Release) PROVO, Utah – Peak Capital Partners, a Utah-based apartment investment and management company, today announced it acquired Holly Apartments, a 136-unit apartment community in Eagle Pass, Texas. “Holly Apartments is ideally located in Eagle Pass and offers residents easy access to everything the city has to offer including…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune May 27, 2016 The Texas Supreme Court has strengthened protections for landowners who don’t have rights to the water underneath their property. In a ruling Friday, the state’s highest civil court said Texas’ “accommodation doctrine” should also apply to groundwater, in addition to oil…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 27, 2016 EL PASO – As Cuban migrants continue to pass through the Texas border in record numbers, El Paso’s Democratic congressman is joining a growing number of lawmakers who favor repealing the decades-old policy that gives those immigrants a special status in…

On May 26, 2016 an Eagle Pass Police Department Task Force Officer assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration Office responded to a service call at the Highway 57 U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. The service call yielded the arrest of a 29 year old male who was discovered to be in…

(Press Release) Eagle Pass High School will host Graduation on June 3rd, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. and CC Winn High School will host their ceremony the following day, June 4th, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. Graduation promises to be a large event for our community and for this reason the following…

PRESS RELEASE District Attorney Roberto Serna reported that on May 26, 2016, a Dimmit County jury found Gerald De Leon, Jr., guilty of Injury to a Child. D.A. Serna would like to thank Assistant District Attorneys Alberto Rodriguez and Robert Lee Little, and District Attorney Investigators Erasmo Ramon and Richard…