By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick Countians mourn the passing away of longtime Eagle Passan and former Maverick County Commissioner Enrique “Gorilla” Ibarra, age 79, on Sunday, May 22, 2016, succumbing to a battle with leukemia. Ibarra was well-liked and respected in Eagle Pass…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A 19 year old young male person, Jorge Amezcua, of Eagle Pass, Texas has been arrested for being a suspect in a gun shooting attempted murder of another male person, Eduardo Rodriguez, age 29, in Eagle Pass, Texas by…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A gun shooting in the 800 Block of Comal Street in Eagle Pass, Texas, near the Eagle Pass Creek, was reported on Sunday afternoon, May 22, 2016, with one male person, Eduardo Rodriguez, age unknown, I I njured by…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A jam packed courtroom with over 200 persons in attendance witnessed the swearing-in of newly licensed State of Texas attorney, Ana Sophia Berain, on Friday, May 20, 2016, by her mother, 293rd Judicial District Judge Cynthia Muniz, in an…

AUSTIN – If you’re planning a road trip this summer, the Texas Department of Transportation offers the Texas State Travel Guide, Texas Highways Events Calendar and Texas Official Travel Map to help you get where you’re going and have fun along the way. “Whether you have a particular destination in…

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo Field Office is announcing that the agency is preparing to open available lanes as needed along with encouraging travelers to obtain their tourist permits early, for frequent crossers to consider enrolling in trusted traveler programs or using Ready Lanes in advance…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio International Bridge recently discovered more than half a million dollars worth of suspected narcotics hidden in a vehicle coming from Mexico. “I commend our frontline CBP officers on this interception of hard narcotics,” said Port Director…

by Madlin Mekelburg, The Texas Tribune May 18, 2016 Most water utilities in Texas need to “substantially increase” their conservation efforts, according to a recent review of more than 300 city utilities by the Texas Living Waters Project, a consortium of environmental groups. Among the state’s larger cities, Austin topped…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 18, 2016 Federal officials stationed on the Texas-Mexico border called legal border crossers “whores” and criminals and subjected them to unwarranted searches and coercion, according to a complaint a civil liberties group submitted to the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general Tuesday. The…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, May,17, 2016 in which they unanimously approved to refinance certain debt maturities on outstanding bonds, including the City of Eagle Pass Combination Tax and Limited Pledge Revenue Certificates…