EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized alleged methamphetamine, valued at more than $100,000, from a car battery at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry. “In seizing this load of alleged narcotics, our frontline officers demonstrated their resolute dedication to CBP’s border security mission and helped…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune May 6, 2016 A group of energy companies has cleared its last regulatory hurdle before piping West Texas natural gas beneath 143 miles of largely untouched Big Bend-area land and into Mexico. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday signed off on a stretch…

(Press Release) What: Southwest Texas Junior College will host a Scholastic Book Fair on May 16-20. Time will be from 8:00AM to 4:30PM Monday-Thursday and on Friday 8:00AM – 3:30PM. Funds raised will help purchase books for SWTJC libraries. Families, faculty, staff, local teachers and the community are invited to…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune May 4, 2016 When it blocked President’s Obama’s Clean Power Plan, the U.S. Supreme Court let Texas off the hook — at least for now — on developing a plan to boost its use of cleaner-burning energy. But most Texans believe their leaders should…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas International Bridge System General Manager Mario Diaz tendered his letter of resignation to Eagle Pass Interim City Manager Roberto Gonzalez on Monday, May 2, 2016. Diaz cited personal reasons for his decision to…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass High School Class of 1966 will hold its 50th Year Class Reunion during October 14-15, 2016, at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel, announced Raul Escontrias, Class of 1966 Reunion Committee Member. All Eagle Pass High…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The City of Brackettville, Texas admitted that its Animal Control Ordinance, amended on December 9, 2014, by its City Council under the leadership of Mayor Andres Rodriguez is invalid and null and void in the pending lawsuit styled Brackettville…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Eagle Pass former City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr. was denied bond according to an order issued on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 by United States Magistrate Judge Victor Roberto Garcia, Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, in Del Rio,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A high speed chase in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit County, Texas by law enforcement agents of a suspected vehicle transporting undocumented aliens resulted in the injury of nine people on May , 2016. The high speed chase reached up to…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A 16 year old male student of Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School, Jonathan Sanchez, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at a San Antonio, Texas hospital succumbing to wounds sustained in an earlier suicide attempt at…