By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas Fire Fighters and Police Officers Collective Bargaining Rights Election has commenced its Early Voting Period on April 25, 2016 and run through May 3, 2016 at the City of Eagle Pass Multi-Purpose Center,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles Softball Team will face the feisty La Joya High Schcool Lady Coyotes in the 2016 UIL Class 6A. Region IV, Bi-District Championship in a best of three series during April 29-30,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., 2016 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks Softball Team will tackle the Corpus Christi CalAllen High School Lady Wildcats in the 2016 Bi-District Championship of Class 5A, Region IV, in a best of three series during…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Federally indicted City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr. presented his official Letter of Resignation to Mayor Ramsey English Cantu with an effective date of April 15, 2016 even though he remains in federal custody at…

(Press Release) On Saturday, April 23, 2016, an officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to a jewelry store located within the mall in regards to a theft report. The investigating officer was informed that approximately $17,000.00 in jewelry items were discovered missing during inventory of…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune April 25, 2016 Texas Democrats have filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission claiming the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz violated federal election law. Announced Monday, the complaint asks the FEC to investigate an incident in which a Cruz fundraiser reportedly…

(Press Release) Austin, TX — The Texas Border Prosecution Unit (BPU) has announced the selection of Texas State Representative Alfonso “Poncho” Nevárez of Eagle Pass for the “Border Champion” award. Representative Nevárez received the award and was recognized on Wednesday April 20, 2016 in Alpine during a BPU training to…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2016 DONNA — When Emma Quintero moved into her modest, bright blue house eight years ago, she’d watch neighbors pass by on their way to fish the murky waters of two sprawling reservoirs and irrigation canals that reach into the Rio Grande…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. A statewide teachers group filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an attempt to block the state from implementing a controversial system that for the first time ties assessments of educators to student performance on…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Native American ceremonial and war drums filled the air on the United States-Mexico border on the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas as approximately 500 Native American and concerned Maverick County citizens gathered on Saturday,…