From President Bill Kibler:           Academic excellence and student success are the highest priorities for Sul Ross State University.  We are committed to assuring that our high quality academic programs are both accessible and affordable.  Sul Ross has recently been recognized by two prestigious national publications as leaders in the…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 On a daily basis, people all across the country become ill due to foodborne illnesses which can become a great problem if not treated properly, even causing death. A review of foodborne illnesses in Maverick County, Texas by the…

The Board of Regents of the Texas State University System, during their February meeting in Beaumont, bestowed the system’s prestigious Regents’ Teacher Award upon Dr. Fernando Quiz, professor of education at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College. Dr. Bill Kibler, President of Sul Ross State University, commented that Dr. Quiz…

On March 28, 2016, in Del Rio, Texas, Ernesto Valdez, Jr., a former clerk in the City of Del Rio’s utility department, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $33,000 from the City announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A 26 Year Old Male fugitive from Bexar County, Texas, Genaro Contreras Ramirez, assaulted an Eagle Pass Police Department Officer while resisting arrest by striking the local police officer on the face with a fist on Monday March 28,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A review by the Eagle Pass Business Journal of the United States Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) found that Camino Real Fuels LLC, the operator of the Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s Eagle Pass Mine in Maverick County was…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Eagle Pass City Manager Hector Chavez presented an update report on the building of the new City of Eagle Pass Public Safety Complex to the Eagle Pass City Council during their special meeting held on Tuesday, March 22, 2016….

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Could certain types of hormonal contraceptives cause an increase in seizures in women with epilepsy? A recent Texas A&M Health Science Center study suggests that ethinyl estradiol, the primary component of oral contraceptives, could be detrimental to the epileptic brain. The findings were recently published in the journal Epilepsy Research. “We were…

By: Lee H. Hamilton We have a secrecy problem. This may seem odd to say during an era in which the most intimate details of individuals’ lives are on display. Yet government is moving behind closed doors, and this is definitely the wrong direction. In fact, I’m dismayed by how…

by Alexa Ura and Lauren Flannery, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2016 Texas’ suburban population continues to surge, with growth in some suburban counties outpacing the state’s biggest cities, new census figures show. Texas gained almost half a million new residents in a year, and the state’s most rapid growth…