By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 According to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) there are 16,872 people in Maverick County receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, also known as Food Stamps, as of October 2015, an increase from the previous two…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 24, 2015 The state of Texas can’t claim an emergency to quickly grant licenses for two private detention centers holding undocumented immigrant families for the federal government, a state district judge has ruled. The ruling last week by state District Judge Karin Crump…

  By: Marshall Allen, ProPublica It seems that every time researchers estimate how often a medical mistake contributes to a hospital patient’s death, the numbers come out worse. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published the famous “To Err Is Human” report, which dropped a bombshell on the medical community…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court is scheduled to approve a resolution in favor of applying to the 2015 Indigent Defense Fund Grant Program from the State of Texas to assist Maverick County provide financial and technical support and services for…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana, valued over $960,000 in five different incidents. “Our agents are committed to disrupting the flow of illegal narcotics into the country,” said Del Rio Sector Chief Rodolfo Karisch. “I…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Election Board under the leadership of Chairman Monica Perez (Wetodocua) announced the preliminary election results of their 2015 Tribal Council Election held during the week of November 16-22, 2015 with Tribal Council Chairman…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagle standout softball player, Melanie Mendoza, signed a National Letter of Intent to play college softball at the University of Texas at Arlington on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the local high school’s Conference…

(Public Service Announcement) By: Maverick County Justice of the Peace of Precinct 3-AB David Castaneda Allow me to use your medium to inform the public of actions that are being taken by the Justice Courts throughout the State of Texas. When a Traffic Citation/Ticket is issued by an officer and…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 20, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated. The Obama administration on Friday asked the United States Supreme Court to review a federal appellate court’s ruling that struck down the president’s controversial immigration program. The request comes exactly one year after the…

EAGLE PASS, TEXAS – IBC Bank’s Maverickville Minitropolis® kicks off its in-school radio station, KMAV, with real-world training at Eagle Pass’s KINL / KEPS. Ray H. Darr Elementary students participate in the IBC Bank Minitropolis® program, which functions as a city within a school, throughout the school year as part…