Native American Historical & Sacred Religious Archaeological Sites on Elm Creek Area near U.S.-Mexico border to be destroyed by Dos Republicas Coal Mine
October 21st, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Native American tribes such as the Pacuache Clan of the Coahuiltecan Indian Tribe, based in San Antonio, Texas, and the Comanche Nation, based in Lawton, Oklahoma, have raised salient federal and state law issues concerning the destruction of documented…
Driving Under Influence is serious problem in Maverick County, claiming 7 Deaths
October 21st, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Five years ago on October 17, 2010, Eagle Passan Karla Marie Viesca,age 24 years old, died in an automobile crash at the hands of a drunk driver in San Antonio Texas. Viesca’s life was taken at a very young…
Domestic Violence Awareness Community Stakeholders Meeting Held
October 21st, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Quad Counties Council New Horizons Outreach Program held a community-wide stakeholder meeting on Domestic Violence Awareness in Eagle Pass and Maverick County on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at 10 A.M. through 1 P.M. at the BBVA Compass Bank,…
Eagle Pass Eagles stampeded by Laredo United Longhorns 49-7
October 21st, 2015By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass High School Eagles got stampeded by the District 29-6A leading Laredo United High School Longhorns 49-7 in a key district football game on Friday, October 23, 2015, at the Eagle Pass Independent School Distirct Cozel Foster-Veterans…
City of Eagle Pass reappoints Municipal Court Judge Francisco Martinez, III, Assistant Municipal Court Judge Ruben Montemayor, and appoints Tere Melendrez Gomez as Assistant Municipal Court Judge
October 21st, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The City of Eagle Pass City Council unanimously approved the reappointment of Municipal Court Judge Francisco Martinez,III, Assistant Municipal Court Judge Ruben Montemayor, and appointed current Maverick County Justice of the Peace of Precinct 4 Tere Melendrez Gomez as…
City of Eagle Pass approves license agreement to use federal property for Ryan Street public parking
October 21st, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The City of Eagle Pass City Council approved a license agreement between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the City of Eagle Pass to expand public parking areas near Ryan Street in downtown Eagle Pass at their special meeting…
Maverick Arms, Inc. fined $197K and cited by OSHA for 23 Safety & Health Violations
October 21st, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Weapons Manufacturer, Maverick Arms, Inc. of Eagle Pass, Texas was fined $197,000 for one willful and 23 serious violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following a planned inspection under the Regional Emphasis…
City Council approves second reading of Educational Reimbursement Program for City Employees Ordinance
October 21st, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The City of Eagle Pass is seeking to amend an ordinance to clarify the City’s educational reimbursement program under Section 2-32, Article II, Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas, by…
City Council approves extension of Declaration of Disaster for Eagle Pass
October 21st, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The City of Eagle Pass City Council ratified a resolution extending the order of the Declaration of Disaster executed by Mayor Ramsey English Cantu pursuant to Section 418.108, Texas Government Code, regarding the severe flooding that occurred in Eagle…
UIL Punts to Superintendents on Gender Policy
October 20th, 2015by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Oct. 19, 2015 The governing body for Texas high school sports decided Monday to ask superintendents to determine whether to formalize a policy that uses student-athletes’ birth certificates to determine their gender. Such a policy already is informally used by the body, the University…
