By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass Police Department hosted a Child I.D. and Car Seat Safety Check Program for local children and parents on September 26, 2015 at Burlington Coal Factory in Mall de las Aguilas in Eagle Pass, Texas. The purpose…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Sept. 29, 2015 Getting into the University of Texas at Austin just got even harder. Texas students who apply to UT-Austin for the fall 2017 semester will need to be in the top 7 percent of their high school class to gain automatic admission….

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Funeral arrangements for former Eagle Pass Independent School District Transportation Director Hector M. Rodriguez have been announced by Yeager-Barrera Mortuary of Eagle Pass, Texas. Yeager-Barrera Mortuary is located at 1613 Del Rio Boulevard in Eagle Pass and their telephone…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors approved a one cent tax rate increase from 8 cents per $100 valuation to 9 cents per $100 valuation for fiscal year 2015-2016 on a split 2 to 1 vote at…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass Business Expo Committee together with the City of Eagle Pass and the Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce are hosting the Second Annual Eagle Pass Business Expo on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at the City of Eagle…

COLLEGE STATION, Sept. 29, 2015 – Latest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data show Texas home sales had a 7 percent year-over-year increase in August while the median price was up 7.4 percent. “Generally speaking, the market’s still going strong,” said Texas A&M University”s Real Estate Center Chief Economist Jim Gaines….

by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune Oct. 1, 2015 When Austin eye surgeon George Thorne sees patients, he is followed by a staff member who, for the most part, sits quietly behind him and takes notes. Shayla Martinez, certified as an ophthalmic technician, spends much of her workdays as a…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Former Eagle Pass Independent School District Transportation Director Hector M. Rodriguez, age 69,  was killed in a rollover automobile accident on U.S. Highway 277 in Maverick County, Texas between Eagle Pass and Carrizo Springs, Texas on Saturday, September 26,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass High School Eagles fell in a heart breaker in overtime to the San Antonio Southwest High School Dragons 28-21 in a non-district football game on Friday, September 25, 2015 at San Antonio Southwest Independent School District…

By: Ricardo E.  Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks stampeded the San Antonio Southside High School Cardinals 27-16 in a key Distirct 29-5A football game on Friday, September 25, 2015 at San Antonio Southside Independent School District Stadium in…