By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Native American Tribe known as the “Lords of the Plains,” the Comanche Nation of Lawton, Oklahoma, unanimously approved a Resolution of its Business Committee opposing the proposed Dos Republicas Coal Partnership Eagle Pass Mine and any expansion of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks were lassoed by the visiting Laredo LBJ High School Wolves 20-10 in the 2015 high school football season opener on Friday, August 28, 2015, at the Eagle Pass Independent…

The Middle Rio Grande Development Council Board of Directors elected the 2015-16 Board Officers at their 45th Annual Meeting held on August 26 in Concan, Texas. The Middle Rio Grande Development Council was established in 1970 to act as the Regional Planning Commission and Council of Governments for the Middle…

The Eagle Pass Police Department’s Auto Theft Unit will be having a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Etching event on Friday, August 28, 2015. This event will be taking place at the police department from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. VIN Etching is the process of recording a vehicle’s identification number…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon© The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks kick-off the 2015 Texas High School Football Season in a classic Father versus Son match-up under the helm of Head Coach Eric Villasenor against the rising Laredo LBJ High School Wolves led by Mavericks Head Coach…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon© The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles will kick-off their 2015 Texas High School Football season under the leadership of Head Coach Tom Gonzalez on Saturday, August 29, 2015, against the Killeen Ellison High School Eagles in a Non-District game at Converse-Judson ISD Stadium, at 7…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Almost four months to the date of the tragic death of Eagle Pass Independent School District Glass Elementary School student Michael Sanchez, age 12 years old, on April 24, 2015, who collapsed during physical education class and was resuscitated…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Maverick County Hospital District (“MCHD”) Board of Directors failed to adopt the District’s Operating and Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 before the end of their 2014-2015 fiscal year at their regular meeting held on Tuesday, August 25,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Three local citizens have spoken against the proposed six cents tax rate increase at recent meetings and public hearings held by the Eagle Pass City Council with citing their personal and community’s opposition to the continuous raising of local ad valorem…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court approved an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Eagle Pass pertaining to the Texas Department of Agriculture (“TDA”) Office of Colonias Initiatives (“OCI”) Colonia Self-Help Center Program during their meeting held on Monday, August 17,2015….