By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The families of Autistic children in Eagle Pass are invited to a seminar on Autism on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 8:00 A.M. at the Holiday Inn Conference Room located at 2007 N. Veterans Boulevard, Eagle Pass, Texas, announced Wendy Maurer,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 A two vehicle head-on collision during the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 5, 2015, on FM 1021 (Old Mines Road) in southern Maverick County, Texas near the Webb and Maverick County lines has left several Eagle Passans seriously…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors held a special meeting on Friday, July 24, 2015, to set a  process to appoint a replacement for the MCHD Board of Directors vacancy caused by the sudden resignation of former…

HOUSTON – Dr. Dennis B. Barson Jr., 42, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions related to a conspiracy to defraud Medicare of $2.1 million in less than two months, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Barson and his medical clinic administrator, Dario Juarez, 55,…

by Sophia Bollag, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Alleging that Sandra Bland’s “rights and privileges as a citizen of the United States” were violated, Bland’s mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the Texas Department of Public Safety, Waller County…

McALLEN, Texas ‐ Argentina Cavazos, 57, has pleaded guilty to illegal remunerations for her role in a scheme to solicit and obtain illegal kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Cavazos, a doctor’s assistant for a McAllen area physician, admitted to engaging in a kickback scheme…

by Jim Malewitz and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Aug. 3, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Calling climate change “one of the key challenges of our lifetimes and future generations,” President Obama on Monday unveiled the final version of his state-by-state effort to combat the warming…

DEL RIO, Texas – A U.S. Border Patrol agent was injured after taking a fall into a pit near Eagle Pass. On Aug. 3, at approximately 9:30 p.m., a Border Patrol agent from the Eagle Pass Station fell into a pit while tracking foot sign and suffered injury to his…

WASHINGTON –President Obama announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan today, which will cut U.S. carbon pollution from the power sector by 870 million tons, or 32 percent below 2005 levels, in 2030. Power plants are the largest drivers of climate change in the United States, accounting…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station recovered a stolen vehicle. On July 31, at approximately 7 p.m., Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass immigration checkpoint on Highway 57, encountered a gray sedan vehicle with three occupants for inspection. During…