By Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News The U.S. coal export industry continued its losing streak as 2014 ended and 2015 began. A coal terminal project in Louisiana lost its permit in state court, and one in Washington ran into a stiff legal challenge. Last month, the company behind several other planned…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass, State Senator Carlos I. Uresti, and State Representative Poncho Nevarez are hosting the 2015 Eagle Pass Day at the 84th Texas Legislative Session during February 17-18, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Local public officials, business…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Sul Ross State University-Rio Grande College and IBC Bank are hosting a Meet the President reception for Sul Ross State University’s 12th President, Dr. Bill Kibler, on Friday, January 23, 2015, at 11:30 A.M. at IBC Bank, located at…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court is turning up the heat on their feud with Maverick County Auditor Fidencio Ortiz at the Monday, January 12, 2015, Commissioners Court regular meeting at 5 P.M. at the Commissioners Courtroom in Eagle Pass, Texas…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that the 2015 Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition Winter Meeting is being held in Eagle Pass, Texas during January 13-15, 2015 at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Hotel & Casino with over 20 Texas counties’…

DEL RIO, Texas – Federal authorities at the Eagle Pass of Entry arrested a Mexican national Jan. 7, after finding a large amount of undeclared currency in his vehicle as he attempted to leave the country. “Large amounts of currency may be imported and exported with the proper documentation,” said…

by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Jan. 6, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The eager congressman-elect’s first day on the job began with breakfast tacos and drama. On the first day of the 114th Congress, Will Hurd, the newly arrived San Antonio Republican, found himself caught in the middle of a…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass Police Department arrested Rosendo Melendez, age 31, on January 7, 2015, at the intersection of Adolphus and Taft Streets in Eagle Pass, Texas while driving a gray Kia automobile after a warrant of arrest was issued…

By: Mose Buchele Tremors on the Rise Across Texas People in Dallas were surprised by a swarm of small earthquakes that started shaking the city a couple of days ago. There have been a dozen by the latest count.  And the quakes, though new to the Dallas area, are just…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A former female federal detainee, Lisa Velasquez Olivarez, at the Maverick County Detention Center in Eagle Pass, Texas, filed a civil lawsuit against Defendants GEO Group, Inc., Warden Raul Trevino, Warden Brent Bement, Officer Luis Valladarez, and Officer FNU…