By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council approved unanimously to hold a workshop in the near future to discuss and review a permanent street maintenance program after the current seven year plan ends to ensure the proper maintenance of city streets…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. As a result of City of Eagle Pass voters overwhelming approval of the Fire Fighters and Police Civil Service Referendum at the May 9, 2015, City election, the City of Eagle Pass will need to approve and implement new…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass has received an invitation to bid and pursue hosting the 2017 Texas Association of Convention and Visitors Bureau annual conference at the City of Eagle Pass International Center for Trade according to City Manager…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council and Administration honored retiring City Tax Assessor-Collector Mary Pete Ramirez on Tuesday, June 30,2015, at a ceremony held in the City Council Chambers before a large gathering of city employees, family, and well-wishers. Eagle…

Eagle Pass native Enrique Ramos graduated from the University of North Texas on May 16, 2015. Enrique is the son of Hilda C. Ramos and Enrique Ramos. Enrique graduated from Eagle Pass High School in June of 2012, where he was a Top 5 percent graduate. He became enrolled in…

(Press Release) Subject: Summer Fun at the Splash pad!!! The Administrative Offices of Pct.1 would like to inform our residents that the Splash pad at the Maverick County Lake will be open to the public. The kids love it… It’s fun, healthy and free of charge. Splash pad Hours of…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune July 1, 2015 Lisa Moore, an English and women’s and gender studies professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has been waiting 24 years for the university to extend benefits to the same-sex partners of its gay and lesbian employees. After leaving Cornell…

(Press Release) On June 30, 2015, deputies responded to FM 2030 in Chula Vista at approximately 5:51 AM in reference to a welfare check after a complainant stated that her twenty-five year old son, identified as Ernesto Luna, had left the residence walking in an unknown direction. Units arrived and…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune June 29, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with Texas abortion providers and temporarily put on hold a ruling that would have closed 10 of the state’s 19 abortion facilities. Abortion restrictions passed by…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court will hold a special meeting on Monday, June 29, 2015, at 5 P.M. at Commissioners Courtroom in Eagle Pass, Texas to discuss a total of 48 agenda items, including a County hiring freeze, changing Independent…