La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE) expresa su profunda preocupación y condena ante el incidente ocurrido esta madrugada en Austin, Texas, en la que un individuo realizó disparos hacia varios edificios públicos en el centro de esta ciudad, incluyendo la sede del Consulado General de México. Los hechos ocurrieron fuera…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 27, 2014 After more than a year of wrangling between local leaders and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over who should pay to move an X-ray machine, the first new rail bridge in more than a century connecting Mexico and the Rio…

by Bobby Blanchard, The Texas Tribune Nov. 28, 2014 Someday capsules sent aloft from a New Mexico desert will whisk celebrity passengers on flights into suborbital space. And someday rockets taking off from a sandy beach in Texas will carry colonists to Mars. What is the point of space, after…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court is holding a special meeting on Monday, December 1, 2014, at 5 P.M. at the Commissioners Courtroom located at the Maverick County Courthouse, 500 Quarry Street, in Eagle Pass, Texas, to discuss and take possible…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Nov. 26, 2014 Over the objections of Texas officials, the Obama administration on Wednesday proposed a long-delayed rule to slash levels of ozone – a smog-forming pollutant known to worsen asthma, lung disease and heart conditions. The regulation is the latest example of the…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The lack of participation by Maverick County residents to change their old route and lot number residential addresses or HCR addresses to the new required 911 Management Address System is costing local governmental entities and businesses money in increased…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc The C.C.Winn High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) students presented their Maverick County Water Quality Study findings at a meeting of Maverick County Commissioners Court on November 10, 2014, led by students Larissa Menchaca, Dakota Betancourt, Alexa De…

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune Nov. 26, 2014 Climate scientists project that Texas will be hotter and drier in the coming decades, which means less rainwater will make it into lakes and reservoirs, and more will evaporate. That could spell major trouble for the state’s fast-growing cities and industry,…

Eagle Pass, TX, November 25, 2014 – Today Shop Small, Shop Local announced its participation in the fifth annual Small Business Saturday on November 29th to support independent businesses in Eagle Pass, TX.  Founded by American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday® is a day to celebrate the small businesses…

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune Nov. 21, 2014 Video: Watch ranchers use an infrared camera to hunt for dangerous emissions. Bradford Gilde, a Houston lawyer, stumbled across some unexpected evidence as he was preparing to sue Aruba Petroleum on behalf of a North Texas couple who believed fumes from…