By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court will seek to withhold County Auditor Fidencio Oritz’s salary until his employment status is resolved at today’s (Monday, November 10, 2014) Commissioners Court meeting at 5 P.M. at Commissioners Courtroom at 500 Quarry Street in…

Sunday, November 9, 2014, 3:22am:  Officers of the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to an aggravated assault at a residence on Hillcrest Boulevard. Investigating officers requested medical assistance for a male subject who had a laceration to the left forearm. The investigation later revealed a female in the…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Passan Ricardo “Ricky” Ramos, Jr. was officially sworn-in as a new Attorney and Counselor-at-Law by the Honorable Cynthia Muniz of the 293rd Judicial District Court on Thursday, November 6, 2014, in Eagle Pass, Texas, after passing the State…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A long bright blue tail of a meteor lit up the dark evening sky of northern Coahuila, Mexico on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at approximately 9 P.M. believed to have fallen near Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, opposite of Eagle…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass High School Eagles football playoff hopes vanished in a heartbreaking loss in overtime to arch-rival Del Rio High School Rams 17-14 as Rams place kicker Tyler Hopkins booted a 27 yards field goal in overtime to…

Photo by: Kamille Donley/EPBJ By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks first football playoff appearance in school history was dashed by the District 29-5A Co-leader Somerset High School Bulldogs 33-28 on Friday, November 7, 2014, at Somerset,…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 7, 2014 EL PASO — With the midterm elections behind him, President Obama said he was ready to take executive action to prevent many undocumented immigrants from being deported, which analysts said could benefit Texas’ agricultural, construction and service industries. “For the Texas…

Newly cracked, chipped and crowded roads in and between boom communities have meant more than just traffic jams for local commuters. They’ve also proved deadly. Each day, as thousands of industry trucks and 18-wheelers transport flammable substances and equipment on roads ill-prepared to handle them, drilling regions are seeing an…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A horrific rear-end collision at approximately 12 Noon on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, by an 18 wheeler tractor-trailer against a stationary van and pick-up truck awaiting construction on U.S. Highway 277 South between Eagle Pass and Carrizo Springs, Texas,…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Nov. 7, 2014 Check out an audio slideshow of Karnes City, part of our Shale Life project. KARNES CITY — Circling this small South Texas city in his black Cadillac, Ray Kroll surveys empty streets, faded storefronts and a century-old mercantile building with fresh…