By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Two workers on a crane cleaning Amistad Dam’s doors fell into the water as the crane buckled and tossed them into the deep waters of the reservoir on the United States side of this key U.S.-Mexico water reservoir near…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Pass Independent School District student, Michael Sanchez, age 11, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at a San Antonio, Texas hospital after sustaining an emergency medical-related incident at Glass Elementary on Friday, April 24, 2015, and being…

By: Samantha Rae Herrera and Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass’ proposed property for the future Public Safety Headquarters, located at 489 South Monroe Street and formerly known as the Texas Army National Guard Armory, was formerly designated as a United…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. According to the County Information Program of the Texas Association of Counties, Maverick County’s unemployment rate is among the highest in the State of Texas. Maverick County’s unemployment rate has been as high as 15.2% in 2009 and as…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council held an Economic Development Workshop and Meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Among the items discussed was the need to draft a resolution to the Texas Department of Transportation, Laredo Division, in Laredo, Texas…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council heard a presentation from Aaron Farmer of The Retail Coach, a national consulting firm and pioneer of the retail recruitment hired by the City of Eagle Pass to conduct a study and implement a…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council designated several Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) projects as great priority for the City of Eagle Pass, Texas at their special meeting and workshop held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Texas Department of Transportation…

Since becoming a new high school back in 2006, the C.C. Winn High School Band Program has enjoyed its good share of success over the past nine years. With the 2014-2015 school year coming to a close, the band program has again notched a very productive year with the accolades…

SAN MARCOS, Texas – On April 27th 2015, Janelle Garza, Historian of Project Growth/Enactus, Project Growth, a legacy project since 2000, has mentored the students of Garza High School in Austin, Texas. This project has created new ways to uphold the three principals of SIFE/ Enactus: people, profit, and planet….

Every year All Star Cheer teams around the United States compete to win a bid to the only true all-star national championship there is for cheer. Much like the SuperBowl, the Summit is where only the best of the best can advance. Only 10% of teams in the country will…