By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced that Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s (DRCP) Eagle Pass Mine Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ 0003511000 to discharge open pit coal mining waste and stormwaters into Elm Creek…

By Alexa Ura & Neena Satija | March 8, 2015 LAS PAMPAS — Every three days, Victor Manuel Juarez checks the straps on a 500-gallon plastic water tank mounted to a flatbed trailer behind his pickup. After putting on his short-brimmed straw hat, the 71-year-old kisses his wife, Rosa María,…

In Texas, 1,205,174 consumers selected or were automatically re-enrolled in quality, affordable health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace as of Feb. 22, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Of the consumers with a Marketplace plan selection, 85 percent (1,036,450…

By Neena Satija & Alexa Ura | March 8, 2015 VINTON — The letters, and the drawings, are heartbreaking. “I want you to know that you are continuing to contaminate the water that we drink, and the water that we bathe in, and the water that we wash our dishes…

By Neena Satija & Alexa Ura | March 8, 2015 Turn on the faucet. Fill a glass with water. Drink it. Acts so commonplace you perform them without thinking twice. Flora Barraza cannot. Neither can José Garcia, nor the cooks at Los Pasteles Bakery No. 2, nor the elderly at…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry intercepted a marijuana shipment March 6, seizing more than 90 pounds of contraband. “This is another case of CBP officers’ training and experience keeping a load of drugs from entering the country,” said…

Deputies were dispatched to Highway 277 North Thursday evening after receiving reports of a rollover accident. Units arrived approximately 12 miles out of the city limits to find a 2003 Dodge Caravan on its side after apparently having struck a light pole. Contact was made with the driver and the…

District Attorney Roberto Serna District Attorney Roberto Serna announced that Juan Ramon Medrano, Jr., who had been a fugitive from justice after he fled to Mexico, was taken into custody on March 2, 2015.  In December of 2011, Assistant District Attorneys Robert Little and Alberto Rodriguez represented the State in…

March is recognized as Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month and Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Every day, patients suffering from illnesses such as these are faced with challenging medical procedures such as chemotherapy. One in seven patients entering a hospital will require transfusions of red blood cells, platelets or other blood components….

Austin, TX — Businesses in Texas have the right to either allow or ban concealed handguns within the premises of their own establishment. If a business wishes to prohibit concealed handguns from their establishment they are required to post a large and wordy sign in accordance with the current 30.06…