By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal article One of former Texas Governor Rick Perry’s last official acts before leaving office was the appointment of 38th Judicial District Court Judge Camile G. Dubose of Uvalde County in Uvalde, Texas as…

Saturday, January 17, 2015, 2:16am:  Officers assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to a residence on Ralph Street in reference to an alleged sexual assault of a child. Investigating officers spoke with the mother of the child who alleged her minor child had been sexually assaulted…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Brackettville Station apprehended a convicted sex offender on Jan. 18. “Our agents are committed to keeping our communities safe,” said Chief Rodolfo Karisch, U.S. Border Patrol, Del Rio Sector. “Apprehending previously convicted felons as they attempt to enter the…

A partir de hoy las Embajadas y los Consulados de México podrán emitir copias certificadas de actas de nacimiento generadas en territorio nacional, en beneficio de todos los mexicanos en el exterior. Esta medida se da en el marco de las acciones anunciadas por el Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto el…

MAVERICK COUNTY, TX.- On Monday January 12, 2015, Maverick County Precinct 3 working together with Maverick County Road and Bridge department started the road paving of Buck street located in the Deer Run subdivision. The project involves paving the street with asphalt with an investment of $ 30,000.00 coming from…

by Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune Jan. 13, 2015 An armed rally to protest gun laws saw about a dozen Second Amendment supporters toting rifles and antique revolvers in front of the Capitol gates throughout most of the 2015 legislative session’s opening day. But gun-rights activists who chose not to…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The 2014 United States Tax Season is upon all of us, including individuals and small business owners, It is time to do our 2014 U.S. Individual and Business Income Tax Returns. Are you ready? What are the deadlines? Which…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A four vehicle accident one mile north of Asherton, Texas on U.S. Highway 83 North on Thursday, January 15, 2015, has killed five people, announced Texas Department of a Transportation spokesperson Raul Leal of Laredo, Texas. The four vehicles…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved to de-obligate (return) the sum of $893,047.04 of Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds due to Maverick County’s failure to comply with certain TDA requirements concerning the County’s…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Del Rio City Council approved to postpone taking any formal action on a pending contract between the City of Del Rio and Dos Republicas Coal Partnership for sale of treated waste water (sewer-treated) for use at their Eagle…