By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A former female federal detainee, Lisa Velasquez Olivarez, at the Maverick County Detention Center in Eagle Pass, Texas, filed a civil lawsuit against Defendants GEO Group, Inc., Warden Raul Trevino, Warden Brent Bement, Officer Luis Valladarez, and Officer FNU…

By: Claire Moser In what is being described as a fundamental shift in how the coal industry does business, over 40 percent of all coal produced in Wyoming is now being first sold not to a power plant or a utility, but to a subsidiary of the same company that…

The former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell, 60, of Glen Allen, Virginia, was sentenced today to two years in prison for soliciting and obtaining payments, loans, gifts and other items from Star Scientific, a Virginia-based corporation, and Jonnie R. Williams Sr., Star Scientific’s then chief executive officer, in violation of…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council addressed many important agenda items during their regular meeting held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, including an evaluation of City Manager Gloria Barrientos resulting in the approval of issuing two written counseling notices to…

Earlier today, United States Congressman Michael Grimm pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return.  Since 2011, Grimm has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing New York’s 11th Congressional District, which…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council held a public hearing on its 2015-2016 Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application at its January 6, 2015, regular meeting, wherein the needs of the City for public infrastructure…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court approved unanimously a service agreement between Maverick County and Everbridge, Inc. for a Mass Notification System at their special meeting held on Monday December 29, 2014. Emergency Operation Center Director Leopoldo “Polo” Vielma presented the…

Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 8:57 pm: An officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to a truck stop at the intersection of Highway 57 and 277 South in regard to a welfare concern. A trucking company notified the Eagle Pass Police Department that one of their…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Passan Carlos E. Rodriguez earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Sul Ross State University-Rio Grande College at its Winter Commencement ceremony on December 13, 2014 at the John Harrell Auditorium of Uvalde High School in Uvalde,…

Armando Cerna Elementary students were dismissed early on Tuesday, January 6, 2014. A power outage caused EPISD to send students home early and cancel classes for the entire day. Early dismissal time was at 11:00 a.m. for all Cerna students.  At 10:55 a.m., EPISD buses began picking up students who were…