Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of $2.4 million in six different incidents in recent weeks. On Oct. 24 at approximately 10 p.m., agents from the Eagle Pass Station conducting linewatch…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Another automobile accident in the Eagle Ford Shale region involving three pick-up trucks along U.S. Highway 83 in Dimmit County between Carrizo Springs and Asherton, Texas resulted in four persons injured, with two seriously hurt requiring they be flown…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti (District 19-San Antonio, D) brought many smiles and cheers to many Eagle Pass children at the Teaching and Mentoring Communities Head Start Center on Diaz Street and senior citizens at the Eagle Pass…

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News PEARSALL, Texas—During their careers as oil and gas inspectors for the Texas Railroad Commission, Fred Wright and Morris Kocurek earned merit raises, promotions and praise from their supervisors. They went about their jobs—keeping tabs on the conduct of the state’s most important industry—with gusto. But…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass City Council unanimously approved to file an Amicus Curiae Brief in support of Maverick County in Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s (DRCP) appeal of the denial of a County Floodwater Plain Construction Permit by Maverick…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved to hire the legal services of attorney Luis R. Vera, Jr. of San Antonio, Texas to assist Commissioners Court with legal issues concerning County Auditor Fidencio Ortiz at their regular monthly meeting…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council approved to set forth a plan of action on a proposed plastic bag ordinance at their regular monthly council meeting held on Thursday, December 4,2014. Originally, the City Council introduced a plastic bag ban…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the use of competitive sealed proposals as the method of purchase that provides the best value to the municipality for the construction services related to the historic public library…

By: Emily Atkin, ThinkProgress The former president of the company that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 West Virginians this past January has been arrested on criminal fraud charges, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation complaint unsealed Monday. Former Freedom Industries president Gary Southern was charged with bankruptcy fraud, wire…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Dec. 7, 2014 Along with his 20-point margin of victory, Gov.-elect Greg Abbott accomplished something on Election Day that many naysayers doubted the Republican could: He took 44 percent of the Hispanic vote. For Texas conservatives, Abbott’s performance indicated that Republicans are making headway…