by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Aug. 27, 2014 MISSION — This week at Anzalduas Park, which sits on the banks of the Rio Grande, a Texas Department of Public Safety boat patrolled the calm waters just feet away from the Mexican side of the river. Families picnicked near a…

By: Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact While allegations of abuse committed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are nothing new, it’s not every day that someone as high-ranking as the former head of the agency’s internal affairs office is the one blowing the whistle. In an interview with The Center…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved to hire Jesus R. Perez Trucking Company to clean-up Elm Creek for the cost of $27,600 at a special meeting held on Monday, August 25, 2014. Maverick County Assistant Auditor Luis Rodriguez presented…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) Board of Directors faced their 14th consecutive budget deficit during the 2014-2015 Budget Workshop and Tax Increase Public Hearing held on Monday, August 25, 2014, at the District’s Second Floor Conference Room amidst…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass High School Eagles open the 2014 Texas high school season against the Killeen Ellison High School Eagles on Saturday, August 30, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at the Converse-Judson Independent School District Rutledge Stadium in Converse, Texas,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc; The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks kick-off the 2014 Texas high school football season against the Laredo LBJ High School Wolves on Friday, August 29, 2014, at 7:30 P.M. at the Laredo United Independent School District…

by Alex Duner, Alexa Ura and Corrie MacLaggan, The Texas Tribune The Mission woman, her oilfield worker husband and their five children have lived for years in an unfinished home where the second-story windows were never installed. The family only manages to make ends meet by spending half of each…

August 21, 2014: Officers assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Patrol and Traffic Divisions responded to the intersection of Mathiwos Drive and El Indio Highway at 3:00 PM in regard to a motor vehicle accident. Officers were informed one of the vehicles involved was fleeing the scene in a red…

Eagle Pass Independent School District (EPISD) has announced that the Learning Development Center (LDC) reopened their doors on Monday, August 25, 2014 to begin the 2014-2015 school year on the home based campus. “This is great news for parents and students,” said Mr. Gilberto Gonzalez, EPISD Superintendent of Schools. “We…

Attorney General Eric Holder and Associate Attorney General Tony West announced today that the Department of Justice has reached a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America Corporation – the largest civil settlement with a single entity in American history ­— to resolve federal and state claims against Bank of…