By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Passan, Jose Blanco, age 41, was robbed and assaulted in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas, on or about Sunday, March 16, 2014, while visiting the Sparkling City by the Bay and sustained severe head injuries and was transported to…

By: Pete P. Gallego Few jobs if any jobs contribute more to our safety as a nation than service in the military. Literally, our troops protect our lives and all we hold dear. In return, our country must maintain for every veteran an ongoing commitment to their health care. Our…

Eagle Pass residents age 12 and older who have seizures can be seen by an epilepsy specialist as part of the new South Texas Epilepsy Clinics, which are overseen by the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and is…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 12 P.M. at the District’s Second Floor Conference Room, located at 3406 Bob Rogers Drive, in Eagle Pass, Texas, to…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court has scheduled a special meeting on Monday, March 24, 2014, at 5 P.M. at the Commissioners Courtroom at the Maverick County Courthouse, located at 500 Quarry Street, in Eagle Pass, Texas, to hold a “workshop…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The international sister cities of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and its public dignitaries and citizens celebrated their 52nd Annual Abrazo de la Amistad Ceremony at the United States-Mexico boundary line atop the City of Eagle…

By: Maria Cardona March 31 is the last day that Latinos can enroll in Obamacare during its first term of enrollment. With two weeks left, have you registered? I applaud those who have registered, but for those who have not, my question to them is, why not? The law offers…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers performed life-saving CPR on a woman who arrived in severe distress at the Eagle Pass Port of Wednesday afternoon. “The safety of the traveling public is a prime concern for us,” said Cynthia O. Rodriguez, CBP Port Director, Eagle Pass….

Humberto “Beto” Garza will be officially retiring on March 31, 2014 after 37 years in the world of banking.  Born, raised, and educated in Eagle Pass he graduated from Eagle Pass High School in 1961 and earned his BBA Degree in business and communications from St. Edward’s University in 1965. …

EAGLE PASS, Texas — A local woman was sentenced Tuesday, March 18, 2014, to 12 years in federal prison for conspiracy to import heroin. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with the assistance of U.S. Customs and Border…