Maverick County Sheriff’s Office (PRESS RELEASE) – Sheriff’s deputies met with a seventy-eight year old female on Sunday March 09, 2014 in regards to a stray bullet entering her home. The female, who resides on Vanesa Street, told officers she was sitting at her sofa attempting to stand up when…

Eagle Pass Police Department – (Press Release) Updated: 3-13-14 On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, the Eagle Pass Police Department Auto Theft Division arrested Leonardo Cuellar, 26, of San Antonio, Texas for Theft. Cuellar was driving a 2006, For F-150, which was reported stolen to the San Antonio Police Department.  The…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Congressman Pete P. Gallego (D-TX, 23rd), State Senator Carlos I. Uresti (D-TX, 19th), and Ramon Chapa, Jr., Community Outreach Organizer of Enroll America, announced that Eagle Passans and Maverick Countians who lack health care insurance or have pre-existing medical…

By: Miguel Munoz, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors approved at a special Board meeting on Thursday, March 6, 2014, by a split 4-1 vote to authorize Chief Executive Officer Elcira Bares and Legal Counsel Celeste Lira to meet with current…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Democratic Party voters have spoken in the March 4, 2014 Primary Election with some clear winners and others going into a run-off on May 27th to determine certain races. The lowest voter turnout in modern times in…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Democratic Party voters primarily stayed home for the March 4, 2014 Primary Election with only 5,080 voting out of an approximate 27,192 registered voters in Maverick County–only 18.68 % of eligible voters exercised their right to vote…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. In a dramatic change of events, Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors Chairman Juan Manuel “Chuco” Farias has called a special Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 12 Noon at the local hospital district’s…

On Monday, March 3, 2014, in Del Rio, Texas, 35-year-old Hipolito Amaya, owner of AM-ROD Construction based in Eagle Pass, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for his role in connection with an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme in Maverick County announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman…

By: Erin L. McCoy In the middle of a sentence, Gary Bone has to stop and gasp. “I lose my breath,” he tells me through the phone. Bone is 56 and suffers from asbestosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and black lung. These aren’t the only remnants of nearly 20…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Texas Democrats and Republicans will cast their ballots for the candidates of their choice in their respective Primary Election this Tuesday, March 4, 2014, from 7 A.M. through 7 P.M. at the regular local Precinct polling places in Maverick…