By:  Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal Eagle Pass’ bustling growth requires that the City of Eagle Pass modernize and expand its fire-fighting and emergency medical services by having to build a new Fire Department Station and Training Facility, announced Eagle Pass Fire Department Chief Jesus Rodriguez….

By:  Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal Eagle Pass’ dynamic growth continues in 2014 as Walgreens has announced its plans to construct and operate a full-fledged Walgreens pharmacy and dry goods store in Eagle Pass, said Brian M. Shea, City of Eagle Pass Planning and Building Director….

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2014 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners unanimously approved the hiring of April M. Rodriguez via a departmental transfer as the new Maverick County Planning Department Director at a salary of $39,500 plus benefits despite citizens’ concerns expressed regarding the lack of proper…

My dad, a lifelong firefighter, used to teach Hazardous Materials Response and Safety classes to first responders. The first informational point he covered at the beginning of the course was how to read the classification marks on transportation tankers — the little diamond-shaped signs, usually mounted on the back of…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Texas Lion District 2-2A District Governor Rod G. Chisolm of San Antonio, Texas announced that the Eagle Pass Lions Club is hosting the 2014 Midwinter Conference at the City of Eagle Pass International Center for Trade located at 3295…

By: Dr. Tom Tunstall Roads in the Eagle Ford Shale are under intense pressure from the voluminous truck traffic that now runs up and down South Texas highways–literally hundreds of trips per day on many of them. What is becoming apparent is that there is a disconnect in the Texas…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2014 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. United States House of Representative Pete P. Gallego (D-23 TX) announced that Cynthia Martinez has been selected to be his 23rd Congressional District of Texas Field Representative in Eagle Pass, Texas. Martinez will be based out of Congressman Pete…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2014 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The two City of Eagle Pass, Texas International Bridges linking it with its Mexican sister-city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico were temporarily closed on Monday, January 13, 2014, during the mid-afternoon between 2-3 P.M. due to a bomb threat…

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Pete P. Gallego (D-Alpine) announced the House will take up a proposed “fix” to cost-of living adjustments (COLA) for medically retired disabled veterans and their survivors. The fix is included in the bipartisan Omnibus funding bill presented by House and Senate Appropriations Committees Monday…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2014 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin declared an emergency on Thursday, January 9, 2014, after a coal mining chemical leaked into the Elk River near Charleston, West Virginia contaminating the public water supply of over 300,000 citizens in a…