By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance establishing term limits for all Committee and Board members appointed by the City Council during their special meeting held on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. During discussion, City of…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 (MCWCID) Board of Directors held their monthly meeting on Tuesday,June 10, 2014, at  the MCWCID No. 1offices located at 1622 Maverick Industrial Park Road in the Maverick County Industrial…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Pass City Manager Gloria Barrientos received a written notice by Texas State Natural Gas, Inc. (TSNG) for rate increase of natural gas prices to all City of Eagle Pass customers serviced by the local gas company, owned by…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at City Council Chambers within City Hall located on 100 S Monroe Street, addressing several important business matters. City Council unanimously approved the second reading…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Passan Gabriel Gutierrez, a graduate of C. C. Winn High School Class of 2013 and current sophomore at Marist College, has been selected to play on the 2014 United States Football Under 19 Team by USA Football, announced…

By: Dave Fehling “In Texas, I don’t think there’s anybody else doing quite what we’re doing,” says research scientist Kevin Schug. What Schug is doing can be found in a two big kitchen refrigerators in a lab on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. The fridges are…

By: Pete P. Gallego You could hear the Spurs fans chanting “Go Spurs Go, Go Spurs Go!” throughout the country and in big cities and small towns across the Lone Star State. This has been an exciting year in NBA Playoffs, and I proudly congratulate the Spurs for finishing the…

by Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune June 16, 2014 William Kibler, the vice president for student affairs at Mississippi State University, was named Monday as the sole finalist to be the next president of Sul Ross State University. According to a news release from the Texas State University System, nearly…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. An early morning head-on collision at approximately 6 A.M. on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, between two tractor trailers traveling on U.S. Highway 277 South between Eagle Pass, Texas and Carrizo Springs, Texas, caused U.S. Highway 277 South to be…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The United States National Soccer Team surprised nemesis Ghana 2-1 in its Group G inaugural game on Monday, June 16, 2014, at the FIFA World Cup Brazil on a late header goal by American striker John Brooks on a…