Gilberto “Gil” Salas is pleased to announce his candidacy for Maverick County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3-AB. Gilberto “Gil” Salas has been a resident of Precinct 3 for over 37 years of his life. With his community in mind and in his heart, Gilberto “Gil” Salas joined the United…

By:  Jose G. Landa© The City of Eagle Pass Fire Department is on course to surpass its Emergency Call Responses record in 2013 according to public records. Currently, the Eagle Pass Fire Department has responded to over 6,100 emergency calls surpassing last year’s total of 6,005 of which 3,875 were…

By:  Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Mark is a spirited 8 year old boy who has all of his life ahead of him with a whole world to  see and explore.  Young Mark Flores has experienced a set-back in his life as he has just…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. An estimated 1.3 million Americans are losing their federal long-term unemployment benefits effective Saturday, December 28, 2013, as a result of a Budget agreement by Congress before the Christmas holiday break, including up to 300 Maverick Countians who may…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The State of Texas is currently in the midst of a serious H1N1 Flu epidemic, also known as the Swine Flu, with over 13 Texans dying from the Swine flu or complications from it, including a teen age boy…

View North Texas Earthquakes in a larger map A map of recent earthquakes (in red) and oil and gas wastewater disposal wells outside of Fort Worth. Active disposal wells are in green; inactive wells are in yellow. Map by Michael Marks/Terrence Henry By: Terrence Henry Two more earthquakes struck near…

On December 4, 2013, a unanimous jury in Dimmit County, Texas rendered a $281,000,000.00 total verdict against Heckmann Water Resources (CVR), Inc., a subsidiary of Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: NUV) in the case of Jose Luis Aguilar, et al v. Heckmann Water Resources (CVR), Inc., et al. Carlos Aguilar,…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. An Eagle Pass man, Juan Sanchez, age unknown, was shot on the chest on Christmas-eve, December 24, 2013, on Mesquite Street in the Chula Vista Subdivision in Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas, announced Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber. Sanchez…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department Commander, Jose A. Padilla, age 53, was arrested Tuesday, December 24, 2013, by federal agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in Hidalgo County, Texas in the Rio Grande…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass Police Department has arrested two men for failure to comply with registration requirements in separate cases, announced Lieutenant Aldo Escamilla. In the first case, Paulino Pedraza of Fort Worth, Texas was arrested on Friday,…