Single Motor Vehicle Accident near Radar Base (PRESS RELEASE) – Deputies responded to a call by Industrial Parkway in reference to a rollover accident on Friday, June 13th, at 7:18 AM. Units arrived to the locale and observed a male subject walking by the intersection of US Highway 277 North…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The San Antonio Spurs shook off a slow start in the first quarter to cruise past the two-time NBA defending champion Miami Heat 104-87 in Game Five of the 2014 NBA Finals garnering the franchise’s fifth NBA Championship on…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector are remaining vigilant in their role of protecting our local communities. In the past several weeks agents in the Del Rio Sector have apprehended three convicted sex offenders. The most recent apprehension occurred June 12 in…

Con el propósito de atender la alta demanda de  pasaportes mexicanos y/o matrículas consulares en esta temporada de vacaciones, el Consulado de México estará realizando  una  Jornada Sabatina el sábado 14 de junio de 9:00 a 13:00 horas, sin que se requiera cita previa para realizar el trámite. Para cualquier…

Washington – U.S. Representative Pete P. Gallego (D-Alpine) this week welcomed a group of 60 students from Eagle Pass Independent School District to the nation’s capital. The students spent three days in Washington, D.C., where they toured the White House, U.S. Capitol, Washington Monument and Smithsonian Museums. “I love meeting…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The San Antonio Spurs completely dominated the NBA defending champion Miami Heat 107-86 in Game Four of the 2014 NBA Finals on Thursday, June 12, 2014, at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, as the Spurs total team…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Texas State Representative Poncho Nevarez (D-Eagle Pass, District 74) blasted Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Gregg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Candidate Dan Patrick on the anti-Latino, anti-Texas-Mexico Border, and extremely conservative GOP Party Platform at a press conference held on Thursday,…

by Morgan Smith,The Texas Tribune June 10, 2014 Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include a response from Southwest ISD. Texas has failed to properly monitor public school programs intended to help students with language barriers learn English, according to a federal lawsuit brought by a Hispanic legal…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune June 11, 2014 U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Wednesday said U.S. aid that has helped return Mexican cities like Ciudad Juárez to normalcy after years of violence should also be used to help Mexico secure its border with Central America and stem the…

by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune June 11, 2014 In the wake of the GOP’s approval of a platform that includes a hardline stance on immigration, Attorney General Greg Abbott finds himself at the top of the ticket for a party whose members are deeply divided over the subject and…