by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 30, 2014 EL PASO — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn on Friday said that the United States shares responsibility for the violence in Mexico because of drug demand here and that his GOP colleagues who favor sealing the border “obviously don’t know what they’re…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. After the Eagle Pass High School Eagles heartbreaking loss to the San Antonio Reagan High School Rattlers 2-1 in the University Interscholastic League’s 2014 Region IV-5A Championship on Friday, May 30, 2014, the District 29-5A Baseball Head Coaches announced…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The San Antonio Spurs edged the Oklahoma City Thunder and NBA Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant 112-107 in overtime in Game Six of the NBA Western Conference Championship on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, capturing the…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles fell in a heartbreaker game against the San Antonio Reagan High School Rattlers 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning with bases loaded and one out on a long fly ball…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune May 30, 2014 LIVE OAK — At the front of a cramped classroom at the Alamo University Center, George Wilson, in a singsong voice, lectured about two dozen students on the finer points of the state’s laws on oil and gas royalties, spouting terms…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Editor’s Note: The Eagles vs. Reagan Rattlers Regional Baseball Championship Game on Friday, May 30th, at 7:30 P.M. will be broadcast live on the internet at: www.tsrnsports.com. The talent-laden Regional Semifinal Champions Eagle Pass High School Eagles have drawn…

(Press Release) In Del Rio, a federal grand jury has indicted two Carrizo Springs, TX, residents for their roles in an undocumented immigrant smuggling scheme in which the victims suffered serious bodily injury announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Janice Ayala,…

by Dan Hill and Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2014 Maps of voter turnout rates by county in Tuesday’s runoffs for U.S. Senate and lieutenant governor paint ghostly pictures of Texas. State Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor with 65 percent of…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2014 McALLEN — Restaurant owner Rafael Lopez said he’s done everything the right way. The Mexican national has paid his taxes, operated and expanded a successful business, and legally employed dozens of people in his 10 years in the Rio Grande Valley….

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass Housing Authority (EPHA) Board of Commissioners held their monthly meeting on Thursday, May  22, 2014 at the Centenario Building in Eagle Pass, tackling several changes including a lower public housing assessment score for fiscal year 2012….