Los Angeles, CA- The Hispanic Scholarship Fund announced today that effective immediately, students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status are eligible to apply for an HSF General Scholarship at www.HSF.net. The application deadline is December 15th, 2013. According to a memorandum prepared by the Mexican American Legal Defense…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court approved 293rd Judicial District Attorney Roberto Serna’s hiring of Juliana Andrea Sosa as a new Assistant District Attorney at their Special Meeting held on Monday, November 25, 2013, at the Commissioners Courtroom at the Maverick…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Former Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagle and current Franklin Pierce University Raven volleyball player, Aiden Garcia, was named to the Northeast 10 Conference Volleyball All-Rookie Team for her outstanding play during the 2013 season as a freshman. Garcia…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Pass native and current Associate Professor of American History at the University of North Texas at Denton, Dr. Roberto R. Calderon, has co-authored a new book entitled “Mas Alla del Rio Bravo: Breve Historia de Mexicanos del Norte…

(AUSTIN) – The chancellor of the Texas State University System announced today that Dr. Ricardo Maestas has resigned as president of Sul Ross State University and Rio Grande College and will be reassigned as special assistant to the chancellor. Dr. Quint Thurman, provost and vice president for academic and student…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,280 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value topping $1 million in recent weeks. On Oct. 27, agents from the Eagle Pass South Station were conducting immigration checkpoint operations on Highway 57 when a 2008…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Former Maverick County Interim County Commissioner of Precinct 2, Daniela Renee Flores-Aleman, announced her registration as a candidate for County Commissioner of Precinct 2 with the Democratic Party for the March 4, 2014 Texas Primary Election on Saturday, November…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. With 14 Maverick County political positions available in the March and November 2014 Elections, Maverick County businesswoman, Rosy Cantu, threw her hat in the ring by registering as a candidate for Maverick County Commissioner of Precinct 2 with the…

by Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune November 23, 2013 Editor’s Note: This story has been updated throughout. SAN ANTONIO — Long rumored to be a contender, state Sen. Leticia Van De Putte has now made it official: She is running for lieutenant governor. “I want to be your lieutenant governor…

by Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune November 23, 2013 Ricardo Maestas is out as the president of Sul Ross State University in Alpine effective immediately, according to sources close to the university. “An announcement will be made Monday regarding a transition in leadership at Sul Ross State University,” said Texas…