Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in Carrizo Springs apprehended two convicted sex offenders on last week. The Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from agents at the Carrizo Springs Station at approximately 10:30 a.m., March 10, during a traffic stop they had conducted on Highway 85, northeast…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune March 14, 2014 LAREDO — Call it one of the most heralded binational agreements between the United States and Mexico you have probably never heard of. For more than a year, a Mexican customs inspection station has been open at the Laredo International Airport,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The long-awaited construction of the Overpass located on El Indio Highway (FM 10210) in Eagle Pass, Texas is scheduled to be open to the public for transportation use on Friday, March 14, 2014, announced Raul Leal, District Public Information…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The traditional Eagle Pass International Friendship Festival will be held during March 21st through 29th, 2014, announced William “Billy” Davis, President of the Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce. The 2014 International Friendship Festival will kick-off on Friday, March 21st,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors’ super-majority of Chairman Juan Manuel “Chuco” Farias, Vice-President Rito J. Valdez, III, Humberto Duran, and Joaquin L. Rodriguez voted to reverse the Board’s previous decision not to use the services of a…

Maverick County Sheriff’s Office (PRESS RELEASE) – Sheriff’s deputies met with a seventy-eight year old female on Sunday March 09, 2014 in regards to a stray bullet entering her home. The female, who resides on Vanesa Street, told officers she was sitting at her sofa attempting to stand up when…

Eagle Pass Police Department – (Press Release) Updated: 3-13-14 On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, the Eagle Pass Police Department Auto Theft Division arrested Leonardo Cuellar, 26, of San Antonio, Texas for Theft. Cuellar was driving a 2006, For F-150, which was reported stolen to the San Antonio Police Department.  The…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Congressman Pete P. Gallego (D-TX, 23rd), State Senator Carlos I. Uresti (D-TX, 19th), and Ramon Chapa, Jr., Community Outreach Organizer of Enroll America, announced that Eagle Passans and Maverick Countians who lack health care insurance or have pre-existing medical…

By: Miguel Munoz, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors approved at a special Board meeting on Thursday, March 6, 2014, by a split 4-1 vote to authorize Chief Executive Officer Elcira Bares and Legal Counsel Celeste Lira to meet with current…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Democratic Party voters have spoken in the March 4, 2014 Primary Election with some clear winners and others going into a run-off on May 27th to determine certain races. The lowest voter turnout in modern times in…