By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 They say that a community’s growth is measured by the number of funeral homes within the community. Eagle Pass’ growth is no exception as Valdez & Sons Memorial Funeral Chapels, owned by the Rito and Sonia Valdez, Jr. family, celebrated the grand opening of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass City Council Special Election candidate, Angelo Aguilera, reported to the Eagle Pass Business Journal in an exclusive interview that the new Texas Voter Photo Identification (ID) law is affecting local voters from being able to cast their ballots at the current Eagle…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 After ten days of early voting with less than 500 ballots cast, the City of Eagle Pass Special City Council Election for Place 1 heads to one final day of voting on Saturday, September 14, 2013, from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. at the…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune September 10, 2013 Jose Lopez is rarely surprised when a sheriff’s deputy pulls up to the battery warehouse he manages. Law enforcement officials are frequent visitors to Tri-State Battery Supply in Longview, which has become an ally in a crackdown on thefts of equipment…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Uvalde Station seized $336,000 worth of cocaine Saturday after finding the narcotics hidden in a car. Shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday, a 2003 Pontiac Aztec approached the Highway 90 immigration checkpoint near Uvalde. While agents were conducting routine immigration…

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By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Fresh from their season opening victory over the Uvalde Coyotes 21-20 last week, the Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks sought to win their second consecutive game against the Laredo Martin High School Tigers on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at the Cozel…

by Becca Aaronson and Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune September 10, 2013 Small-town hospitals are worried that a federal recommendation to cut costs by re-evaluating which rural hospitals receive higher Medicare reimbursements could threaten their financial security — and even prompt them to shut their doors. “At the end of…

By: Morgan Smith When the high school class of 2014 graduates this spring, it will mark the beginning of a new era for Texas public schools. The current crop of seniors will likely be among the last not containing a majority of Hispanic students. It will also, based on preliminary…