By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Former City of Eagle Pass, Texas Finance Director Jesus R. Rodriguez filed on February 20, 2025 a wrongful termination of employment lawsuit against the City of Eagle Pass arising from his sudden and unexpected termination by Interim City Manager…

DEL RIO, Texas – A former soldier was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 200 months in prison for the attempted murder of another soldier while he was stationed at Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos) in June 2000. According to court documents, Allen Houston James, 46, of…

*PRESS RELEASE* (AUSTIN) —Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.8 billion in February, 4.3 percent more than in February 2024. The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to the agency in February. “State sales tax collections exhibited…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors named Interim Chief Executive Officer Nestor Bonilla as the new permanent Chief Executive Officer at their Board meeting held on Monday, February 24, 2025 after discussing the agenda item in Executive…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 ` The inaugural City of Eagle Pass Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 (TIRZ) Board of Directors meeting was held on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at the City of Eagle Pass City Council Chambers with only five of seven…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Over 300 water and wastewater professionals attended the 9th Annual Water and Wastewater Regional Conference hosted by the Eagle Pass Water Works System during February 19-21, 2025 at the City of Eagle Pass International Center for Trade, announced Jorge…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Over 400 of the best and brightest students among the 15 elementary schools of the Eagle Pass Independent School District participated in the 46th Annual Elementary University Interscholastic League (U. I. L.) Elementary Meet on Saturday, February 8, 2025…

(Press Release) With the City of Eagle Pass facing current financial challenges from the 57 Music Fest loss of $2.3 million of taxpayers funds and an incomplete forensic audit and future issues such as the expansion of the Camino Real International Bridge No. 2, the need to obtain a second…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The Cabalgata La Grande Internacional, a San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo-sanctioned trail ride, celebrated its 25th Anniversary on Friday, January 31, 2025 at a historic ceremony held at the U. S.-Mexico international boundary line amid the City of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 A delegation of over 50 Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas leaders led by Mayor Pro-Tem William “Billy” Davis, Maverick County Judge Ramsey English Cantu, and Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees President Jorge Barrera traveled to…