By: Ricardo E. Calderon An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 United States House of Representative Pete P. Gallego, D-Texas 23rd, wrote a letter to Mr. W. Craig Fugate, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Mr. Alfred E. Judd, Center Director of Disaster Assistance of…

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June 17, 2013 – Eagle Pass, TX – Today leaders from Maverick County and Eagle Pass met with local media to address the next stage for displaced residents due to the recent flooding in the region. First, Thompson Road has been cleared, inspected and is now open for travel. Second,…

PRESS RELEASE This is to inform the public that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Region 8 will be giving tetanus vaccine at two clinics to specific groups of people who are affected. WHEN:    Thursday, June 20 – Noon to 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 21 – Noon to…

By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 An Eagle Pass young boy tragically lost his life on Friday, June 14, 2013, in an automobile accident in Dallas, Texas while vacationing with his family. The young boy was identified as Jacob Hernandez, age 8, and…

By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 A young woman from Eagle Pass, Texas was fatally struck by a Ford F-150 Pick-Up Truck on Interstate 10 and Callaghan Road after her automobile stalled on IH-10 and she waited outside her vehicle for assistance when…

SAN ANTONIO – With the old Manu Ginobili back, the San Antonio Spurs looked like champs again. One more victory and their Big Three, not Miami’s, will be the one that rules the NBA. Ginobili broke out of a slump in a big way with 24 points and 10 assists…

This past weekend, Maverick County endured torrential downpour and flooding.  We received over 17 inches of rain in a 36 hour period.  Over 140 families suffered a complete loss of their home and hundreds of other homes were damaged.  Now that the storm has passed, it is time to recover…

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: I, DAVID DEWHURST, Lieutenant Governor of Texas as Acting Governor, do hereby certify that the severe flooding that occurred on June 14-15, 2013, has caused a disaster in Maverick County in the State of Texas. THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vested…