Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of $977,272. On April 18, agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station encountered a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup while patrolling on a local ranch. While…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass High School Principal Rudy Bowles announced that 14 Eagle Pass High School seniors have received national and statewide scholarships to date. Bowles stated that he expects more students to receive scholarships but these 14 students…

AUSTIN — The state Senate on Tuesday passed a bill by Sen. Carlos Uresti that would allow online voter registration in Texas. Senate Bill 315, sent to the House on a bipartisan vote of 22-9, would add voter registration to the increasing number of government services and functions available online,…

By: Jose G. Landa An Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass High School senior Andrea Lissette Pantoja was named as a 2013 Gates Millennium Scholar by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of Fairfax, Virginia, announced Eagle Pass High School Head Counselor, Luis E. Sifuentes. Andrea Lissette…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 Six Eagle Pass Independent School District graduating seniors have been named to the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholars Program by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of Fairfax, Virginia, announced Luis E. Sifuentes, Head Counselor at Eagle Pass…

By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas interim City Manager Gloria Barrientos-Martinez named Bruce Mills of Austin, Texas as the new interim Chief of Police for the Eagle Pass Police Department at a press conference on Monday, April…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 The 2013 sequestration cuts of the United States federal budget which took effect on March 1, 2013 is now affecting the United States District Courts, the United States Magistrate Courts, the United States District Clerk, the United…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 The Del Rio Division Association of Federal Attorneys is celebrating Law Day with their annual Law Day Banquet, Scholarship Fund Raiser, and Silent Auction on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 6 p.m. at the San Felipe Country…

By: Aman Batheja Updated, 4:35 p.m.:  In a 91-53 vote Tuesday afternoon, the Texas House passed House Bill 2197, continuing the the Texas Lottery Commission. An earlier vote Tuesday had failed to continue the commission. Bill supporters spent the hour after the first vote impressing on those who voted against…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagle junior center fielder Monica Flores slammed two homeruns, including a three-run towering home run over the center field fence and a signature grand slam over the left field fence producing seven…