By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 The United States federal government budget sequestration cuts which took effect on March 1, 2013 is seriously impacting national public housing authorities including the Housing Authority of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas on the U.S.-Mexico border….

By: Ricardo E. Calderon An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 The Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles defeated cross-town rival C.C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks, 13 to 1, to clinch the outright 2013 District 29-5A Softball Championship behind a three-run homerun blast by junior center fielder…

By: Julián Aguilar Two months after a top state Democrat filed a resolution telling Washington that Texas was all in for immigration reform, the measure has proved instead to highlight a lingering divide on the issue. Despite the talk nationwide about broad support for comprehensive immigration reform and embracing those…

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I’ve just been briefed by my national security team, including FBI Director Mueller, Attorney General Holder, Secretary Napolitano, and my Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco, on the attacks in Boston. We continue to mobilize and deploy all appropriate law enforcement resources to protect…

By: Julián Aguilar Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally can start on a path toward citizenship, but only after significant border-security measures are met and they pay a hefty fine, according to an outline of the comprehensive immigration reform bill senators plan to introduce Tuesday. The outline of the Border Security,…

This afternoon, Senators Schumer and McCain briefed me on the bipartisan immigration reform bill that they have drafted with their colleagues in the Senate.  This bill is clearly a compromise, and no one will get everything they wanted, including me.  But it is largely consistent with the principles that I…

A small fire was reported at Our Lady of Refuge School at approximately 1:45pm. The fire prompted the immediate evacuation of all students and faculty. The Eagle Pass Fire and Police Department responded and quickly took control of the situation. There was no immediate danger to the students. Elements of…

twitter.com/Boston_to_a_T Explosion at coply By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 Two bombs exploded today, April 15, 2013, near the finish line of the Boston Marathon at approximately 2:45 p.m. E.S.T. killing three people and injuring at least another 128 persons surprising marathon runners,…

By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 A Brackettville, Texas family of five lost four members in a fiery head-on collision with an 18-wheeler tractor trailer on Saturday night, April 13, 2013, at approximately midnight while returning from a successful University Interscholastic League One…

Congressman Pete Gallego (TX-23) issued the following statement in regards to the tragic death of the Koontz family. “I join the entire Brackettville community in mourning the senseless death of the Koontz family- Ken Koontz, his wife Melissa and their two young daughters Marley and Madison who still had their…