Washington, DC—Congressman Pete Gallego (TX-23) was assigned to the Subcommittee on Readiness and the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces on the House Committee on Armed Services. He was also assigned to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management and Subcommittee on the Livestock, Rural Development,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Eagle Pass Business Journal© The 2013 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show and Sale kicked-off on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, with a capacity-filled Jesus ‘Chuy’ Sanchez Cowboy Breakfast at the Zan Matthies Show Barn at the Maverick County Lake in Eagle Pass, Texas, announced Tim Hardt, President…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Eagle Pass Police Chief Juan Antonio ‘Tony’ Castaneda announced that two Eagle Pass Police Department officers, Jose Huerta and Joel Perez, arrested a home burglary suspect, Jesus Manuel Pargas, age 24, on Friday, January 18, 2012, together with Texas Department of Public…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Maverick County Judge David Saucedo appointed and swore-in Dora Madera, former Secretary of Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Teresa Melendrez, as Interim Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. at the Maverick County Courthouse…

By: Congressman Pete Gallego (TX-23) The 23rd Congressional District is like no other. It takes nearly 23% of Texas by land, two time zones, and runs along 800 miles of the Texas- Mexico border. It sprawls from south San Antonio through the Trans-Pecos/Big Bend region and into the lower valley of El…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal A representative of the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) announced that four armed civilian gunmen were killed by members of the Mexican military on Monday, January 21, 2013, in a gun battle in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, on the United States-Mexico…

United States Capitol 11:55 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy….

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Texas State Senator Carlos Uresti requested the Railroad Commission of Texas to deny Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s application to renew, revise, and expand Permit 42-A, Eagle Pass Mine, in a letter penned on December 6, 2012 to the three Railroad Commissioners. Senator…

In Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday, January 17, 2013, Maverick County Precinct Four Commissioner Cesar Flores, age 46 of Eagle Pass, Texas, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after a federal grand jury in Del Rio indicted him on January 16, 2013 in connection with an alleged…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal The Maverick County Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors approved the letter of resignation of Maverick County Landfill General Manager Hector Daniel Chavez and appointed Mike Castillo as Interim Maverick County Landfill General Manager at their Tuesday, January 15, 2013, regular meeting….