By: Abrahm Lustgarten Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation’s geology as an invisible dumping ground. No company would be allowed to pour such dangerous chemicals into the rivers or…

By: Ben Philpott The 83rd Texas legislative session begins Tuesday. Here’s a short list of the expected session priorities. It’s Always the Budget The recession and Republican opposition to raising taxes ended with about $15 billion cut from the last budget. Audio: Ben Philpott’s story for KUT News Now, state…

DEL RIO, Texas – The new U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection facility at Amistad Dam is closed temporarily due to maintenance. The temporary closure will allow for the safe demolition of the old facility, which sits atop the dam alongside the roadway. CBP opened the new state-of-the-art facility Dec….

By: Jose G. Landa The City of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico Chief of Police, Jose Gerardo Moreno Veloz, announced his resignation effective on Sunday, January 6, 2013, due to personal reasons after only being eight months in office. Raul Cerda was named interim Chief of Police of the 200,000 population…

Congressman Pete Gallego (TX-23) was today selected to serve on the House Agriculture Committee.  The Agriculture Committee has jurisdiction over agriculture, livestock, forestry, water, nutrition, rural development, and other agriculture related fields.  Gallego had previously been named to serve on the House Armed Services Committee.  Both committees are major committees…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon© The honor and privilege to serve the United States of America in its elite U.S. Marine Corps inspired Angelica Mijares to enlist in the prestigious military unit known as the “First to Fight.” Angelica Mijares graduated in December of 2012 from the U.S. Marine Corps’School of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon© Only in America can a young man from rural West Texas grow up to become a revered State Representative for over 20 years in the State of Texas and win election to the United States House of Representatives on his first attempt unseating an incumbent Republican…

Del Rio, Texas – On Tuesday, Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a teenage girl stranded in the Rio Grande.   Agents were notified by Mexican authorities that the girl was stuck on an island in the middle of the river and had lost her inner tube, while trying…

Purchase your corporate table or ticket today for the 19th Annual Eagle Pass Business Journal Awards to be held Saturday, February 9, 2013 @ 7:30 P.M. El Residencial Reception Hall 3149 El Indio Highway Eagle Pass, Texas 78852 (830) 757-2705 epbj@sbcglobal.net

By: Jose G. Landa© Newly constructed Loop 480 claimed its first fatality accident as Eagle Passan Martha Alicia Jimenez Mata, age 62, died as a result of the injuries sustained in a single automobile head-on collision with a utility pole at the intersection of Loop 480 and El Indio Highway…