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…

By: Jose G. Landa© Maverick County Commissioners Court is seeking competitive sealed proposals for construction services related to the construction of the Maverick County Emergency Operations Center at the Radar Base in northern Maverick County on Highway 131, adjacent to the Maverick County Detention Center operated by The GEO Group,…

By: Julián Aguilar Opponents of a proposed coal mine in Eagle Pass, near Texas’ border with Mexico, are staring at the possibility that their yearslong goal of stopping the project will be all for naught. The Dos Republicas Coal Partnership, which is owned by Mexican mining companies, has applied to…

By: Becca Aaronson By year’s end, health care providers across Texas will have submitted proposals to state leaders to transform the way they care for the poor and uninsured. They have been spurred by a Medicaid waiver Texas officials sought and received in 2011 from the federal government, one that…

The Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce announced that it is now accepting nominations for selection of the 2012 “Citizen of the Year”. The recipient of this award will be chosen based on outstanding service gratuitously and unselfishly rendered to the community during the year 2012, therefore nominations submitted must identify…