Perhaps we should call it a rebuilding year. Sports analogies aside, that really is the best way to describe the task ahead for the 83rd Texas Legislature. Lawmakers will face numerous challenges when we gather Jan. 8 in Austin, but there are four fundamental issues that will define this session…

At this make or break moment for the middle class, the President achieved a bipartisan solution that keeps income taxes low for the middle class and grows the economy. For the first time in 20 years, Congress will have acted on a bipartisan basis to vote for significant new revenue….

By: Ricardo E. Calderon. The Eagle Pass Business Journal wishes all its loyal readers, supporters, and advertisers a Happy and Prosperous New Year in 2013. 2013 is the 20th Anniversary of the Eagle Pass Business Journal publishing the premier and leading community newspaper, website, and news medium in Eagle Pass…

By: Jose G. Landa Maverick County Sheriff-Elect, Tom Schmerber, who will be officially sworn-in on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at 4 p.m. at the Maverick County Courthouse by Maverick County Judge David Saucedo, announced the appointments to his administration team. Named as Chief Deputy is former Eagle Pass Independent School…

By: Nick Swartsell Developers say the site for the proposed Lake Columbia reservoir in East Texas is not much to look at right now. “They call it the Mud Creek floodplain,” Fred Brown, a partner at Tomlin Infrastructure Group, said of the site, which is about 120 miles southeast of…

On December 27th 2012, at approximately 12:27 a.m., the Maverick County Sheriff’s Office responded to Loma Bonita Subdivision in reference to a suspicious parked vehicle by Potro Park. Inside the vehicle two military type duffle bags were seen which are commonly used to smuggle marijuana in the back seat. A…

By: DIANA R. FUENTES Del Rio News-Herald When attorney Arturo C. Gonzalez died Friday, December 21, 2012, many mourned the loss of the legal community icon. “He did so much for Del Rio,” said Mayor Bobby Fernandez. “He was a pacesetter, way ahead of his time — a role model…

By: Jose G. Landa “The deadline for the public to nominate a person, business entity, and/or an organization for one or more of the 18 awards categories for the 19th Annual Eagle Pass Business Journal Awards is Monday, December 31, 2012, at 5:00 p.m., ” announced Ricardo E. Calderon, Publisher…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Christmas is a time to recognize and honor the birth of Jesus Christ, son of God and our savior, as well as a time to cherish and value the family, friends, clients, readers, and advertisers that continuously nourish our spirits and souls to live life to…

By: Jose G. Landa A two automobile head-on collision on Highway 57 on Sunday, December 23, 2012, at approximately 8:30 a.m., in Maverick County, Texas, near Eagle Pass, left one person dead from the injuries sustained as a result of the accident. Poteet, Texas resident Antonio Ortiz, age 79, died…