By: Victoria Martinez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc, Copyright 2025 On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the City of the Eagle Pass Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) hosted two public town hall meetings to discuss and plan for the development of the necessary transportation infrastructure in Eagle Pass and Maverick County to…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas Mayor Runoff Election held on Saturday, June 7, 2025 is the closest decided race in the history of the border community as Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors Chairman Aaron Valdez rallied…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas is anxiously awaiting this month (June 2024) to receive news from The White House regarding the approval of its application for a Presidential Permit Amendment to expand the Camino Real International Bridge from…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The race to become the next Mayor of Eagle Pass earnestly commenced on December 9, 2024 when Mayor Rolando Salinas, Jr. posted a letter to family and friends on his Facebook page advising them that he did not intend…

By: Victoria Martinez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Texas State Representative Heriberto “Eddie” Morales, Jr. of Eagle Pass, Texas announced on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 that the 89th Texas Legislature has approved to reimburse the City of Eagle Pass the sum of $1 million dollars for the State…

By: Victoria Martinez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The United States of America annually celebrates Memorial Day on the last Monday of the month of May to honor and remember the brave men and women who served in the Armed Forces and sacrificed their lives defending democracy and…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Texas House of Representative House Bill 74 creating the Puerto Verde Port Authority District, authored and sponsored by State Representative Heriberto “Eddie” Morales, Jr. of Eagle Pass, Texas, stalled in the Texas Senate Transportation Committee after being fast-tracked through…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The Texas House of Representative Bill 74, the brainchild of State Representative Heriberto “Eddie” Morales, Jr., to create the Puerto Verde Port Authority District in Maverick County, Texas has quietly passed the House of Representatives on May 8, 2025…

he Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has extended the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) public comment period for the proposed Green Eagle Railroad.  Comments on the Draft EIS will now be due by Monday, June 2, 2025 Comments on the Draft EIS may be submitted electronically on…

The Office of Registration and Records at Sul Ross State University has announced the Spring 2025 Dean’s List. Undergraduate students enrolled for 12 semester credit hours or more are eligible for the Dean’s List, which recognizes students who maintain a grade point average of 3.3 or higher on a 4.0…