By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council Election of May 3, 2025 starts on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 with the Early Voting Period and continuing until Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at the Cruz Antonio Munoz Gymnasium, 2086 Roosevelt…

(Press Release) Eagle Pass Mayoral candidate Aaron Valdez was honored at a breakfast reception on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 hosted by current Mayor Rolando Salinas, Jr. and former Mayors Rodolfo “Fito” Barrera, Enrique Montalvo, Jesus Sanchez, Rogelio Flores, Jose “Pepe” Aranda, Jr., and Luis E. Sifuentes wherein they jointly endorsed…

*PRESS RELEASE* EAGLE PASS, TX – April is Community College Awareness Month, and Southwest Texas College proudly joins the nationwide celebration by highlighting the power of accessible, affordable, and life-changing education. Community colleges serve as gateways to opportunity, providing students of all ages with the tools to pursue higher education,…

DEL RIO, Texas – A Del Rio man was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for production of child pornography. According to court documents, Hector Sanchez, 33, used his Facebook account to contact a 13-year-old female in October 2020. Sanchez demanded that the child send him explicitly nude photos,…

*PRESS RELEASE* SAN ANTONIO – Acting United States Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas announced today, that federal prosecutors in the district filed 295 immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from April 4 through April 10. Among the new cases, Mexican national Jorge Alberto Garcia-Drue was encountered at…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The State of Texas County and District Clerks’ Association Region 8 held their Spring 2025 Conference during April 9-11, 2025 at the City of Eagle Pass International Center for Trade in Eagle Pass, Texas, announced Maverick County District Clerk…

By: Victoria Martinez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 With only 10 remaining days before the opening of the City of Eagle Pass City Council Election Early Voting Period on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at the Cruz Antonio Munoz Gymnasium, the voters of Eagle Pass and Maverick County have…

:By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Former Eagle Pass Independent School District Principal Julian Lerma announced that former principals, teachers, and staff members of the former Robert E. Lee Elementary School from the decade of the 1990’s celebrated a 35 Year Reunion on Monday, March…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The Texas House of Representatives Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development in the 89th Texas Legislature heard State Representative Heriberto “Eddie” Morales, Jr.’s proposed House Bill 74 to create and establish the Puerto Verde Port Authority District in…

By: Victoria Martinez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 On Tuesday, April 9, 2025, the City of Eagle Pass officially announced Captain Amy R. Gonzalez as the new and first woman Chief of Police for the Eagle Pass Police Department. Captain Gonzalez began serving as interim Police Chief after…