By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Former Congressman and State Representative Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) and retired Game Warden Peter Flores (R-Pleasanton) are battling for the Texas Senate District 19 Special Election Run-Off called by Governor Greg Abbott to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station seized 27.56 pounds of methamphetamine and arrested a 31-year-old Mexican national at the U.S. Highway 57 immigration checkpoint. “Drug smuggling organizations will frequently attempt to blend in with the traveling public to smuggle narcotics into the…

By: Roz Brown, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A 50-year-old conservation program that will expire at the end of this month without action from Congress is the focus of a new film released by the Hispanic Access Foundation. The film, “Land, Water, y Comunidad,” explores the importance…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Sept. 4, 2018 “Why Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh would be good news for Texas Republicans” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide…

(PRESS RELEASE) EPISD Classes on Tuesday, September 4th, will be delayed until 10:00 am in the interest of student safety. Please exercise extreme caution will on the road. Staff will fall under Level 1 Inclement Weather Procedures. Level 1: School will open at 10:00am. EPISD personnel will begin their work…

(Press Release) “On Sept. 2, at approximately 9:55 a.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Eagle Pass, Texas, Station, attempted to arrest a subject near the Rio Grande River. The subject, a 48-year-old Honduran man, assaulted the agent, who shot the subject with his service-issued weapon. The subject…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks shut out the pesky Crystal City High School Javelinas 21-0 in the 2018 Football Season Opener at the Crystal City Independent School District Stadium in Crystal City, Texas on…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles muzzled the potent Uvalde High School Coyotes 42-18 in both teams’ 2018 Football Season Opener at The Honey Bowl in Uvalde, Texas on Friday, August 31, 2018. The visiting Eagle Pass Eagles’…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks open the 2018 Texas High School Football Season against the Crystal City High School Javelinas in a non-district game on Friday, August 31, 2018, at 7:30 P.M. at Crystal…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles kick-off the 2018 Texas High School Football Season versus the Uvalde High School Coyotes in a non-district game on Friday, August 31, 2018, at 7:30 P.M. at The Honey Bowl in Uvalde,…