(PRESS RELEASE) By: Gloria Peña – 2018 Frontera Film Festival Community Liaison La Frontera It started before we were here, it started before the arrival of our great-grandfather’s hands working the melon farms, the rail roads, the pecan orchards. Their hands picked, plucked, pushed and worked for more money than…

(PRESS RELEASE) EAGLE PASS, Texas — The U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector held a press conference to discuss the Border Safety Initiative here, April 18. The focus of the press conference was to educate the public on the potential dangers of crossing the border in the hopes of preventing…

By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune April 18, 2018 *Correction appended. WASHINGTON — A new poll released Wednesday suggests the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke is far more competitive than many political observers have initially thought. The poll from Quinnipiac University shows…

By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune April 18, 2018 If you ask Wayne Christian, the biggest threat to the oil and gas industry in Texas is millennials — and a general public that’s been brainwashed into thinking that fossil fuels are bad for the environment. That’s what the former Republican…

By Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune April 18, 2018 The state official who oversees information technology and contracting at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission – which has had a series of contracting mishaps — resigned Wednesday, according to the agency. Heather Griffith Peterson, chief operating officer for the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 For 7,000 or more travelers who cross daily the City of Eagle Pass International Bridges No. 1 and No. 2 the significant change in crossing times from their previous 2 to 3 hours wait time to the current 5 to…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Charter Amendments Special Election heads to Early Voting Period starting Monday, April 23, 2018 through Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at the Multi-Purpose Center, located at 480 South Adams Street, in Fort Duncan Park…

(PRESS RELEASE) The Eagle Pass Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC) Young Professionals Group (YPG) met on April 12, 2018, at the International Center for Trade.  Mayor Ramsey English-Cantu led a discussion with the YPG members on “Civic Responsibility,” as part of the YPG’s monthly theme-based program.  Mayor English-Cantu talked…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas – Teen girls in Texas foster care are almost five times more likely to become pregnant than other teens, according to a new study. The “Fostering Healthy Texas Lives” report says the high pregnancy rate is jeopardizing teens’ health and…

By Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune April 16, 2018 Editor’s note: Correction appended. RICHARDSON — Jaculyn Zigtema, a special education director in Whitehouse ISD in East Texas, told state education officials Monday that she planned to hire two diagnosticians, four teachers and two behavioral specialists to handle an anticipated spike…