By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2023 Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) Chief Executive Officer Alma Martinez announced during an Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce Luncheon held on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at the Eagle Pass International Center for Trade of the District’s plans of opening…

Aug. 21, 2023       Press Release. LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers this weekend apprehended a 75-year-old woman in connection with a failed human smuggling attempt. “Our frontline officers applied their interviewing skills and experience to uncover this human smuggling attempt,”…

August 22, 2023 Press Release. Loose gun laws are endangering our children.   SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Senator Roland Gutierrez has issued a call for action in the wake of the alarming incident that unfolded on a Seguin Independent School District bus. An elementary student was carrying a loaded gun…

August 22, 2023. PRESS RELEASE. THE CITY OF EAGLE PASS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER Eagle Pass, TX – The latest situation report from the National Weather Service indicates that Tropical Storm Harold has formed in the Gulf and is forecasted to make landfall along the lower Texas coast by midday today….

The lawsuit alleges that four migrants who were arrested under Operation Lone Star remained locked up as long as six weeks after their criminal trespassing cases were dismissed or they served their sentences. Department of Public Safety troopers arrest three undocumented migrants as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney…

ERCOT asked energy customers to reduce their electricity use from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, the third conservation request this year and the second in three days as punishing summer heat continues. By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune Aug. 20, 2023 “State power grid operator calls on Texans to conserve…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2023 After a survey conducted by the joint United States International Boundary and Water Commission and the Mexican International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) in late-July 2023 of the controversial floating marine buoy barrier in the Rio Grande River constructed…

Por: Selene M. Calderón. El Puente Internacional Uno Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras, no cerrará como se anunció anteriormente en tanto se realizan trabajos de construcción en las instalaciones de la Aduana de México, por lo que únicamente se alternarán carriles, de acuerdo a lo informado este jueves 17 de agosto de…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2023 The long-awaited funding for construction of the northern 5.8 miles segment of Loop 480 in Eagle Pass, Texas from U. S. Highway 57 South to U. S. Highway 277 North has been formally approved by the Texas Department of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2023 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks will host their cross-town rival, Eagle Pass High School Eagles, in both teams’ 2023 Texas high school football season opener in the 17th Rivalry Meeting between the two Eagle…