By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Eagle Pass Independent School District (EPISD) held the dedication ceremony of The Raul A. Gonzalez Fine Arts Center on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the District’s Student Activity Center in a moving and emotional ceremony in honor of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Eagle Passan educator, administrator, and philanthropist Rebecca “Becky” Robinson was named the 2017 Citizen of the Year at the 91st Annual Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce Banquet held on Friday, March 2, 2018, at the City of Eagle Pass…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The March 6, 2018 Texas Primary Election is over and history with some candidates winning, some candidates heading for a Run-Off Election on May 22nd, and other candidates lost despite their best efforts.  Here are the Maverick County Election…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Maverick County, Texas Presiding Election Judge Maria Enriqueta Villasenor Collett announced the final results of the Maverick County Texas Democratic Party Primary Election held on March 6, 2018 with a total of 9,086 votes cast out of slightly over…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The 2018 Maverick County, Texas Early Election Results for the Texas Primary Democratic Party Election announced at 7 P.M. by Maverick County Election Representative Enriqueta Villasenor Collett are as follows: Total Early Election Ballots Cast in Democratic Party: 6,598…

Saturday, March 3, 2018, 12:20 AM: Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to a call of a burglary of a vehicle in progress within the 1500 and 1600 block of First Street. Officers were advised of three (3) male subjects reported running into church property within the 800 block of Comal…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Maverick County, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Luis Alfonso “Poncho” Ruiz announced the Maverick County Polling Places for the Texas Primary Election Day on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Polls will be open from 7 A.M. through 7 P.M. Ruiz encourages all…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune March 5, 2018 In the fight against New Mexico over the critical Rio Grande water supply, Texas has the federal government on its side. And the feds can stay there, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday morning in a victory for Texas. Monday’s unanimous…

Written by Katie Shepherd, Immigration Impact The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit this week to demand the immediate release and reunification of an asylum-seeking Congolese mother and her 7 year-old daughter, who had been forcibly separated by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers at the U.S.-Mexico border…

By Nick Miroff, The Washington Post March 5, 2018 CACTUS — The DJs at the Spanish-language radio stations gave warnings whenever Immigration and Customs Enforcement came around. “Be careful out there,” they’d say. “The relatives are in town.” Not on the day of the Big Raid. Nothing leaked out. State…