By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Eagle Passans were saddened to learn about the passing of longtime resident Rodolfo E. Villapando, age 88, on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 in Eagle Pass, Texas.   Rodolfo E. Villalpando for many years worked as a Supervisor at the…

Friday, February 9, 2018, 4:35 AM: Eagle Pass Police Officers and Auto Theft Investigators in conjunction with Railroad Police Officers conducted an investigation which led to a traffic stop on a 2014 white Ford F-150 pickup truck by Fifth Street and the railroad crossing. The two male occupants of the…

(Press Release) The Eagle Pass Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC) will kick-off it’s Young Professionals Group (YPG) at a reception on February 22, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., at the new Rancho Steak Bar & Grill.  This Young Professionals Group (YPG) is aimed at retaining local professional talent in Eagle…

By: Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – MT HELENA, Mont. – Public lands and natural resources take a big hit under President Donald Trump’s 2019 budget proposal released Monday. Funding for the Interior Department would fall by 17 percent and Trump’s infrastructure proposal would make it easier to sell off…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Maverick County, Texas Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced a meeting between several Texas Border Sheriffs with the new State of Coahuila, Mexico Attorney General Gerardo Marquez Guevara will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 11 A.M. at a ranch…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported that a single vehicle rollover accident injured a 58 year old Del Rio, Texas man, Alonzo Garza Barrera, at Del Rio Boulevard near the Dollar General store in Seco Mines Subdivision in Eagle Pass,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks Basketball Team fell to the Flour Bluff High School Lady Hornets 55-20 in their Region IV, 5A Bi-District Championship Game held on Monday, February 12, 2018 at Jourdanton,…

By: Andrea Sears, Public News Service – NY NEW YORK – A lawsuit has been filed in federal court challenging what immigrants’ advocates say is the targeting of an immigrants’-rights activist by immigration officials. Last month, Ravi Ragbir, who heads the New Sanctuary Coalition, was detained during a routine check-in…

by Alexa Ura and Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Feb. 12, 2018 The list of voting rights challenges Texas is fighting in court lengthens this week with the beginning of a federal trial in a case challenging the way the state elects judges to its highest courts. As part of…

By: Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact Immigrant women and girls face unique challenges in navigating the U.S. immigration system, their dire circumstances often exacerbated by the gender-based violence they encounter on the journey and upon their arrival to the United States. These struggles were captured in a new report from the…