By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX EL PASO, Texas – A coalition of conservation groups is taking the Environmental Protection Agency to court over changes to the Texas Regional Haze Plan. The suit maintains that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt violated the agency’s own regulations by replacing the plan…

By: Stephanie Carson, Public News Service – NC RALEIGH, N.C. – Just in time for the holidays when some people’s blood pressure may be running high with changes in diet and stress, the guidelines have changed for what classifies patients as having hypertension. The American Heart Association and the American…

by Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune Dec. 20, 2017 Texas leaders tackled a child welfare crisis, sought to address the opioid epidemic and moved to help more people in the state access mental health care. The Republican-led Legislature pushed for abortion restrictions, facing obstacles in the federal courts. Here’s a…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Dec. 19, 2017 Ruth Jones McClendon, the former longtime state representative from San Antonio, has died. She was 74. State Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, McClendon’s successor, said she died this morning at her home in San Antonio. “I think she’s best remembered by her candor,…

(Press Release) Eagle Pass, Texas-The Sacred Heart Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council 10711 of Eagle Pass, Texas has earned the distinction of “Star Council,” one of the Knights of Columbus’ top awards for the 2016-2017 fraternal year, announced the Knights of Columbus Headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut. The Star…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council and Parks and Recreation Department held a ground breaking ceremony for a new skate park on Monday, December 18, 2017, at Flowers Street underneath the Veterans Boulevard Railroad Overpass in northern Eagle…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas Main Street Program invites the public to attend the 2017 Christmas On Main Street Program on Thursday, December 21, 2017, from 5:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. at the Eagle Pass Public Library front door…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that Jose Luis Martinez, age 37, was allegedly accused of theft by Dollar General employees on Del Rio Boulevard in Eagle Pass, Texas of walking out of the store without paying for certain merchandise…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 An Eagle Pass Independent School District School Bus involved in an auto accident on Monday, December 18, 2017, on El Indio Highway (FM 1021) injured several students riding aboard the school bus, requiring that they be transported to the Fort…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The long-awaited grand opening of the newly renovated and expanded $3.5 Million Historic Eagle Pass Public Library will be held on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at 7 P. M. in Eagle Pass, Texas, announced the City of Eagle Pass, Texas….