By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles thrashed the McAllen High School Bulldogs 52-21 in their 2017 Region IV 6A, Division 2 Bi-District Football Championship game held on Friday, November 17, 2017, at the Eagle Pass Independent School District…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 For the first time in Eagle Pass Independent School District football history, the two local high schools have qualified for the University Interscholastic League Post-Season Football Playoffs in the same year.  Previously, only one school had qualified while the…

(Press Release) — In 2015, the nation’s 414,000 startup firms created 2.5 million new jobs according to data from the Census Bureau’s Business Dynamics Statistics. In contrast, this level of startup activity is well below the pre-Great Recession average of 524,000 startup firms and 3.3 million new jobs per year…

(Press Release) — The percentage of children living with one parent who live with just their father saw an increase from 12.5 percent in 2007 to 16.1 percent in 2017. That’s according to new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 America’s Families and Living Arrangements table package. “A higher…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry recently seized a load of suspected marijuana hidden inside a commercial trailer. “Smugglers go to great lengths to get their illicit products into the U.S.,” said Port Director Alberto D. Perez, Del Rio…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Border Patrol Station arrested a Honduran man, who had a previous felony conviction. On Nov. 10, agents arrested Carlos Mil Ruiz-Matute, 26, for entering the United States illegally. During processing, agents learned he was convicted of burglary…

EDINBURG,Texas – On Tuesday, November 14, a K-9 team assigned to the Brownsville Border Patrol Station confiscated slightly more than eight pounds of methamphetamine during an operation in Brownsville, Texas. The agent’s K-9 partner alerted to the presence of narcotics on a delivery truck. Further inspection revealed a small quantity…

By: Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – WA SEATTLE – Thursday is the Great American Smokeout, an event challenging people to make plans to quit smoking. There are more than 36 million smokers nationwide, and health experts are reminding people that tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Nov. 16, 2017 Suggesting it has found a way to address state leaders’ worries that Texas is building too many medical schools, the University of Houston System moved Thursday to create a college of medicine for its flagship campus. The decision is the biggest…

By Laura Nelson The Webelos of Boy Scout Pack 274 in Eagle Pass recently attended the Earth from Space exhibit set up at the Sul Ross Rio Grande College campus. Scouts, their parents, and siblings toured the 20-poster display of satellite images from around the world that is printed in…