by Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune Sept. 4, 2017 As efforts to rebuild have slowly begun in areas hit hard by Hurricane Harvey, officials continue to warn of lingering environmental hazards, including the health risks posed by receding floodwater. In a news release Sunday night, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality cautioned…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 3, 2017 President Donald Trump has decided to end an Obama-era program that has granted relief from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, according to media reports. Citing unnamed White House sources, Politico reported late Sunday that Trump has decided to…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors approved at their August 22, 2017 meeting to increase the Hospital District’s Tax Rate from $.09000 per $100 valuation to $.129864 per $100 valuation for 2017-2018 Fiscal Year, signifying a 3.98 cents…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles fell to the always tough Medina Valley Panthers 28 to 27 in the fourth quarter after leading for three quarters of the game in a non-district 2017 football season opener on Friday, September 1,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The thundering Eagle Pass C.C. Winn High School Mavericks were stunned by the never say die Crystal City High School Javelinas 20-13 in the 2017 football season opener with a fumble recovery of a Mavericks fumble at the Javelinas…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The defending District 29-5A Co-Champion, Bi-District Champion, Area Champion, and Regional Semi-Finalist Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks kick-off the 2017 Texas High School Football Season against the potent Crystal City High School Javelinas on Friday, September…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles open their 2017 football season against the perennially tough Medina Valley High School Panthers on Friday, September 1, 2017, at 7:30 P.M. in Castroville, Texas, announced Eagles Head Coach Tom Gonzalez. The…

by Lisa Song, Hannah Fresques and Al Shaw, ProPublica, The Texas Tribune Sept. 1, 2017 As floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey recede this week, many neighborhoods in the Houston area are reliving a depressingly familiar scenario. Houses in high-risk areas that have flooded repeatedly over the last three decades have…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Aug. 31, 2017 When Hurricane Harvey swept across the Texas coast, it decimated Port Aransas ISD’s buildings, forcing the district to close indefinitely — and immediately leaving more than 450 students without a place to attend school. Just 20 miles away on the mainland,…

by Emma Platoff and Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Sept. 1, 2017 Residents of Crosby, Texas woke Thursday morning to a 40-foot plume of black smoke darkening their sky. Don’t worry, said both government officials and personnel from Arkema, the owner of the plant emitting the fumes — there’s nothing…