by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune March 6, 2017 More than two and a half years have passed since Cody and Ashley Murray’s water well exploded, transforming their Palo Pinto County ranch into an emergency scene. With their burns healed and gone to scars, the couple and their two young…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 An automobile collision between a Ford Pick-Up and a Tractor-Trailer on FM 481 (Old Uvalde Road) at approximately 4:30 P.M. on Monday, March 6, 2017 in Uvalde County, Texas left one person seriously injured. A medical helicopter was called to…

by Mariana Alfaro, The Texas Tribune March 6, 2017 The GOP bill that would potentially repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will be taken up by two U.S. House committees on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett said Monday. “On Wednesday morning, I believe that both the House Ways and…

by Johnathan Silver, The Texas Tribune March 3, 2017 Texas officials are wrestling over where to draw the line between effective law enforcement and property rights. At issue is the practice of civil asset forfeiture, where law enforcement seizes property — usually money or vehicles — believed to be tied…

by Kiah Collier and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune March 3, 2017 HIDALGO, Texas — Muddy handprints cover the rusty, iron posts on this section of border fence in far South Texas. The 18-foot-tall barrier, which runs between a national wildlife refuge and a local nature center, ends abruptly less…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks Head Football Coach Eric Villasenor was named the 2016 Rio Grande Valley/Laredo Region Football Coach of the Year by the prestigious Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine for leading the thundering Mavericks…

by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune March 2, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved the confirmation of Rick Perry as the next secretary of the Department of Energy on Thursday. The vote was 62-37, and included the support of both Texans…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune March 3, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Less than a month after he was placed on leave for an investigation into his conduct, University of Texas at San Antonio President Ricardo Romo has resigned and admitted to inappropriately hugging women….

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Another fiscal year, another million dollar loss sustained by the taxpayer-owned Maverick County Hospital District.  The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors approved the District’s 2016 Annual Audit Report with an astonishing $3,013,355 (Million) Operating Loss and a $1,083,124…

by Callie Richmond and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune March 3, 2017 President Trump has vowed to build a hardened wall along the entirety of the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out illegal crossers and drug smugglers. But experts say it will likely do a better job of keeping out animals…