Uvalde, TX, – Southwest Texas Junior College is hosting a residential Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) boot camp from August 7 to August 15. The boot camp is a free math-intensive program designed for first-year students who will pursue a STEM Career Pathway at SWTJC. The purpose of the…

Statement for the Record Senate Select Committee on Intelligence James B. Comey June 8, 2017 Chairman Burr, Ranking Member Warner, Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. I was asked to testify today to describe for you my interactions with President-Elect and President…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas – A new report shows Medicaid is important to ensure that rural families, in Texas and across the country, have access to the care they need to stay healthy. The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families finds 46 percent…

(Press Release) Uvalde, TX, – SWTJC Board of Trustees met on Tuesday (June 6) in Uvalde for a budget workshop; for the purpose of reviewing the proposed budget for 2017-2018.  According to Dr. Hector Gonzales, college president, the proposed budget focused on making an investment in the future of SWTJC….

by Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune June 6, 2017 Urban Texas leaders on Tuesday criticized the legislation Gov. Greg Abbott wants from a 30-day special session, saying his list of priorities could hurt city economies and undercut how local residents influence their communities. At least half of the 20 items on Abbott’s…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune June 8, 2017 Amid last-minute efforts to overhaul the state’s voter identification law in light of an ongoing legal fight, the Texas Legislature gaveled out without addressing another embattled election law that’s now moving forward in federal court. The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday will…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Houston Astros Foundation and Minute Maid announced that two Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks student-athletes, MaryChelo Flores and Erick Lopez, have been named recipients of the 2017 Minute Maid Grand Slam for Youth Scholarship.  Both…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Longtime Zavala County, Texas Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Dagoberto Correa, was found dead inside his home in Batesville, Texas from a gunshot wound to his chest on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The Dimmit County Sheriff’s Department is investigating…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Two persons were seriously injured in a head-on collision between an 18 Wheeler Tractor-Trailer and a Pick-Up Truck on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at approximately 7 A.M. on Texas State Highway 85 near Big Wells, Texas in Dimmit County, Texas….