(Press Release) Javier Mancha, Chairman of the Maverick County Soil & Water Conservation District #253 announced that the District is offering a Fall FISH STOCKING PROGRAM. According to Mancha, anyone wanting to purchase fish to stock or re-stock their pond (s) can place their order now with them directly by…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The United States House of Representatives Intelligence Committee opened its investigative hearing on Monday, March 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C. with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James B. Comey and National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael S. Rogers as…

Uvalde, Texas, March 10 – A ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony will be held Friday (March 24) at 3 p.m. to officially dedicate the new library building at the Southwest Texas Junior College campus in Crystal City. In honor of SWTJC board of trustee and Crystal City native, the new…

By: Joe Sexton, ProPublica The fiscal 2018 price for President Trump’s border wall is in: $2.6 billion. That’s a cost to U.S. taxpayers, not a cost many people any longer think will be picked up by the Mexican government. As first installments go, it’s a pretty big number. Indeed, its…

By: T. Christian Miller, ProPublica President Donald Trump’s administration announced a $600 million bidding contest late Friday night to kick off construction of The Wall, a towering physical barrier between the United States and Mexico. The process will start with little walls — an unknown number of barriers of concrete…

by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune March 20, 2017 WASHINGTON – Members of the U.S. House who oversee the espionage arm of the American government – including some Texans – grilled two top government officials Monday morning over Russian hacking related to last year’s presidential election. The most dramatic moments…

by Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune March 20, 2017 More than six weeks after New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s football jersey was stolen after the Super Bowl in Houston, sparking investigations from local, state and federal officials, the jersey has been recovered. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo tweeted Monday…

Friday, March 17, 2017, 4:38am: Eagle Pass police officers responded to an address Within the 1700 block of Main Street in reference to a call for an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The Investigating officer was informed by a female complainant that a known male actor had taken her…

By: Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News As the environmental world copes with the budget outline unveiled by President Trump [1] on Thursday, two former EPA administrators and a longtime environmental justice official have more sobering news: It’s actually worse than you think. The budget blueprint [2] handed down from the White…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras International Good Neighbor Council announced that longtime Eagle Pass entrepreneur Roger Perez and legendary Mexican songwriter and singer Carlos Coral have been selected as Mr. Amigos to represent Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico…