By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A former secretary of Maverick County Justice of the Peace Precinct No. 1, Rosa Alejandra Rodriguez, age 36, was arrested by Texas Rangers on Friday, December 9, 2016, for theft of property after a year long investigation by the Texas…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune EDINBURG — Jean Gearhart and her husband Troy go to their five-year-old son’s private school to change his diaper three times a day, and they won’t be able to potty train him until he is eight or nine. Though their son is developmentally delayed,…

by Jay Root, The Texas Tribune The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. In this part of the project we look at how our insatiable demand for illegal drugs and cheap labor make the border less secure. Sign up to get…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune The controversial oil and gas extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing can contaminate drinking water under certain circumstances, according to a long-anticipated U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report released Tuesday. Ordered by Congress in 2010, the report reaches a somewhat stronger conclusion than a draft…

(Press Release) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued Zika-related travel and testing guidance for Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, following reports from Texas public health officials of five cases spread locally by mosquitoes. This information suggests that there may be a risk of continued spread of Zika virus…

The following graduates received their degrees from Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. They graduated during the fall commencement ceremony held in the John Harrell Auditorium on the Uvalde High School campus. Ismael Duran graduated from Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College with…

by Jolie McCullough and Eleanor Dearman, The Texas Tribune The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. In this part of the project we look at how our insatiable demand for illegal drugs and cheap labor make the border less secure. Sign…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors elected its Board Officers for 2017 at their December 8, 2016 meeting, including re-electing long standing Chamber President William “Billy” Davis for another term, Dr. Claudia Rodriguez-Wright as First Vice-President, Mike…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. School property taxes are rising as local school costs increase, while the state gradually decreases its share of public education spending. At the same time, according to the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Amid the concerns and protest of many Maverick County taxpayers concerning the calculation and approval of the 2016 Maverick County Tax Rate, Maverick County Tax-Assessor Collector Isamari S. Villarreal penned an Open Letter to County taxpayers and submitted it to…