by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 29, 2016 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — It’s hard to predict which direction the violence here is headed. The more than 100 people murdered just south of the Rio Grande last month are a tiny fraction of the killings the city witnessed from 2008…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Nov. 28, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Texas’ proposed rules requiring the cremation or burial of fetal remains will take effect Dec. 19, according to state health officials. Despite intense outcry from the medical community and reproductive rights advocates, the…

(Press Release) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday after it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump will name Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to serve as secretary of health and human services: “Donald Trump asked workers and seniors to vote for him because he…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry recently seized a load of suspected marijuana hidden inside a commercial trailer. “Smugglers go to great lengths to get their illicit products into the U.S.,” said Port Director Alberto D. Perez, Del Rio…

(Press Release) BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 28 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Monday after Donald Trump claimed “millions of people…voted illegally” and made unfounded allegations of “serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California”: “The threat to American democracy under Republican control is two-fold. First, they will…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks historical 2016 football season came to an end at the University Interscholastic League (UIL) 5A, Region IV, Division I, Regional Semi-Finals Championship game as the Richmond Foster High School…

by Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Nov. 28, 2016 The first locally transmitted case of the Zika virus has been identified in the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Department of State Health Services and Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. Lab tests last week confirmed the…

By: Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune November 28, 2016 When President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Sunday — without evidence — that “millions” of people voted illegally in the race for the White House, he invited a wrath of condemnation for again stoking doubts about the U.S. election system. In addition to…

By Laura Nelson Eagle Pass-Don Walden’s parents used the Army as their step up in the world, eschewing the sharecropper’s life in Arkansas to serve the country and provide for family. Even though neither of his parents finished high school, they understood the importance of education and encouraged their children…

by Nicole Cobler, The Texas Tribune Nov. 25, 2016 James Shaffer used to be guilty of looking down at his phone while driving. He thinks about that now, just months after a distracted driver unlocked her phone and swerved into oncoming traffic, killing his wife and 12-year-old daughter. “It’s just…