By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The Eagle Pass Memorial Junior High School Mavericks Cheer Team captured the National Championship in their category at the 2025 Fun Cheer National Championship held on Saturday, March 8, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas, announced Alma Reyes, Memorial Junior…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 A delegation of City of Eagle Pass, Texas representatives visited several federal offices and publicly-elected officials to advocate for greater funding and approval of current and future federal government projects in the community during March 10-13,, 2025, particularly approval…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council Election scheduled on May 3, 2025, featuring the Mayor and two City Council seats, has drawn great interest from the public to learn more about the candidates and the key issues…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 The Consulate of Mexico at Eagle Pass, Texas under the leadership of Consul Vivian Juarez Mondragon hosted the Second Annual International Women’s Day Reception honoring eight distinguished women from the local United States-Mexico border on Thursday, March 6, 2025…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 After the proposed land donation site for the new Sul Ross State University International Campus in Eagle Pass, Texas along U. S. Highway 57 and Loop 480 fell through, another real estate development group, Empire Industrial Park, LLC, has…

Study Reveals Widespread Dangerous Practices  *PRESS RELEASE* AUSTIN – On Wednesday, March 11, Workers Defense Project and the Center for Urban Development at the University of Illinois will release the study, “Behind the Texas Miracle: The Unstable Foundation of the Texas Construction Industry.” The study examines the working conditions of construction workers…

By: Victoria Martinez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 United States Vice-President JD Vance is scheduled to visit the United States-Mexico border in Eagle Pass on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Vance is scheduled to visit an immigration processing center and present public remarks concerning the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Former City of Eagle Pass, Texas Finance Director Jesus R. Rodriguez filed on February 20, 2025 a wrongful termination of employment lawsuit against the City of Eagle Pass arising from his sudden and unexpected termination by Interim City Manager…

DEL RIO, Texas – A former soldier was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 200 months in prison for the attempted murder of another soldier while he was stationed at Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos) in June 2000. According to court documents, Allen Houston James, 46, of…

*PRESS RELEASE* (AUSTIN) —Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.8 billion in February, 4.3 percent more than in February 2024. The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to the agency in February. “State sales tax collections exhibited…