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City offers meals to employees during Texas Week
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Nikki Soto prepares coleslaw as part of a meal program offered by the City of South Padre Island to its employees, as well...
View ArticleHomeless man dies in dunes, leaves behind campsite
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The body of a 74-year-old homeless man was discovered Friday at approximately 5:23 p.m. according to a statement released...
View ArticleCity of SPI proposes official agreement with SpaceX
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC) met Tuesday afternoon for a special meeting to take action on an agreement with SpaceX. Mayor Patel...
View ArticleBODY FOUND: Body of missing Spring Breaker found near Schlitterbahn
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Police who were searching for a 20-year-old Killeen man who went missing after attending a concert at Schlitterbahn on...
View ArticleLady Tarpons cruise at Raymondville Meet
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons were the class of the field at last week’s Albert Tijerina Relays at Raymondville. They won a total of nine gold medals, including...
View ArticleHurdler Silva back in top form
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High Tarpon hurdler Omar Silva was back in top form last week as he won both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdle races at the Albert Tijerina Relays in...
View ArticlePolice blotter for 4-09-15
PRESS Staff Report Holy smoke At approximately 7:34 a.m. on April 1, a police officer was dispatched to the 100 block of Port Road in reference to an unwanted subject. Upon arrival the officer made...
View ArticleEmpowering the community to live well
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Community Center hosted a free Heath Fair Tuesday afternoon to promote general health and educate the...
View ArticleSPI Shoreline Task Force supports PI, SPI artificial reefing project
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force met for a special meeting Monday afternoon to consider supporting a Port Isabel and South Padre Island reefing project....
View ArticleTrial rescheduled for driver in fatal crash
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The trial for Laguna Vista resident Ana Luisa Alcocer-Padilla for allegedly striking Rebecca Haugh in a fatal car...
View ArticleLMWD announces new finance director
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Water District welcomed its new Finance Director Sanjuana Garcia at Wednesday’s regular board meeting....
View ArticleWriter’s Block: I am an iPhoneographer
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A couple of weeks ago I wrote in celebration of the arrival of spring. I was happy to see the end of the rains and the...
View ArticleHouse fire leaves two families homeless
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS At approximately 4:30 a.m. Easter morning, a house located at 128 East Saturn Street on South Padre Island caught fire, forcing the inhabitants to flee as the home...
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BON VOYAGE! Sea Turtle, Inc. returns seven turtles to bay
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com For Sea Turtle, Inc. volunteer Debra Cadena, her first opportunity to release a sea turtle into the Laguna Madre was an...
View ArticleEbony Lane repaving scheduled in Laguna Vista
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Ebony Lane will undergo major road and sewer line improvements in a project scheduled in Laguna Vista this summer. Requests for bids for the project have been...
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Boys & Girls Club alum gives back
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Joe Vega stands with four members of the Boys & Girls Club of the Laguna Madre shortly after surprising them with...
View ArticleLaguna Vista ethics ordinance changes approved
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS New appointees to the Laguna Vista Board of Ethics will be required to sign written statements agreeing to be available to attend called meetings within a...
View ArticleWriter’s Block: Two Wheels, Good!
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As the Island gets set to host hundreds of bikers from across the Valley and the rest of the state for Beach-N-Biker Fest...
View ArticleTensions rise with passage of health care district resolution
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel City Hall held a special meeting Thursday evening solely focused on potential action to approve Resolution...
View ArticleRodriguez announces plans to run for sheriff
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Longtime lawman Robert Rodriguez has announced plans to run for Cameron County Sheriff in the 2016 election, he told the...
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