City OK’s reserve officers
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission unanimously approved the hiring of several reserve officers for the City’s police...
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The Nice List
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club joined Santa Claus as he made a special early delivery to the...
View ArticleONLINE ONLY: Boat parade moved up
Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel – South Padre Island Christmas Lighted Boat Parade has been moved up due to weather concerns. Originally scheduled to occur on Sunday evening, the parade will now...
View ArticleWriter’s Block: Christmas Tamales
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com If there’s one tradition celebrated by almost every Latino family in South Texas, it is the tradition of Christmas tamales....
View ArticleLady Tarpons Fall at La Feria
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons lost their second district game in a row Tuesday night, 61-33, at La Feria. The Lady Tarpons stayed close in the first quarter and...
View ArticleChargers Zap Tarpons, 46-36
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons couldn’t seem to find the basket early on as they dropped a 46-36 decision to Brownsville Frontier Academy in a non-district game Friday night...
View ArticleMaking Spirits Bright
Santa Claus stops by Port Isabel By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A line hundreds of people long snaked around the ballroom at the Port Isabel Event and...
View ArticleWorking out the kinks
City addresses problems at newly opened park By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Parks Recreation and Beautification Committee met on Dec. 14 to discuss issues related to City...
View ArticlePlanning days
Council schedules venue tax, Spring Break workshops By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS On Dec. 19, South Padre Island Mayor Pro-Tem Dennis Stahl called to order a special meeting of the City Council to...
View ArticleWeather dampens boat parade
By MARINA WISE Special to the PRESS The annual Port Isabel-South Padre Island Christmas Lighted Boat Parade took place last Saturday evening. Starting at Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel, seven...
View ArticleLucio previews legislative goals
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) outlined several of his goals for the upcoming 85th session of the Texas...
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Year of the Ocelot
Kitten births bring new hope to endangered cat By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com When the number of animals within an endangered species population can be...
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Pelicans massacred in cold weather
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Motorists driving along Highway 48 during the last cold snap may have noticed a gruesome scene: the sight of dozens of...
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Rio History: Tails You Win
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS “The foot locker, as our family has been calling it, belonged to my maternal grandfather. After he passed away in 1981 the foot locker went first to his son and...
View ArticleWriter’s Block: New Year, You You… Again
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com We nearly one full week into the new year and I wonder how many of us have already broken our New Year’s resolutions. It’s...
View ArticleLady Tarpons Outscore Grulla, 44-35
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball team rallied from a third-quarter deficit to defeat the Lady Gators of Grulla, 44-35, at Tarpon Gym Tuesday night. With the...
View ArticleTarpons Fall to Grulla, 62-54
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball squad fought hard against the visiting Gators of Grulla but were outscored in the end, 62-54. It was the second district game for...
View ArticleOrange Lane scheduled for repaving
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Orange Lane in Laguna Vista is scheduled for repaving in the New Year. Town officials last month voted to award a contract for engineering services for the street...
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City names new fire chief
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of South Padre Island this week announced the appointment of a new fire chief. According to a statement released...
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Dead sea turtles wash ashore
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Almost a dozen Atlantic green sea turtles were recently found dead in close proximity to each other on Boca Chica Beach...
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