Feb 24 2022
By TESS FICCAGLIA Special to the NEWS A statement released to the PRESS February 18, 2022, read: “In 2019, Congressman Vela announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $700,000.00 to the City of Laguna Vista to support the development of the South Texas Ecotourism Center. This project will provide residents and visitors the …
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Feb 24 2022
PRESS Staff Report South Padre Island residents awoke to the sounds of sirens and alarms as a blaze engulfed Pier 19 Restaurant and Bar on the Island. At approximately 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23, the South Padre Island Fire and Police Departments were dispatched to a reported strong odor of smoke in the area …
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Feb 17 2022
By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS On Saturday, February 12, residents of South Padre Island and Port Isabel were roused from their daily activities by the sound of overhead jets clearing airspace around the region. Typically, this interruption is the early notification to all of a test launch at the nearby SpaceX facility in …
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Feb 17 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the PRESS Point Isabel ISD held its regular school board meeting Tuesday and included a public hearing on their 2020-21 Texas Academic Performance Report, assessed by TEA. Highlights of the report included 98.8% student attendance, an increase from last year, and zero violent offenses for school year. Also, of the …
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Feb 17 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The excitement is growing for the upcoming romantic comedy that is being partially filmed on the island of South Padre. “Switch Up” is the name of the film, and the PRESS had the opportunity to sit down with the cast and crew responsible for making it possible. “I am in awe,” …
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Feb 10 2022
By JULIE KELLER Special to the PRESS On Friday, the temperature of the waters dropped below 50 degrees. With these low water temperatures, Sea Turtle Inc of South Padre Island rallied together their team of volunteers and its large community support team to help out the sea turtles of our island’s waters. “Sea turtles are …
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Feb 10 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Jarrod Henry has introduced his take on moonshine to Port Isabel by opening up the Rio Grande Distillery and Magic Valley Moonshine on Lighthouse Square. The distillery had a soft opening Friday, February 4, but a grand opening is in the works. According to Henry, the Rio Grande Distillery team surprised …
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Feb 10 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Hopper Haus Bar and Grill, located on 418 East Queen Isabella Boulevard, in Port Isabel will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, February 11, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The bar had its soft opening on January 27. Ernesto Zavaleta, co-owner, felt that Super Bowl weekend would be the …
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Oct 01 2021
Special to the PRESS Last Thursday, Sept. 23, several members of the local Port Isabel Rotary Club gathered to complete an important local community project they began several months ago. Using matching Rotary grant monies and club funds raised locally, they purchased 10 new benches, placing them throughout Port Isabel and Laguna Heights. Thursday, the …
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Oct 01 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The 10th annual Motorcycle Cannonball Run ended on South Padre Island this past weekend, with nearly a hundred riders cruising their 100-year-old machines through the Queen Isabella Causeway to victory. Starting in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on the Canadian border, 88 riders, some dressed in early 1900s garb, departed to Texas …
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