Jun 04 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas Supreme Court will now decide the fate of South Padre Island’s food truck ordinance and whether more food trucks can operate there. On May 17, the City of South Padre Island responded to a Texas Supreme Court petition filed by SurfVive (a South Padre Island-based nonprofit operating a food …
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May 28 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The media ecosystem in the Laguna Madre area, specifically South Padre Island, may be growing soon, in the form of a nonprofit newsroom akin to the San Antonio Report. Robert Rivard, editor of the San Antonio Report, has seen this firsthand, starting the then-named Rivard Report from a blog he wrote …
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May 28 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Tarpon Stadium will once again serve as the Port Isabel High School (PIHS) graduation venue this year, as the second COVID-19 class of Tarpons graduates. On Friday, May 28, 140 seniors will graduate into a world that is becoming more recognizable, as more people get vaccinated for COVID-19, in-person services resume …
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May 28 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Cameron County residents pushed back against NextDecade’s latest liquified natural gas (LNG) project this past Tuesday, pressuring Cameron County Commissioners to table the project during a meeting. NextDecade, the Houston-based energy company trying to build a liquified natural gas plant in the Port of Brownsville, announced last month that they were …
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May 21 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com By this weekend, local governments cannot require face mask wearing within their buildings, according to a new executive order by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Issued on May 18, the order is going into effect on Friday, May 21. “The Lone Star State continues to defeat COVID-19 through the use of widely-available …
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May 21 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As sea turtles return to their nesting sites on South Padre Island, Sea Turtle Inc. is warning drivers to slow down, after a 70lb Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle was run over by a truck this past Sunday. Around 2:30 p.m. on May 16, a Sea Turtle Inc. staff member was patrolling …
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May 21 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Flooding, debris and down traffic lights greeted Laguna Madre residents Wednesday afternoon as a large storm made a brief pass through the area. The storm traveled from Hidalgo County to Cameron County during the early morning hours of May 19, moving up to Willacy County before moving down to the coast, …
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May 21 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com An up-and-coming South Padre Island news source will host their first event this weekend, highlighting the importance of local journalism. The online-only, nonprofit newspaper, Island Matters, funded and operated by the POWC (formerly Property Owners Who Care), is hoping to bring more awareness of its presence on South Padre Island. As …
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May 14 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The unmistakable hum of polyurethane wheels gliding against concrete greeted excited spectators this past Saturday, with skateboarders already taking advantage of South Padre Island’s newly opened skatepark. The City of South Padre Island officially opened the John L. Tompkins Skatepark on May 8, during a ribbon cutting ceremony that featured the …
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May 14 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Homes in the Laguna Madre area are few, but their prices are increasing, and being bought faster than before. According to the latest data from the Texas REALTOR Data Relevance Project, compiled by the South Padre Island Board of Realtors. The data is from the first quarter (Q1) of this year, …
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