Nov 06 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Election season came to an end in Laguna Vista, Port Isabel and South Padre Island last night, with most incumbents retaining their seats for another term and new representatives filling unopposed seats. Laguna Vista councilperson, Place 2, Johvonne Howard was reelected with 807 votes, a small margin against challenger Richard …
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Oct 30 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Cameron County has surpassed its 2016 early votes with, with just one day left of early voting before the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3. As of Thursday, 79,596 Cameron County residents have voted early, with two more days of early voting left as of press time. As of Wednesday, 1,455 …
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Oct 30 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Tarpons will play their first, and only, regular game of the football season this Friday against PSJA Southwest at Tarpon Stadium. Initially, the Tarpons had a two-game season, after two postponements when COVID-19 cases began increasing across Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. COVID-19 cases in Cameron County …
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Oct 23 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD) phased more students back into its campuses as COVID-19 cases continue rising across the state, in their “Phase 3” plan. PI-ISD’s school board voted to continue transitioning students through a Texas Education Agency (TEA) waiver on Oct. 20 during a regular school board meeting. This …
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Oct 23 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This past week, The Texas Departmentof Transportaion (TxDOT) began closing the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway lanes for maintenance projects that will last until December. Work crews began working on the Causeway on Monday, Oct. 19. The maintenance work includes cathodic, or anti-rust, protection, repainting and structural review and repairs. The work …
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Oct 23 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Tarpons will have a football season, albeit a short one, after months of planning, replanning, uncertainty, and, ultimately, concern. “You always want to err on the side of safety,” Port Isabel Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Tony Villarreal told the PRESS. “Because of the virus and it …
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Oct 23 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Reyes Bakery’s regulars know the familiar force of warm, sweet smelling air will greet them each time they pull open the bakery’s small wooden door. For some time, there was a quiet wonder if that unique, unreplicable salutation would ever return. Thankfully, it has, viral pandemic or not. On Sept. 24, …
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Oct 16 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Bars in Cameron County can now open at 50 percent capacity, two days after Governor Greg Abbott greenlighted their reopening in an executive order issued last week. Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. announced bars can reopen during a Oct. 16 press conference. Bars can remain open until 11 p.m., with …
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Oct 16 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Perhaps at no surprise to anyone, trick-or-treating has been discouraged by Cameron County this year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, traditional, door to door trick-or-treating is a high risk activity. Even quintessential Halloween events, like haunted houses, are not being authorized by …
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Oct 16 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Almost 11,000 Cameron County residents voted on Texas’ first day of early voting, passing the 2016 general election’s first-day tally by 4,404 votes. Remi Garza, elections administrator for Cameron County, said this year’s election brought new challenges to the electoral process, but the turnout was unprecedented. “The overwhelming turnout on the …
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