Mar 17 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel Independent School District is extending spring break another week for all Port Isabel public school campuses. The extension, from March 23 to March 27, was made out of concern for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, a March 17 media release from PI-ISD superintendent Theresa Alarcon stated. PI-ISD is now …
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Mar 17 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel’s lighthouse, museums and city buildings are closed as of March 15, as concern over novel coronavirus COVID-19 grows. These sites will be closed until April 6, according to the City of Port Isabel. The closures could be extended, Port Isabel City Manager Jared Hockema said, if needed. Tonight’s …
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Mar 16 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com All special events permits issued by the City of South Padre Island will be rescinded by 7:00 p.m. today, March 16. The special event permit rescinding is part of a local state of disaster declaration by South Padre Island, issued at 3:40 p.m. today. Gatherings of over 50 people are banned, …
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Mar 16 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com All Cameron County beach accesses and parks will close today, March 16, at 7:00 p.m. Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr., ordered the closure for all county beach accesses and parks “until further notice.” “The closure of the parks and beach accesses are being undertaken out of an abundance of caution …
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Mar 16 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Shopping carts lined the outside of Port Isabel’s H-E-B store at 6:30 a.m., Monday morning. Security guards stood outside the entrance and along the registers. When H-E-B opened at 8:00 a.m., two hours later than their usual 6:00 a.m. opening time, employees let 30 customers in. The rest …
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Mar 16 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Texas Governor Greg Abbott has cancelled the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam for the 2019-2020 school year. Abbott waived the state testing requirement in response to growing concern of COVID-19, a novel coronavirus declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. As of March 16, there are …
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Mar 14 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño has suspended all Cameron County-sponsored functions or events for the next 14 days. The order specifically addresses events with anticipated attendances of 250 or more. Treviño is also requesting events on South Padre Island be canceled or suspended within 14 days. Events on South Padre Island, …
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Mar 13 2020
By Constancio Martinez, Jr. Special to the PRESS On Thursday, March 12, the University Interscholastic League (UIL) had released a statement that the UIL Basketball Tournament, CX Debate State Tournament and the UIL State Robotics FIRST Tech Challenge were suspended until further notice weeks due to the COVID-19 virus, known collectively by its general name, …
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Mar 13 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Spring break continues on South Padre Island, amid a pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, a novel coronavirus that causes respiratory illness similar to the flu. With “Texas Week” on the horizon, when several Texas universities are let out for spring break, the City of South Padre Island has no plans to stop …
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Mar 06 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After three leap years—or 12 years—Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard bookstore shut its glass-paned doors after a retirement celebration in honor of owners Joni Montover and Griff Mangan, on February 29. Friends came and went from 10:00 a.m. into the …
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