Mar 13 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Police are on the scene of a one-vehicle accident in Port Isabel. The incident occurred just before 3 p.m. when a man traveling eastbound on the 1400 block of Highway 100 lost control of his Chevy Silverado pickup truck, drove over the curb and struck a power pole …
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Mar 09 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Liz Sweeten was known by many throughout town. The former reporter for the Port Isabel – South Padre Press could often be seen walking along the streets of old Port Isabel. To work, to the convenience store, or just around her neighborhood, Liz loved to walk. And it …
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Mar 09 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officials say a motorcyclist who was riding erratically and evading police struck and killed a pedestrian in Port Isabel last Sunday evening. The rider, identified as Mercedes resident Ronnie Huerta, 33, was seen weaving through traffic on the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway at approximately 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Traffic …
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Mar 09 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Elizabeth Abbott Sweeten was a very colorful person: strong, independent, opinionated, generous to a fault, and quite intelligent. She was a friend, in addition to being a quality journalist. She came to the Laguna Madre Area in the mid 1970s when the Island was booming. Steve Elam, publisher of …
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Mar 09 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Longtime District 37 State Rep. René Oliveira is headed to a runoff after none of the three candidates vying for the seat managed to get the 50 percent plus 1 votes needed to win the Democratic primary election Tuesday. Oliveira, who has held the seat since 1981 — …
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Mar 09 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Laguna Madre area law enforcement on both sides of the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway are ready for Spring Break. That’s the word from officials in Port Isabel and on South Padre Island. For the second year in a row, the City of Port Isabel will be partnering with …
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Mar 09 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Advisory Board held a special meeting on Tuesday, March 6 to consider the approval of a $67,500 contract with a company called Arrivalist, which specializes in providing technology on how media exposure impacts visitation. Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) Director Keith Arnold …
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Mar 09 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The SPI Convention and Visitors Advisory Board received a comprehensive productivity report regarding the activities of the City’s Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) during their Wednesday, Feb. 28 meeting. CVB Director Keith Arnold led off with a demonstration of the CVB’s new web-based dashboard. “It’s evolving, in part, because …
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Mar 09 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Board of Adjustments and Appeals (BoA) held a public hearing on Tuesday, March 6 regarding the issuance of a special exception. The request was to allow the construction of a single family residence within the City’s Entertainment District at Lot 6, Block 14, of the …
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Mar 09 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officials gathered in Corpus Christi last Friday to dedicate the new Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi’s newest facility, named after Port Isabel native, Chief Boatswain’s Mate Pablo Valent. According to the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), Valent was born in then-Point Isabel on Aug. 26, 1884. With …
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