Aug 15 2020
STAFF REPORT Cameron County officials on Monday announced their extension of emergency management orders until September 28. The order enforces a shelter-in-place, mandatory facial coverings, curfews, limitations on gatherings, and beach closures. Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. and Cameron County Health Authority Dr. James Castillo also issued an order delaying in-person instruction by private …
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Aug 15 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As of this past week, a five-foot sea turtle will greet your visit to South Padre Island’s Multimodal Facility. The sea turtle sculpture, painted by Christina Salazar, is the second of seven sea turtle sculptures for the city of South Padre Island’s Sea Turtle Art …
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Aug 07 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A classroom inside of Port Isabel High School (PIHS) is going to get a new, medical look, thanks to a grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD) was one of 41 school districts and universities to receive a Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program …
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Aug 07 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After Hurricane Hanna swept through the Rio Grande Valley, countless people throughout the area found themselves needing help, some of whom have had their homes destroyed by floodwater. On July 26, a group of around ten RGV organizers started a crowdfunding campaign, the RGV Mutual Aid Fund, in an attempt to …
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Aug 07 2020
By David Lopez & Gaige Davila editor@sbnewspaper.com editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com They are everywhere. Following Hurricane Hanna’s heavy rains that resulted in widespread flooding across the Rio Grande Valley, residents of Cameron County are now experiencing the inevitable pesky after-effects of the rain: mosquitoes. Cameron County Emergency Management Operations Chief Juan Martinez said that the county began mosquito …
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Aug 07 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com When the school year begins for Point Isabel ISD students this year, routines will be the same, even if they’re not in a classroom. PI-ISD Superintendent Theresa Capistran told the PRESS that PI-ISD students, when they return to school remotely on August 24, will have a schedule like they did on …
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Aug 07 2020
Staff report Juan Manuel “Meme” Ochoa, a former South Padre Island Police Department (SPIPD) officer, has died from COVID-19 at 57-years-old, South Padre Island Mayor Patrick McNulty said on Facebook. Ochoa died at Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen on July 30, according to SPIPD. Several Laguna Madre area residents took to Facebook to post their …
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Aug 01 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Causeway Cafe returned after several weeks of closure, with a name, menu and design change. In the downtime, after Texas Governor Greg Abbott closed in-room dining at restaurants for several weeks, Causeway’s owners and staff remodeled the space nestled just to the right of the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway, enclosed their …
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Aug 01 2020
By Javier Gonzalez Naturalist Educator SPI Birding and Nature Center Special to the Parade The month of August brings the official start of fall migration through our wetlands. Although most of the colorful songbirds that are favorites among birders will not be migrating through in number until September and October, shorebird species like sandpipers …
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Jul 30 2020
Governor announces COVID-19 and post-Hanna initiatives as protestors outside demand more resources By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com. Texas Governor Greg Abbott visited the Rio Grande Valley on July 28, surveying damage from Hurricane Hanna after visiting Corpus Christi and surveying damage there. Outside, protestors from Hidalgo County asked for Abbott to do something about recurring flooding …
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