By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS has received reports that human remains were found in a ship channel north of Long Island Village on Saturday. According to reports, the remains – which may have been skeletal – were recovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP reportedly notified …
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Apr 23 2012
Property catches fire, again
PRESS Staff Report A second fire in a matter of weeks has investigators’ suspicions up in Port Isabel. Firefighters responded to a fire Sunday night at a home that was under construction on the block of 2nd Street and Illinois Ave. A house under construction burned to the ground and an adjacent home was damaged. …
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Apr 23 2012
Autism Walk: Event draws attention to issue
By CRAIG ALANIZ Special to the PRESS Port Isabel hosted the inaugural Walk for Autism Saturday. Elsa Garcia, special education and bilingual instructor for the Point Isabel Independent School District, coordinated the event. She said there were over 400 registered participants in the walk. The trek was from the flagpoles at Port Isabel High School …
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Apr 23 2012
DECA teams head to Salt Lake
By CRAIG ALANIZ Special to the PRESS Two Port Isabel High School DECA teams will advance to international competition in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Hospitality and Tourism team, made of J.T. Monroe and Andy Barrera, and the Travel and Tourism team, made of James Taylor and Austin Lara, have been invited to International Career …
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Apr 20 2012
Sheriff: Nolan admits to killing puppies
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the PRESS LOS FRESNOS – The man accused of killing three puppies turned himself in to authorities on Friday. According to Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio, Los Fresnos resident John Paul Nolan, 56, gave a voluntary confession on Thursday and informed the arresting officers that there was no need for …
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Apr 19 2012
35 and Alive! Sea Turtle Inc. sees three decades of success
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com What a difference a year makes. Last winter, the Valley suffered a freeze that put a strain on the local wildlife population, sea turtles included. To this day, Sea Turtle Inc., located on South Padre Island, is nursing some of those younger turtle that were caught in …
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Apr 19 2012
‘What Would You Do’ filmed on Island
By CRAIG ALANIZ Special to the PRESS A local business was put in the national spotlight on Friday, April 13 when ABC’s “What Would You Do?” – hosted by John Quinones – aired scenarios filmed during Spring Break. Mark Marchan, Manager of Palm Street Pier Bar and Grill, said the crew filmed several scenarios over …
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Apr 19 2012
Gulf restoration effort claims progress
Special to the PRESS An estimated $60 million in early restoration projects soon will begin along the Gulf Coast following the nation’s largest oil spill, the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustee Council announced. With finalization of the “Deepwater Horizon Phase I Early Restoration Plan & Environmental Assessment” (ERP/EA), eight restoration projects will …
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Apr 16 2012
SPI garners top tourism award
Special to the PRESS During the 36th annual Travel Study Tour, sponsored by the Texas Travel Industry Association last fall, South Padre Island received five “Best” awards out of eight categories during the Study Tour of the Coastal Rio Grande Valley. Participants in the tour and the voting process are Texas Department of Transportation (TDOT) …
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