By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Friday, Port Isabel Early College High School hosted the Tarpon Relays Track & Field Meet at Tarpon Stadium. Several Tarpon athletes set new Personal Records (PR) and Season Records (SR) at the co-ed meet. The Port Isabel relay teams won gold in the men’s division …

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By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, March 9, the Port Isabel Boys Powerlifting team competed in the Region V Division 2 Powerlifting meet held in Kingsville, TX. The meet featured 145 lifters from 27 schools throughout the region. In addition to Port Isabel, other schools competing included CC Calallen, Beeville …

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By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS On February 22, the event Tourism Town Hall meeting took place at Daddy’s Seafood & Cajun Kitchen on South Padre Island (SPI). The meeting was open to the public to announce information to the community about the work and accomplishments of the city’s tourism promotion team, Visit South …

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By RAY QUIROGA AND NIIOHONTESHA WARRIOR editor@potisabelsouthpadre.com Super Tuesday yielded few surprises in most major national Primary races. Countywide, however, a number candidates will see a May 28 runoff election. For the Democrats, a total of 16,842 ballots were casted in the Presidential race as incumbent Joe Biden ran away with 66.39% of the unofficial …

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By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS LeeBeth is the 2,600-pound female great white shark that has experts intrigued as her tag pinged near SPI shore. On December 8, a satellite tag was placed on her off of Hilton Head, South Carolina, by Captain Chip Michalove of a fishing charter company called Outcast Sport Fishing, …

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A pair of missing goats and an off-road vehicle were recovered at a Laguna Heights residence, leading to the arrest of one individual. On Saturday, February 24, 2024, at about 6:30 p.m., Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence on the 40300 block of Bill Davis in Los Fresnos regarding an alleged theft. According …

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A man apprehended and accused of trespassing on SpaceX grounds faces an additional misdemeanor charge after allegedly resisting transportation to the county jail. According to Cameron County Sheriff Eric Garza’s office, Ruben Alexis Sanchez was arrested and charged with Criminal Trespass and Resisting Transportation after being apprehended by security personnel at SpaceX’s Starbase facility located …

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By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS In the United States and worldwide, 2023 and 2024 have shown a marked shift in burial practices with a strong trend toward more eco-friendly alternative funeral options, and Texas is no exception. Traditional burials usually involve coffins and embalming processes that are typically toxic, resource-intensive, and more expensive. …

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By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS The City of Port Isabel Commission held its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on February 27 at the Port Isabel Event Cultural Center on Railroad Street due to early voting using the usual location. Other than routine agenda items, the Commission officially set the date of the Easter …

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By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Police arrested a 48-year-old Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD) employee for allegedly sending harmful material to a female high school student. According to Monday’s PI-ISD press release, the school district terminated the unnamed employee upon the arrest, “The Point Isabel Independent School District has …

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