Feb 26 2026
By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS Questions regarding oversight, funding, and public input followed a recent South Padre Island City Council meeting in which officials discussed a large vendor payment connected to an ongoing city project. During the meeting, council considered an invoice totaling approximately $935,000. According to discussion at the meeting, the billing …
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Feb 26 2026
By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS Long Island Village residents met Wednesday morning with project engineers and the Laguna Madre Water District seeking answers, timelines and improved communication regarding an ongoing water and sewer reconstruction project that has disrupted daily life inside the gated community for more than a year. Resident Will Zuniga said …
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Feb 26 2026
By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Fourteen students from Point Isabel Independent School District are heading to state after earning top honors at the UIL Region Solo & Ensemble Contest held Saturday in Mercedes. Every Point Isabel ISD student who competed received a Division 1 “Superior” rating — the highest possible — earning advancement to the …
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Feb 26 2026
By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A former substitute teacher at Point Isabel Independent School District has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges related to child sexual abuse material. Leif Ericson Varnum, who previously worked as a substitute within the district, was arrested in September 2024 on charges of …
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Feb 26 2026
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The PIECHS girls powerlifting team recently competed in the La Feria Lionette LGQ Invitational. The grueling girls’ qualifying meet featured 111 lifters from among 12 competing schools. The PI team had one of their best performances to date as they set several new personal bests in regards …
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Feb 26 2026
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This Monday, the Port Isabel ECHS boys’ basketball team traveled to Mission to take on the Zapata Hawks in a Bi-District Showdown. The teams had already met this season with the Tarpons picking up a 63-55 win back in January. Would the Tarpons repeat their success or …
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Feb 26 2026
Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley. Steve Hathcock is a local historian and a regular columnist for the Port Isabel South Padre Press. He has spent many years collecting and …
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Feb 19 2026
The Valley Voices Chorale will bring the sounds of the 1950s and 1960s to the stage with two upcoming spring concerts featuring favorites made famous by the Everly Brothers, Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley and more. Formed in 2011 and based in Port Isabel, the chorale is made up of local musicians and Winter Texans who …
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Feb 19 2026
By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS Community leaders, housing officials and residents gathered this week to celebrate the ribbon cutting of Judy’s Casitas, a new affordable housing development designed to provide stable homes for families in the Laguna Madre area. Speakers emphasized that the project represents more than a new apartment complex , it …
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Feb 19 2026
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS Port Isabel kicked off its annual softball tournament this past Thursday, February 12. The 3-day tourney featured a variety of competing teams of various sizes from throughout the RGV. Twelve teams were separated into three pools. Pool One consisted of La Joya Palmview, Roma, Bro. Porter, and …
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