Apr 28 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the PRESS Last Thursday, Cameron County held an online public meeting that brought together its smaller jurisdictions and gathered public input for its Amended Hazard Mitigation Plan. Consultant H2O Partners, Inc. conducted a preliminary risk assessment for the participating jurisdictions, including Indian Lake, La Feria, Laguna Vista, Los Fresnos, Port …
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Apr 28 2022
Special to the PRESS When several hundred students at Harvest Christian Academy in Edinburg were called out of class to the auditorium, some asked “Why?” When six students were called to the front as finalists of the South Texas Children’s Arts Festival, the question changed to “Who?” Arts festival founder Carey Kinsolving introduced Daniel Salazar, …
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Apr 28 2022
By CHRISTINA SOSA Special to the PRESS At a scheduled special meeting on April 20, the Point Isabel Independent School District Budget Committee continued discussion on the 2022-2023 budget focusing on employee pay, taking into consideration employee experience, retention and fair market values. Adina Alegria, Executive Director of the Texas Valley Educators Association, addressed the …
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Apr 28 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Vista Public Library is located at 1300 Palm Blvd. It was formerly located where the LV Police Department currently resides. Back then, it was a small one room space, a stark difference to the roomy building, which sports a butterfly garden in the front yard, that hosts the library …
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Apr 28 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the PRESS The May 7 election in Port Isabel features a state constitutional amendment, another vote on the Cameron County Venue Project, and a battle for city and school district offices. Early voting runs from May 2 to the 3 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Port Isabel’s only voting …
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Apr 28 2022
Special to the PRESS Gladys Porter Zoo staff are shocked and devastated to relay the news that Martha, a beloved member of the Zoo’s Western lowland gorilla troop, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday night. She was 32 years old. “Martha loved to interact with the public. I remember she’d put her ear to the glass, tap …
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Apr 28 2022
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Thursday, April 21, the Port Isabel Tarpons track team participated in the 2022 Area Track Meet held in Alice, Tx. The meet included area qualifying athletes from district 31 & 32. The schools attending the meet were, Port Isabel, Alice, Rio Hondo, Tuloso-Midway, Robstown, La …
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Apr 28 2022
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons took on the La Grulla Gators in a district baseball matchup on Friday, April 22. The Tarpons have been having a tough season, but have been taking a ‘one game at a time’ mindset to close out the season. The Gators had a …
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Apr 28 2022
Editor’s note: Moments in Time is a collection of published briefs that highlight the history of the Rio Grande Valley. Hathcock is a local historian. By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Bodies of 49 men exhumed at Isabella The work of exhuming the bones of soldiers buried here during the Mexican war, in 1846, …
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Apr 28 2022
Special to the PRESS The South Texas Border Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists honored 55 graduates at their first in-person ceremony since 2020. The new chapter members included 24 members who completed the program in 2020, 13 from the 2021 class and this year’s 18 new members. Texas Master Naturalists are volunteers; they are ordinary …
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