Jan 19 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In a year marked by state budget cuts to public education, the Point Isabel School Board of Trustees were happy to receive positive news as they heard the findings of the district’s annual financial audit Tuesday evening. Carlos Cascos, of Brownsville accounting firm Patillo, Brown and Hill, LLP, …
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Jan 19 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons boys’ basketball team ran Rio Hondo up and down the court at Tarpon Gym and lit up the scoreboard for a 70-48 win last Friday night. The Tarpons improved to 3-2 in District 32-4A play and trail undefeated Hidalgo (6-0), Zapata (4-1), and La …
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Jan 19 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The postponement of one game and a regularly-scheduled second one means games on consecutive nights for the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball group this week. Low temperatures and possibly icy road conditions made it advisable to postpone Tuesday night’s home contest with Zapata until Thursday afternoon. The girls …
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Jan 19 2018
Special to the PRESS Editor, I’ve known “Judge Bennie” for many years. If he says he made the decision to retire on the eve of the filing date — that is exactly what happened. The Ochoa family has a long history of community service. Good luck to Bennie IV! Respectfully, Gar Treharne South Padre Island …
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Jan 19 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As I sit here writing this the temperatures are hovering near freezing. The wind has been howling all day with a sharp and frigid bite that rapidly saps the warmth from ungloved hands. It’s the third big cold front to have moved through the area over the last …
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Jan 19 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Alvin Schoonover sent me a picture of an artifact he found while fishing in the Laguna Madre. “How did it get here?” he asked. A naval air station for Corpus Christi had been proposed since the mid-1930s but it remained a low priority as late as Jan. 9, 1940. …
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Jan 05 2018
TPWD temporarily suspends coastal fishing By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Falling water temperatures spurred the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to take the rare step of issuing a temporary ban on fishing along much of the Texas coast this week. “The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has issued a temporary closure to …
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Jan 05 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Several local agencies sprang into action this week as temperatures began to drop. Staff and volunteers from Sea Turtle Inc. (STI), Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and even local residents, all pitched in as over 170 cold-stunned Atlantic green sea turtles were rescued from local waters and beaches. …
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Jan 05 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Frigid temperatures and rain over New Year’s Eve most likely played a role in what turned out to be a fairly uneventful holiday weekend for local law enforcement, officials report. The only major incident to occur was a report of a vehicle on fire in Port Isabel just …
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Jan 05 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Beginning Jan. 15, the Cameron County Parks Department will begin accepting reservations for the 2018 summer season at the Isla Blanca RV Park. Park goers will only be able to rent a spot at the popular park for a maximum of three months. The news comes after the …
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