Former Baylor track director at home in PI

By JIM IRISH Special to the PRESS Todd Harbour is thriving in Port Isabel, the small community on the Texas Gulf Coast where he spent his formative years and jump started what would become a remarkable international track career. Harbour, Baylor University’s former director of track and field and cross-country coach, returned to his roots …

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Lady Tarpons fall to Lady Eagles

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Tuesday, February 13, the 4A Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hosted the 6A Brownsville Hanna Lady Eagles in the season’s opener. It was a close competitive game for the first five innings, but then the Lady Eagles pulled away with a big 5-run sixth inning to …

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Powerlifters push for regionals

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past week, on February 15-16, the Port Isabel Powerlifting teams competed at the 2024 Powerlifting Qualifiers in Weslaco (boys) and La Feria (girls). The boy’s division saw 48 lifters compete from the following five schools, Port Isabel, Edinburg North, Weslaco, PSJA and Donna North. The Port …

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Garza running for congress

PRESS Staff Report RAYMONDVILLE, TX—Mauro Garza recently announced his candidacy for District 34 U.S. Representative. According to his prepared announcement, Garza is an eighth-generation South Texan business owner, and father. In the statement, Garza writes that he spent his childhood in towns across the district, calling Raymondville home. He goes on to note that his …

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Students look into future through tech

By NIIOHONTESHA WARRIOR editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On February 9, 2024, the Port Isabel Junior High School students participated in an interactive STEM robotics workshop, and students were chosen to participate on their exceptional academic achievements in science and math. Texas A&M Spark! PK-12 Engineering Education Outreach (TA&MS!) workshop was hosted at the Port Isabel Junior High School …

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Rodeo kicks off Friday

PRESS Staff Report LOS FRESNOS, TX—The rodeo grounds here will be teeming with attendees as, “The Best Little Rodeo in Texas” and the Cameron County Fair & Livestock Show commences on February 16 and runs through February 18, 2024. The 34th Annual Los Fresnos Rodeo and Cameron County Fair & Livestock Show, as it’s formally …

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Coalition wins Boca Chica closure appeal

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS Texas Highway 4 is a little strip of winding road that seems to lead to nowhere in particular but, after passing miles of prickly pear, yucca, agave cactus, and then some space rockets, it delivers travelers to a public beach. Boca Chica is an out of the way …

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Boats sit idle in ‘Shrimp Capitol’

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS PORT ISABEL, TX—The sight of shrimp trawlers docked in Port Isabel’s waterways enchants visitors driving through town, an evocative picture worthy of souvenir postcards. What people don’t realize is that many of those boats would normally be 80 miles out in the gulf catching shrimp, the livelihood that …

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Lucha Libre captivates local fans

By NIIOHONTESHA WARRIOR editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Some 900 local and surrounding Lucha Libre enthusiasts gathered on January 3, at 8 p.m., for the 4th Annual Lucha Libre by the Bay held at the Port Isabel Event & Cultural Center, 309 Railroad St. According to co-promoter Baldemar Cortez, the 800-seat, sold-out event added an additional 100 standing-room-only tickets …

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Graves wins SPI election

By NIIOHONTESHA WARRIOR editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com An anticipated South Padre Island Special Election was held on February 3, 2024, with unofficial results yielding Lisa Graves as the winner of the open Pl. 5 Councilmember vacancy. With 2,442 registered voters, ballots cast totaling 545, and zero blank ballots, the voter turnout was 22.32%. According to the Cameron County …

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