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City Council approves Easter Egg Hunt date

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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PI-ISD employee arrested

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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Texas Historical Commission visits Port Isabel

By NIIOHONTESHA WARRIOR editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On February 22, 2024, the Port Isabel Lighthouse (PILH) hosted Edward Lengel, the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission (THC). As a Washington DC native, Lengel is THC’s sixth Executive Director, a presidential and military historian, the author of 14 books, and a museum director. He also said that he …

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Texas drone laws reinstated

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS The Texas Government Code (Chapter 423) violated the First Amendment rights of photojournalists. The decision of the federal court restores the state’s controversial drone codes, which violates the rights of Texas journalists who use pilotless drones in their reporting. In a clash between freedom of expression versus national …

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City Council approves projects

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS Port Isabel called a special city council meeting for February 13 at noon at 305 E. Maxan Street. The first order of business was an update on the street improvement project on Maxan Street for at least two blocks from Longoria to Tarnava, depending on the project’s cost. …

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‘Bad Dates’ entertains Laguna Madre

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS Playwright Theresa Rebeck keeps audiences in stitches with her amusing 2003 release of a daunting one-woman 90-minute soliloquy, “Bad Dates,” directed by JoAnn Evans in this El Paseo Arts production in February. The part of Haley was played by South Padre Island’s talented Andrea Wright, as she embodied …

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Port Isabel’s basketball season ends

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Friday, the (28-6) Port Isabel Tarpons took on the (25-8) Floresville Tigers in the second round of the basketball playoffs. The Tarpons entered the game riding a 22-game winning streak, including a big 90-58 win over Alice in the Bi-District round. Meanwhile, Floresville entered the …

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Tarpons come out on top in regional qualifier

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, February 24, Port Isabel Early College High School hosted the Noah LeBlanc Memorial Boys Powerlifting Regional Qualifier. In the final qualifier of the season, the Port Isabel boys’ team continued to rack up the gold medals as they came away with four first-place finishes. …

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SPI funds extra dredging for channel

By CATHERINE DONNELLY The City Council meeting was to decide three agenda items. The first agenda item was to approve the results for the unexpired term for the special election for City Council position Place 5. The second and third agenda items were to approve the work of extra dredging to the Tompkins Channel and …

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Clerk to host passport fair

PRESS Staff Report The Cameron County District Clerk’s Office is hosting a Passport Fair on Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Port Isabel Community Center, 213 N. Yturria St., Port Isabel. The event is open to the public. For appointments, call (956) 544-0886 or email passport@co.cameron.tx.us. Walk-ins are also welcome. To …

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