Apr 03 2020
The Port Isabel-South Padre Press and our sister publication, the San Benito News, have been reporting as the pandemic spreads throughout the Rio Grande Valley, namely, on the precautions Cameron County, San Benito, Laguna Vista, Port Isabel, and South Padre Island have taken. Both newsrooms are dependent on the Cameron County Public Health department’s press …
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Nov 08 2019
To The Editor, I am not a fan of the school board president but I would not sign a petition to remove him based on a DWI or being an alleged drunk. If a doctor was caught and charged with a DWI or being drunk, would he be disqualified to practice being a doctor? If …
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Oct 17 2019
By RAY QUIROGA INSIDE SCOOP publisher@sbnewspaper.com We have a poor habit of posthumously recognizing people for their contributions to community and society instead of honoring them when they’re alive. I’m happy to say, however, that Rey Avila was served much better. Throughout his many years of involvement with the preservation and recognition of Conjunto Music, …
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Aug 09 2019
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com I wonder if the apologists of embattled SBCISD School Board President Michael Vargas would be so laissez-faire regarding the board president’s recent DWI arrest if someone they know or love fell victim of Vargas’ actions and decision on that early fateful morning of July 5th when, according to Harlingen Police, Vargas …
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Aug 04 2019
I have visited your city for the past 21 years straight. My wife is from San Benito. Her mother and siblings still live there. I was just there over the 4th of July holiday. I visited San Benito, Harlingen, Brownsville and South Padre Island. But here’s my concern of your city based on my observations. …
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Apr 19 2019
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com The question is, “Why?” Why did Superintendent Nate Carman, after supporting air travel for the chess program last year, decide it wasn’t in the students’ best interest this year? What changed? It wasn’t so much the $17 grand in airfare. Of course we know now that students K-12 …
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Apr 12 2019
by RAY QUIROGA I won’t pretend to understand the thought process of the top SBCISD administrator and certain members of the school board. Their actions often defy logic, and border on recklessness, to say the least. My only guess is that Dr. (Nate) Carman, the district’s current superintendent, waltzed into town less than two years …
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Apr 05 2019
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sanbenitonewspaper.com The Inside Scoop There are a number of interesting details surrounding the events leading to last week’s termination of Jack Garcia — the now-former San Benito CISD After School Program Director. To review, Garcia, who had been employed by the district for 22 years — 20 with the afterschool program,16 years …
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Dec 21 2018
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com DECEMBER 21-27, 2018 On the fateful night of September 6th of this year, America went to bed learning about the tragic death of 26-year old Dallas resident Botham Jean at the hands of an off-duty police officer who allegedly mistook the St. Lucia native’s apartment for her own …
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Dec 14 2018
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com DECEMBER 14-20, 2018 This community needs to understand the impact Ricardo Treviño’s death can have moving forward and much of it is due to the times in which we live and technology used to record the events leading up to his untimely death Friday afternoon at the hands …
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July 3, 2020
June 19, 2020
Words and Photos by Gaige Davila The Port Isabel Lighthouse, though built in 1852, is not the oldest piece of history in Port Isabel’s Market Square. Down the hill of the lighthouse sits Alchemaille Exploratorium, the workspace and store of Michael DeVeny, Port Isabel’s only chainmaille artist. “I saw a chainmaille shirt sitting over a … Continue reading [...]
Curated by Steve Hathcock Editor’s note: These articles appeared in the Port Isabel-South Padre Island PRESS on January 8, 1976. Cable TV Comes to the Laguna Madre At a meeting of the South Padre Island town council, Tom Russell, a representative of the Laguna Madre Cable Company told the council about his companies’ proposal to … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Road is close to receiving a full repaving. The Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District (PISBND) will head a repair project on Port Road in Port Isabel, applying for a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant. The City of Port Isabel passed a resolution approving the grant application during a Jan. 12 … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A local restaurant known around the country is using online crowdfunding to stay open, as COVID-19 continues to impact businesses in the Laguna Madre. Manuel’s Restaurant, at 313 Maxan St. in Port Isabel, is now crowdfunding in an effort to stay open. “Meeting new people from all over the world and … Continue reading [...]
Curated by Steve Hathcock Editor’s note: The following police reports are edited for length and clarity. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED On Jan. 6, 2021, at approximately 4:17 p.m. Officers were advised of a major vehicle accident at the intersection of the 2500 block of Padre Boulevard and 100 E. Amberjack Street. Upon arrival an officer made … Continue reading [...]
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