Jan 21 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On Jan. 19, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees held a regular board meeting and discussed amendments to the District Innovation Plan and extension of time to use emergency paid sick leave. An amendment to the District of Innovation Plan seeks to allow middle school teachers in math, science, and …
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Jan 21 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Starting Jan.11, large COVID-19 vaccination hubs opened across Texas, including in Cameron County. On Thursday Jan. 21, a vaccination clinic will be held at the Los Fresnos Fire Department, located at 100 Rodeo Drive, for people 65 or older only. A second clinic will be conducted on Friday, Jan. 22 also …
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Jan 21 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On Wednesday, Jan. 20, seven-year-old, Victor Gonzalez III, completed his blanket donation drive at the San Benito Food Pantry. Gonzalez III, a first-grade student at Ed Downs Fine Arts Academy, formulated the idea of donating blankets to the elderly. “I heard on the news that the elderly needed blankets to stay …
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Jan 14 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On Jan. 5, the San Benito City Commission held a regular commission meeting in which they discussed changes to the San Benito Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and expansion of the EDC Small Business Investment Program. Rebecca Castillo, Executive Director of the San Benito EDC, came forth to seek approval for an …
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Jan 14 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD revealed photos of the current construction of the new school district indoor multi-purpose facility recently. The groundbreaking ceremony for the multi-purpose facility happened on Aug. 15, 2019. According to the school district, the indoor facilities will be used to accommodate various extracurricular groups and sports. SBCISD students such …
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Jan 14 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com City staff, elected officials and fellow firefighters are mourning the loss of San Benito Fire Department Chief Danny Watkins, who passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 12, due to complications related to COVID-19. According to a City of San Benito press release, Watkins’ wife, Debbie Watkins stated that her husband contracted COVID-19 …
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Jan 08 2021
Special to the NEWS/PRESS With the widespread development of Padre Island and the most recent visitor to the area, Space X, Boca Chica Beach has lost its luster, for many. For many years, Boca Chica Beach afforded Valley folks the nearest and most accessible beach before the building of the Queen Isabella Causeway at …
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Jan 07 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Citizens of The City of Los Indios have started connecting to internet service from Spectrum giving them access to high-speed internet. Former Alderwoman Adelina Nunez contacted the CEO of Spectrum in April 2020. According to Nunez, she was contacted within two days by a representative of Spectrum in Texas. “I emailed …
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Jan 07 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The U.S. Customs and Border Protection assigned Joel Martinez, a San Benito native, as Deputy Chief Patrol Agent to the U.S Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector. Martinez began his career with the Border Patrol in 1992 at the Laredo South Station in the Laredo Sector. According to a press release …
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Jan 07 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito and several officers of the San Benito Police Department are facing a lawsuit following the death of Ernesto Gonzalez in 2019. The plaintiff, Astrid Gonzalez, is represented by Eduardo Lucio. The defendants in the case are The City of San Benito, former Police Chief Michael Galvan, …
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February 3, 2020
January 31, 2020
By Robert Lewis Special to the PRESS Wow, was that one heck of a storm. I have spent today, Saturday Feb. 20, unwrapping plants, removing the Plumerias and Desert Rose out of the garage, picking up plastic sheeting and bed sheets and trying to get everything in the yard to not look like a freezing … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) biologists are assessing a large-scale fish kill across the Texas coast after a cold front froze the state. In the Laguna Madre, TPWD biologists are currently assessing the freeze’s impact on game and foraging fish and were not available for … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Immediately after temperatures rose after last week’s freeze, the Laguna Madre’s cities and Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD) came to aid. With school cancelled for the entirety of last week, and portions of the Laguna Madre area still without power, PI-ISD hand delivered meals to … Continue reading [...]
Curated by Steve Hathcock 30.05 CRIMINAL TRESPASS OF A HABITATION: On February 15th, 2021 at approximately 2 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of East Ling Street in reference to possible trespassing. A male subject was issued a written criminal trespass warning and was advised to leave the location. A person commits an offense … Continue reading [...]
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High girls’ track program is off and running with a delayed start for the 2021 season due to last week’s onslaught of unpleasant weather. The Tarpon Relays, to have been held at P.I.’s own Tarpon Stadium last Saturday, had to be canceled. Next up on … Continue reading [...]
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