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By R. Daniel Cavazos It was 2015 when Gary Glick and some of his friends and family at South Padre Island were lamenting a declining resource and loss of one of the great pleasures of their childhood. “A little group of us were wondering about what happened to the fish of our youth,” Glick recalled. […]

By SHELDON MOORE Special to the PRESS The city limits of South Padre Island Texas encircle approximately 1,600 acres comprised of some of our nation’s most beautiful beach and bay shores. Approximately thirteen miles northeast of the city, on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, is a 1,650 acre site, approximately 80 feet below the waves, […]

Amazing view! LeRoy Tapia, a resident of South Padre Island, posted a couple of photos on Facebook showing the view from his condo. Unlike similar photos from apartments in Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, or Austin there aren’t any sky scrapers or large buildings on the horizon, but there is something much more awesome making up […]

By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the PRESS Last Thursday, Cameron County held an online public meeting that brought together its smaller jurisdictions and gathered public input for its Amended Hazard Mitigation Plan. Consultant H2O Partners, Inc. conducted a preliminary risk assessment for the participating jurisdictions, including Indian Lake, La Feria, Laguna Vista, Los Fresnos, Port Isabel, Primera, […]

by: Victoria Lopez Posted: Apr 29, 2022 / 11:26 AM CDT Updated: Apr 29, 2022 / 11:32 AM CDT SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A “Momma” turtle has returned to South Padre Island for the third time to nest, kicking off the season with 94 eggs! Sea Turtle Incorporated announced the first nesting of the season for SPI […]

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By SHELDON MOORE Special to the PRESS At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting was called to order by Chair Lonnie Gillihan. President and CEO Alita Bagley and a quorum of the board were present for the meeting. Minutes from the February 8 meeting were unanimously […]

Offshore waters are where the big fish roam. But don’t make the mistake of thinking that you need to be an experienced angler to make a great catch. Whether you’ve been fishing for years or you’ve never held a rod and reel in your life, you can head out to the deep waters that surround South […]

By M. KATHY RAINES Throngs of noisy, migrating male yellow-headed blackbirds, heads and chests aglow in the setting sun, descended upon limbs and open swaths of lawn to forage for seeds and insects at the South Padre Island Convention Center last April. I can hardly wait to see them again. Our wondrous spring fall-out—during which fatigued […]