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By Denise Cathey – The Brownsville Herald – March 5, 2023 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — A collective croon goes up from the crowd waiting behind the rope line as Judith, with a hair bow on her head, comes out with handler and rescuer Jacob Reinbolt on Saturday at the South Padre Island Birding & Nature […]

by: Jesse Mendez Posted: Mar 20, 2023 / 01:00 PM CDT Updated: Mar 20, 2023 / 12:04 PM CDT SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — South Padre Island fishing is once again in the national spotlight. According to FishingBooker.com, SPI ranks second on its list of Top Spring Fishing Spots in the U.S. for 2023. South Padre Island offers […]

By Patrick McNulty – March 16, 2023 A 2nd Access to South Padre Island is a critical public safety project in Texas. The island is one of the state’s most popular tourism destinations with nine million vehicles crossing the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge annually. As a result, South Padre Island needs a dependable and safe […]

By AMBER JONES Special to the PRESS Sugar Kingdom, Jonah the  Whale  and  Island Arcade, with a candy store attached, all opened on the Island just in time for the spring break crowd. Sugar Kingdom, located at 1601 Padre Blvd., opened one of its 12 locations on the Island about two weeks ago. As soon […]

March 05, 2023 1:11 PM in News – Local Bridge maintenance on Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway at South Padre Island that has caused some traffic delays in the last few months is wrapping up. “We are wrapping up a maintenance project on the west side of the causeway on the outside lane, so we do ask drivers […]

by: Lesly Hinojosa Posted: Mar 5, 2023 / 02:38 PM CST Updated: Mar 5, 2023 / 02:38 PM CST SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Thousands of college students will be making their way to South Padre island this month and businesses are ready for their arrival. “It’s South Padre Island, you know? We want everybody to come […]

This place is all you could need for a staycation! 🏖️ Brittany Cristiano Texas Staff Writer Feb 22, 2023, 3:53 PM – Updated If you’re a Texan looking for an island getaway but can’t spend the extra money for a plane ticket out of the country, you’re in luck, as there are a few all-inclusive resorts around the […]

by: Gabriela Gonzalez Posted: Feb 22, 2023 / 06:23 PM CST Updated: Feb 22, 2023 / 06:23 PM CST SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The completion date for the maintenance work on the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway has been extended, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. A contractor hired by TxDOT to perform the work has […]

While the International Space Station orbited over the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 19, 2022, NASA astronaut Bob Hines captured this image of South Padre Island, a barrier island along the coast of Texas. The island is part of the greater Padre Island, the longest barrier island in the world, which spans a length of 113 miles (182 kilometers). Barrier islands […]