Port Isabel NewsLocal news for Port Isabel, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Laguna Madre area leery of Brownsville annexation plans- June 30, 2008 A group of Laguna Madre area officials were invited to Austin this past week to testify before a Senate committee about the city of Brownsville's strip annexations encroaching into the area.http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/laguna-madre-area-leery-of-brownsville-an... Community Forum: Owners should be tied up like they do to dogs- June 28, 2008 Editor: Congratulations to Elizabeth Glascock for her compassion for neglected and abused dogs.http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/community-forum-owners-should-be-tied-up-... Click on the slide- June 26, 2008 Today, where white-winged sailboats skim across the Laguna Madre and canoes glide past the banks of the Rio Grande, steamboats once huffed and chuffed, bringing goods and settlers to this southern most Texas ...http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/click-on-the-slide?fromrss=1 Aiming High: Steven Zuniga- June 24, 2008 Steven Zuniga is a fifth-grader at Derry Elementary who has a knack for poetry and hopes to be an Air Force pilot some day.http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/aiming-high-steven-zuniga?fromrss=1 Port Isabel considers mitigation bank- June 22, 2008 The City of Port Isabel is considering formation of a mitigation bank to satisfy environmental requirements when construction interferes with sensitive areas, such as wetlands or wild habitat.http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/port-isabel-considers-mitigation-bank?fro... Shrimpers head to Mexico to fuel boats- June 20, 2008 Fuel prices have more than doubled since 2001, when Pedro Purata bought a 16,000-gallon shrimp boat he dubbed the "Alma Marie." The wooden boat, coated in layers of peeling black and white paint, now rocks ...http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/shrimpers-head-to-mexico-to-fuel-boats?fr... South Texas constable guilty of drug trafficking- June 19, 2008 A south Texas constable accused of selling marijuana his office seized has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/south-texas-constable-guilty-of-drug-traf... Port Isabel city manager retires under fire- June 18, 2008 Tuesday evening's Port Isabel City Commission meeting contained all the elements of a good drama-mystery, unanswered questions, evasions, angry words and outbursts of raw emotion.http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/port-isabel-city-manager-retires-under-fi... With Ochoa jailed, Pct. 1 fears crime increase- June 12, 2008 Laguna Heights resident Robert Martinez is frustrated with what's going on in this small community.http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/with-ochoa-jailed-pct-1-fears-crime-incre... Let's promote pedal power- June 10, 2008 Thanks to the River Rockets and Bicycle World and too many sponsors to name who made the annual Pedal to Padre on May 4 a huge success.http://www.topix.net/city/port-isabel-tx/2008/06/lets-promote-pedal-power?fromrss=1 |