Port Isabel News

Classes in San Benito will start as scheduled on August 25. That's according to school district officials.

A head-on crash in Brownsville killed a 911 dispatcher from the Cameron County Sheriff's Department.

A Cameron County Sheriff's Department dispatcher has died from injuries he received in a motorcycle-vehicle accident.

A lost kayaker in the Laguna Madre, an overdue 65-foot shimp boat or a broken-down Russian freighter 30 miles offshore would all rely on the U.S. Coast Guard to come to the rescue.

Cameron Park and Laguna Heights residents could soon see the installation of some long awaited street lights in the colonias.

A Brownsville man is facing intoxicated manslaughter charges after being involved in a fatal motorcycle accident.

Almost every AEP Texas customer who lost electric service during Hurricane Dolly has had power restored to them, the company said.

Two health clinics have opened up to help those needing general medical attention.

Twenty-two Salvation Army Canteens continue to serve those recovering from Hurricane Dolly.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas-Weekend tourists were being turned away from this popular vacation destination as officials cleaning up after Hurricane Dolly declared the island closed for business.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas-Weekend tourists were being turned away from this popular vacation destination as officials cleaning up after Hurricane Dolly declared the island closed for business.

A Hallettesville man was killed Sunday evening in a two-vehicle accident near Altair.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas-Weekend tourists were being turned away from this popular vacation destination as officials cleaning up after Hurricane Dolly declared the island closed for business.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas-Weekend tourists were being turned away from this popular vacation destination as officials cleaning up after Hurricane Dolly declared the island closed for business.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas-Weekend tourists were being turned away from this popular vacation destination as officials cleaning up after Hurricane Dolly declared the island closed for business.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas-Weekend tourists were being turned away from this popular vacation destination as officials cleaning up after Hurricane Dolly declared the island closed for business.

Weary Port Isabel officials met with Mayor Joe Vega again Monday morning to evaluate their progress and plan further moves to get things back to some semblance of normal.

Weekend tourists were being turned away from this popular vacation destination as officials cleaning up after Hurricane Dolly declared the island closed for business.

Leaders in this coastal resort town had to make a decision Friday no vacation destination ever wants to make: to turn people away.

Ice, water and prepared food will be distributed today and Monday by Texas military forces at various locations around the Rio Grande Valley.