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The 2025 USA Today Readers’ Choice Awards have recognized Isla Blanca Park as one of the Top 10 Best Beaches in Texas. For ...
Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island is named Texas’ best beach for the second year by USA Today's 10Best series.
South Padre Island is gearing up for an exciting summer season, offering a wide array of events and activities that highlight ...
Because of its small size, South Padre Island is often grouped with other towns along the Gulf Coast of Texas, such as Port Isabel and Brownsville, both of which make great daytrips. The town of ...
SpaceX's massive Starship launch vehicle is set for a launch late Tuesday from Boca Chica in South Texas. Here's how to watch ...
The best way to get around South Padre Island is on foot, especially since the area clocks in at 2 square miles in size (much of which is shoreline). There is also a free public shuttle ...
A group of retirees who now call the Rio Grande Valley home. A couple who drove for three days straight from Buffalo, New ...
Thunderstorms and wind that swept across South Texas on May 3 left about 9,000 residents of North Padre Island and Port Aransas without electricity for the entire day, leading many people to ask ...
There are big changes on the way for a popular beach access on South Padre Island. Cameron County Beach Access No. 3 - a mostly undeveloped pedestrian access located north of the Island's convention ...
PADRE ISLAND, Texas — After more than 10 years in the ... and then that will continue to these developments and south." The goal for the plan is to offer safe and efficient movement for people ...
The SpaceX Starship rocket stands on the launchpad ahead of its scheduled launch from Starbase as seen from South Padre Island, Texas on May 27, 2025. (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty ...
On Saturday, voters living around SpaceX’s rocket testing and launch facility in South Texas approved a measure ... A public strip sandwiched between South Padre Island and the Rio Grande ...