SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — There is treasure on South Padre Island, and you can behold this spectacular feathered bounty right now. Every spring, particularly during the latter part of April and early May, thousands of colorful songbirds descend on the island's scant trio of protected wooded lots totaling less than five acres of []
For the third time in April, the Coast Guard has announced seizing illegally caught red snapper from Mexican fishermen off of South Padre Island, bringing the total amount of illegally caught fish to 1,300 pounds.
Scenes from the beach during this weekend's "Orange Crush" event in
A person swipes in with a Metrocard at a turnstile outfitted with an OMNY touchpad at the Columbus Circle - 59th Street subway station. “While I love the new OMNY digital wallet system, not everyone can learn how to use it.” [ more › ]
Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar.
In December of 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman, having completed his
Lawmakers want to reopen a ferry route between southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. The route was shuttered after the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened in the 1960's [ more › ]
Some in Newberry County, S.C., thought the noise was a siren. The sheriff
ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI - Three units with a combined generating capacity of up to 53 megawatts have been repaired ahead of schedule and are back online.
Thousands of people have joined protests on the Canary Islands to call for a limit on tourism numbers. Protesters are reportedly calling for a temporary limit on visitor numbers to ease pressure on the islands' infrastructure and housing situation. 13.9 million people visited the islands in 2023. Tourism accounts for around 35% of the archipelago’s GDP and brought in €16.9bn in 2022. Protests took place in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Palma and Gran Canaria on April 20. David Gainford,...
Thousands of people have joined protests on the Canary Islands to call for a limit on tourism numbers. Protesters are reportedly calling for a temporary limit on visitor numbers to ease pressure on the islands' infrastructure and housing situation. 13.9 million people visited the islands in 2023. Tourism accounts for around 35% of the archipelago’s GDP and brought in €16.9bn in 2022. Protests took place in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Palma and Gran Canaria on April 20. David Gainford,...
Thousands of people have joined protests on the Canary Islands to call for a limit on tourism numbers. Protesters are reportedly calling for a temporary limit on visitor numbers to ease pressure on the islands' infrastructure and housing situation. 13.9 million people visited the islands in 2023. Tourism accounts for around 35% of the archipelago’s GDP and brought in €16.9bn in 2022. Protests took place in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Palma and Gran Canaria on April 20. David Gainford,...