Port Aransas, TX

PDF of print edition Some amendments affect council operation FIRST IN A SERIES BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Editor's note: This is the first in a series on proposed city charter amendments that will be on the ballot during the May 12 election. As much as possible, they have been grouped by subject. More ... Surf talk       More than a dozen Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi students were given surfing lessons Tuesday afternoon, April 17, near the Horace Caldwell Pier on the beach in Port Aransas. More ... TxDOT still weighing highway options Expansion project remains in distant future BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Don't plan on dropping 50 cents in the basket and whizzing down the Island Road several feet above other traffic any time in the near future. "There is absolutely nothing new on the State Hwy. 361 project," said Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) engineer Mike Walsh this week. More ... Services held for former constable       Former Nueces County Pct. 4 Constable Ben Alvin Cash died Thursday, April 12, 2007. He had been a resident of Port Aransas for the past 38 years. Cash was born on July 10, 1926, in Orange City, Fla., to Raymond and Gladys Cash. Cash served in the United States Navy and United States Army. More ... Carrying a full load       Travelers on State Hwy 361 between Beach Access Road 1A in Port Aransas and Park Road 22 in Corpus Christi will have a long wait before the 18-mile stretch sees any expansion. TxDOT officials have yet to determine the most feasible method for expansion, much less determine a funding option. This p... More ...