Residents and visitors are invited to learn about what washes ashore on the beaches of Mustang Island. A guided beach walk, sponsored by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, will examine beach treasures tomorrow, Friday, June 27. More...

Enjoy poetry? Come participate in the next Poetry Slam tomorrow, Friday, June 27. It will be held at Sips Wine and Coffee Bar, 162 W. Cotter Ave., at 8 p.m. Drinks and snacks may be purchased inside. More...

Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) will hold its annual meeting for officers and board members on Tuesday, July 1, at 6 p.m. It will be held in the meeting room at the Ellis Memorial Library, 700 W. Ave. A. More...

Last weekend my family and I were driving through town, looking at the "sights" of Port Aransas in the summer. As we were driving, we came upon a traffic accident that our first responders had under control. More...

Alegra Murine Hawkins and Louis Martin Spinn III were married at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5 at Trinity-bythe Sea Episcopal Church in Port Aransas. The bride is the granddaughter of the late Maurine Crook of Corpus Christi. More...

The Island Worship Center (IWC) will host a performance on Sunday, June 29, and Monday, June 30, by Shekinah Glory. Shekinah Glory is a group of recording artists Ray and Lois Tauscher and Cindy Duvall, who have had many top 10 praise and worship More...

Lord, love my traveling companion, because after we woke up in the scrub-country of Southern Idaho, after we scrambled up and down a 90-foot sand dune and bought a new frying pan at the Salvation Army and headed down the highway toward the Wyoming More...

Competing against the largest weekly newspapers in Texas, the South Jetty racked up enough points to finish in third place overall in the Texas Press Association's (TPA) Better Newspaper Contest. More...

Capt. Steve Zarych, left, gives a little instruction on the basics of building a better sandcastle, as Joy Black of Austin studies his technique. More...

If agricultural runoff is blamed for a so-called "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, this year's floods in the Midwest should make the zone that much worse, right? More...

City council members will ask the city's Planning and Zoning Commission for guidance on how to regulate intrusive lighting in Port Aransas. More...

Motorists trying to use the beach roadway south of Beach Access Road 1 are finding it tough going. More...

Port Aransas police say they expect to have much better communications with surrounding communities and with each other with two federal grants that will give the department cutting-edge equipment. More...

Workers just south of Avenue C work on the No. 12 outfall, a concrete drainage ditch that runs between Avenue A and wetlands on the south side of Port Aransas. More...

City council members, along with other business on Thursday, June 19 (see related stories) struggled with appointing a member of the city's Board of Adjustments and Appeals. The position was left vacant with the death of member Don Huff last month. More...

California surfboard maker Robert August, a star of the landmark 1966 surfing movie "The Endless Summer," will make a day-long promotional appearance at Port A. Surf Co. on Saturday, June 28. More...

If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen - or, of course, you can always escape the heat with a visit to the swimming pool at Port Aransas Community Park. Just in time for summer, the swimming pool is boasting a few new features. More...

Independence Day fireworks in Port Aransas can be viewed by land or by sea on Friday, July 4. More...