Port Aransas, TX

PDF of print edition Spring Breakers party day, night       Spring Break crowds descended on Port Aransas last weekend. Above: A Spring Break crowd in the tens of thousands lines the beach under sunny skies in Port Aransas on Saturday, March 15. Left: That night, couples dance under the bright lights at Bernie's Beach House, one of many nightclubs packed w... More ... Sunrise service to mark Easter       A community wide non-denominational Easter sunrise service will be held Sunday, March 23. The service will be a joint gathering of the Community Presbyterian Church, the First Baptist Church, St. More ... Prediction hardware       Research assistant Cammie Hyatt, left, and research professor Dr. Ed Buskey, both of the UT-Austin Marine Science Institute, examine results from an Imaging FlowCytobot (background) that provides real-time images of materials passing through the jetties. More ... MSI tool detects toxin before disease strikes BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       When the UT-Austin Marine Science Institute (MSI) got a new Imaging FlowCytobot, they predicted it might give scientists an edge on learning when harmful organisms enter local waters. Boy, were they right. More ... Second wake damages pier Witnesses on shore see it coming, flee to safety BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Two months, almost to the day, after a section of the Charlie's Pasture Fishing Pier was washed away by the wake from a passing tanker, the pier lost another 32 feet to a second tanker's wake. At 12:54 p.m. More ... Drug testing PAHS students under review BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Port Aransas schools are another step closer to adopting a drug-testing program for students. The Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees on Thursday, March 13, directed Superintendent Billy Wiggins to put together a plan for establishing a voluntary drug-testing program and re... More ...