Seventy-seven percent of Port Aransas residents who responded to a survey voted yes to a question about landfill hours that was posted on the South Jetty Web site from Wednesday, Jan. 7 to Wednesday, Jan. 21. More...
Offshore fishing picked up a little this week, and the floater trips had large yields. Some big grouper and tuna, plenty of amberjack and at least one wahoo were caught, as well as kingfish and vermilion snapper. More...
Blue Shodrock, 14, of Port Aransas caught this 44-pound black drum with a bow and arrow while bow fishing in Island Moorings on Saturday, Jan. 17. More...
Jim Baima of Collinsville, Ill. and Port Aransas, left, reeled in this Warsaw grouper, estimated to be around 100 pounds, on Saturday, Jan 24. He fished a 42-hour trip aboard the Gulf Eagle with Capts. More...
DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway, offers swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Mondays for swimming, 1- 6 p.m., and more. Call 749-2416 for information. More...
The stock market has lost points and the national television news networks are forecasting disaster in the U.S. economy that may rival the Great Depression in the 1930s. More...
Asa Olson harvested a keeper sheepshead during a recent spearfishing session at the south jetty. Olson, a Port Aransas resident, said he spearfishes at the jetty frequently, especially when the visibility in the water is good. More...
A new rule that forbids charter boats and party boats that hold a federal fishing license to fish in state waters for red snapper except for a two-month summer season has left area operators questioning the wisdom of such restrictions and its effec More...
Port Aransas High School's homecoming duchesses are, from left, sophomore Kelsey Ortiz, senior Hannah Jones, freshman Taylor Griffin, junior Emily Scott and senior Meagan Callaway. More...
Twice weekly, guided tours of the Wetlands Education Center (WEC) that are open to the public begin today, Thursday, Jan. 29. Tours will be offered at 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The tours start one hour before the 3 p.m. More...
Carolyn Rose, photographed Jan. 27 at the Wetlands Education Center (WEC), is the new volunteer coordinator for the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, of which the WEC is part. More...
This weekend is the last opportunity to see the Port Aransas CommunityTheatre winter musical production, entitled "4th Of July," and bid on a patriotic quilt. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. More...
Building an artificial tree from paper, glue and other materials are Port Aransas High School theater tech students, from left, Tanner Ochoa, Emily Klein and Samantha Richardson. More...
Thirteen years ago I was searching for a place to live with a sense of community -- a place where I could raise my grandchildren in schools that would allow them to grow up into young adults ready to meet life headon -- a place where I could "grow. More...
The Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins played hard, but the state-ranked Falls City Lady Beavers dammed up the island girls' efforts. The Lady Marlins fell to Falls City, 41-63, in a Jan. 20 game on the road. More...
The Lady Marlin teams of Brundrett Middle School split a pair of games with their Woodsboro counterparts on Jan. 22. The seventh-grade Lady Marlins lost to Woodsboro, 22-25. The eighth-grade Port Aransas girls beat their opponents, 38-12. More...