Maddie Garlough, 12, of Port Aransas rides a wave at Salinas Cruz, near Oaxaca, Mexico during Spring Break this year. She was on a surf trip with her father. Maddie recently won a state surfing championship. She’s on the Port Aransas-based Board House surf shop team, which also took honors at the conclusion of a year of surf contests held […]

Look at the birdy! (Or is that seagull?) A big group poses for a photo at the beach just south of Beach Access Road 1A in Port Aransas on Saturday, June 7.

PAISD Athletic Director Steve Reaves and coach Stephanie Cowen gave a presentation about the possible impact drug testing could have on students who are involved in extra-curricular activities at the PAISD Board of Trustees regular meeting on Wednesday, June 11. Trustees talked in favor, but did not take any action, as the presentation was to hash out the pros and […]

Port Aransas voters passed a $3.5 million bond issue in May, 2012 and since then the district has expended $1,039,921. Projects have included renovations, replacements, or installments of security cameras, a new food service management system, track, gym and tennis bleachers, sidewalks, musical instruments, furniture and so on. Before the bond, Port Aransas ISD didn’t have the budget for projects […]

Wyatt Harris has worked as everything from an electrician to a rancher to a headboat captain. And now he can add another title to his list: Port Aransas Boatmen Hall of Fame member. “I’m very honored, to say the least, that they think about me and want to include me in the elite Boatmen status,” said Harris, a former Port […]