Thousands of folks hit the beach under mostly sunny skies during the Labor Day weekend in Port Aransas. This photo was shot looking south from from Horace Caldwell Pier on Sunday, Sept. 4. More photos are inside.

Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins (the ones in the blue) start their run at a cross-country meet in Corpus Christi on Saturday, Sept. 3. Results for all Port Aransas runners are on Page 9A. Standout PAHS runner John Zuniga took home another first-place medal!

Rick Adams, who has served as a school board trustee with Port Aransas ISD for over 13 years, announced his resignation at the Wednesday, Aug. 31, board meeting. “It was a tough decision — but it’s time,” Adams told his fellow board members. “It has been an honor serving with all of you.” Adams, who was first elected in 2003, […]

Editor’s note: Sept. 11 will be the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that struck the United States in 2001. Terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and an empty field in Pennsylvania. Some 2,996 people were killed. South Jetty reporters recently interviewed four people who work as first responders […]

The building doesn’t look like much. It’s an uninhabited little structure, barely noticeable behind trees and bushes in the 100 block of North Alister Street. But folks with expertise in Port Aransas history say the floor in one wing of the building has a fascinating story behind it, one that’s historically noteworthy. They say the floor once was part of […]