Henry Laupan of Waterford, Wis., steps carefully along the algae-slickened south jetty, on his way to start a morning of fishing, as the sun rises over the Gulf of Mexico on a morning not long ago. By the way, this photo produces something of an optical illusion. Can you tell whether Laupan is walking toward the photographer or away from […]

One-hundred and twenty eight days after being released at the beach in Port Aransas, a sea turtle has swum nearly 1,093 miles through the Gulf of Mexico, according to information provided by a tracking device on the turtle’s shell. Shelley, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, was found stranded on Mustang Island on Tuesday, Jan. 14. She was rehabbed, then released […]

An election to raise the hotel-motel tax to finance construction of a “venue project” is looking likely in Port Aransas. The venue project has grown out of efforts to build a recreation center in town. What’s now being planned is a building that still will house the same kinds of things originally envisioned for a rec center, but with some […]

Editor’s note: On Aug. 3, 1970, life in Port Aransas was forever changed by an angry lady named Celia. She was a major Category 3 hurricane that made a direct hit on Port Aransas with sustained winds of 125 to 130 mph. That was 47 years ago, yet residents who either rode it out or evacuated and returned to the […]