Shredding the surf
Ten-year-old Yates Harris of Port Aransas rides a wave during a surfing contest at Horace Caldwell Pier on Saturday, March 23. Forty-two kids from up and down the Texas coast took part in the contest, the first event of the Texas Surf Camps Lone Star Surf Series. Yates, the son of Cayce and Joel Harris, took second place in both […]
Community band
A group of musicians got together to entertain the folks who showed up to party at the last Second Saturday party of the season at the Farley Boat Works on Saturday, March 9. The boat works will begin the Second Saturday parties again in December. From left are Matt Edquist on mandolin, Pete Edquist on electric guitar, T.J. Davis on […]
Public comment sought for dredging issue
Public comment is being sought on an important document related to a proposal to significantly deepen the ship channel in Port Aransas and extend it further into the Gulf of Mexico than it is now. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is inviting the public to comment on the Port of Corpus Christi’s Channel Deepening Project Final Environmental Impact Statement. […]
SandFest 2024: No RV parking spaces in lots at this event
With the 2024 edition of Texas SandFest a little less than a month away, folks need to take note of an important change that organizers have made to this year’s festival. Many people bring their RVs to the beach to camp during the events. This year there will be no designated parking spaces for RVs at the SandFest grounds. RVs […]
Getting to work
The City of Port Aransas broke ground on the new fire station at the corner of Ninth Street and Avenue C on Wednesday, March 20. The new facility will be 19,270 square feet, two stories high and have the capacity to house a full-time fire staff with sleeping quarters as well as EMS operations. Construction is expected to be completed […]
Port A police still looking for fatal shooting suspect
As of Monday, March 25, the Port Aransas Police Department had not made any arrests related to the fatal shooting that took place on the beach just before midnight on Monday, March 11. That’s according to Lt. James Stokes, with the police department. On Friday, March 15, the police department obtained two arrest warrants for Francisco Espinoza, 26, who “is […]