Zack Gaskins, left, and Miles Stamper, both of Port Aransas, stand with a big tarpon that Stamper caught while he and Gaskins fished off the north jetty on a recent night. Courtesy photo After more ...

The Port Aransas Education Foundation (PAEF) is holding its 20th annual fundraising gala at the Port Aransas Civic Center at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. The gala is always the foundation’s biggest ...

Staff photo by Dan Parker Macky Ward of Port Aransas speeds through the surf on his jet ski at the beach near Marker 28 on Sunday, Sept. 20. Ward continues to enjoy the island life even though his ...

Construction of a new wastewater treatment plant serving Port Aransas is nearly halfway finished, but construction and equipment delays could push back the project’s completion date. The Nueces County ...

Tuesday, Sept. 22 1:32 p.m. A man reported that someone contaminated his vehicle’s fuel tank with a “harsh chemical,” which caused hundreds of dollars’ worth of mechanical problems. It happened while ...

The Port Aransas City Council recently made some moves to fill the positions of two high-level city officials who will retire soon. Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 17, the council decided to hire former ...

A contract has been awarded for emergency repairs to a section of the bulkhead at Charlie’s Pasture. Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 17, the Port Aransas City Council voted 7-0 to award the contract to ...

Island Science Day is set from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Patton Center for Marine Science Education, 855 E. Cotter Ave. The family-friendly event will celebrate 85 years of ...

The Fall Adopt-A-Beach was held on Saturday, Sept. 19. The Texas General Land Office sponsors the event, which brings volunteers together to pick up trash on the beach. Keep Port Aransas Beautiful ...

Members of the Port Aransas Parrot Heads and their guests will get together for a weekend of fun at Wings Over Port A: Livin’ On Island Time, the organization’s annual fundraiser. The 17th annual ...

Former Port Aransas residents Zach Parker, left, and Paul Snow show the Best Student Film award they received at the Austin Spotlight Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 12, in Austin. The two made the ...

A proposed desalination facility on Harbor Island just received a major approval by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on Wednesday, Sept. 23. A request for an offshore discharge ...