Port Aransas News

After being lost on the Gulf for more than a week, Tressel Hawkins has a lot to be thankful for.A This Thanksgiving he says he just wants to eat and spend time with his family.

Tony Amos, a retired researcher with the University of Texas, for 30 years has inventoried the trash and pollution that washes ashore at Mustang Island off the Gulf Coast near Port Aransas.

Don Moore, 67, veteran Texas lawman and Jamaica Beach police officer for the past 10 years, passed away at 3 o'clock this morning in UTMB Hospital where he was admitted November 4th after suffering a massive heart attack.

The ordinance got unanimous passage from City Council Thursday night. In Port Aransas, many of the town's residents and tourist visitors routinely use golf carts for regular transportation.

A body was recovered Wednesday from the wreckage of a Navy training aircraft that went down in the Gulf of Mexico near Matagorda Island three weeks ago.

The wreckage of a naval training plane has been found nearly three weeks after it was first reported missing.

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The questions arise from the district's practice of setting aside its budget surpluses of recent years to fund the new building.

City Hall has hired an executive from a Texas beach resort to serve as the assistant city manager, selecting him from a field of nearly 200 people who had wanted the position.

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Tom Ginter, the current interim public works director for Port Aransas, is negotiating a deal with council following the job offer, he said.

Volunteers are searching for a missing Navy pilot and some say God called them to assist in the effort.

The 3- to 4-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin had deep scratches across his body when it was discovered at 8 a.m. Tuesday about two miles south of Access Road 1 on Mustang Island by Port Aransas resident Keith Donley during his daily walk.

This beached Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was discovered by Port Aransas resident Keith Donley.

City Council members may emerge from a Friday morning special session with the name of Beevillea TMs next city manager.

Bret Travis Miller, 30, went missing along with another instructor pilot on Wednesday after their T-34C lost communication with the NAS-CC tower.

Aircraft and boats from the Coast Guard, Navy and the Customs and Border Protection department are searching an area from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, said Brett Dawson, a spokesman for the Chief of Naval Air Training.

Dina Hernandezof Corpus Christi and her daughter MarLee Serrano, 10, a student at Garcia Elementary, view reptile displays on Friday during a class field trip to the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History.

Red tide, which can kill fish and cause coughing and nasal irritation in humans, had left thousands of dead fish scattered on beaches earlier this week from Port Aransas to South Padre Island.

Howdy! Nov. 1 is a special day along the Texas Gulf Coast because it is opening day of oyster season.