Port Aransas News

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.

Judge Marisela Saldana sentenced Juan Francisco Sanchez, 44, of Port Aransas, to 35 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a child and 20 years for sexual assault.

Advance reservations are up at Texas campgrounds and RV parks that cater to a oeWinter Texans,a according to a survey of park operators across the Lone Star State.

The stone, cut from a Colorado River bed, is worth less than $10,000, not more than $100,000 as a official said a day earlier, said Joe Bland, spokesman for the owner's family.

For status updates on red tide, go to tpwd.state.tx.us/hab. Red tide that has killed fish in South Padre Island and Padre Island National Seashore is moving northward and has been found as far north as Port Aransas.

"We're 90 percent sure it's electrical," said Joe Lamb, fire marshal and building inspector for the island community.

Red tide in the South Padre Island area appears to have moved on but is still being monitored by the state.

PoliceNewsLink.Com October 9, 2009 at 11:52 p.m. PORT ARANSAS - Guthrie Ford, 65, and his wife awoke to pounding at the door of their waterfront home about 3 a.m. Friday.

Port Aransas residents woke up to an inferno at the Port Aransas Marina Association Housing Complex around 3 a.m. Friday.

Guthrie Ford, 65, and his wife awoke to pounding at the door of their waterfront home about 3 a.m. Friday.

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. KIIITV News Story Created: Oct 9, 2009 at 8:49 AM CDT Story Updated: Oct 9, 2009 at 8:49 AM CDT Fire fighters rushed to the scene of a major blaze that erupted in Port Aransas early Friday morning.