Port Aransas News

In Port Aransas, the fourth annual Texas Game Warden Fishing tournament reeled in a big crowd.

Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish are good under rafts of shad on topwaters.

Contributed Photo Ed Buskey, with the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, tested water from just south of the JFK Causeway to the reaches of Baffin Bay on Tuesday.

Hannah Ferguson Johns of Port Aransas constructed a shade structure to add to the new outdoor play area for dogs at the Port Aransas animal shelter.

Contributed rendering Nemo Cay Resort, a 44-unit town house project adjacent to the Schlitterbahn water park, is expected to open by spring break 2014.

For the second time in the last two weeks, another local resident has found a message in a bottle along the shore.

Earlier in the day, Coast Guard personnel rescued seven surfers who were caught in a riptide near the south jetty in Port Aransas.

Caller-Times File Students on the R/V Katy vessel examine a squid during a boat tour by the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas.

The Refugio City Council met in a specially called meeting Tuesday morning, June 4, to change the method of payment to the mayor and council members.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The group Shinyribs, which includes Kevin "Shinyribs" Russell, will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at The Back Porch Bar in Port Aransas.

Clay Mitchell announces release of - Amid the Ashes and the Dust' In "Amid the Ashes and the Dust" , Mitchell dives deep below the surface, taking readers from the deep sea to the largest lake in Texas to examine the tragic life of a Texas football legend as he struggles through the dark valley that has consumed his life.Alone in Port ... (more)

Alice High School will once again hold a two-week summer freshman science camp. The camp is open to students who will be ninth graders in the 2013-2014 school year and will begin at 1 p.m. Monday, June 10, in the AHS Little Theater with a mandatory parent-student orientation, which will last about 45 minutes for parents.

The students, faculty, and staff would like to thank all presenters who worked so hard to make our Career Day a tremendous success.

The Nueces County Medical Examiner's office has identified the man who fell from the Port Street Pier in Port Aransas on Wednesday and drowned.

Island tourism business is bustling, with a fourth area Hampton hotel launched last week in Port Aransas - the newest of 28 Texas properties in the company's pipeline.

Around 1 p.m., a couple called to report a man in his 20s or 30s jumping or falling headfirst into the water from the pier.

Memorial Day weekend, for many, simply means summer is starting. The true meaning of the holiday transcends pool parties and picnics.

The Animal Control Department in Port Aransas discovered some 38 cats in a one-bedroom apartment on Thursday -- 34 adults and four kittens.

MIKE BAIRD/CALLER-TIMES Tracy Davis shows the commemorative plate she was awarded Wednesday at the Small Business Administration luncheon.