Merchants may begin using plastic bags again in Port Aransas after the city council suspended its 2-year-old ban on single-use shopping bags. Effective immediately, the ban was suspended on advice of the city’s attorney after a recent ruling by the Read more…
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Controversial barge moorings off the east bank of San Jose Island adjacent to Lydia Ann Channel must be removed, according to a letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dated Sept. 12, 2016. The letter was sent to Lydia Read more…
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The president of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi plans to retire as of Dec. 31, 2016, he announced at the annual State of the University luncheon Sept. 14. The 10th president at TAMU-CC, Dr. Flavius Killebrew, 67, served for 12 years, Read more…
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At-large council member Mark Scott resigned his position on the Corpus Christi city council Wednesday, saying it was necessary because he wants to run for mayor in 2018. Scott was in his 10th year on the council, having been elected Read more…
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The Port Aransas city council may repeal its ban of single-use plastic bags at stores and markets in the city limits this week. The item was put on the city council agenda for Thursday, Sept. 15 after the council learned Read more…
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Boots to Business Reboot is a program designed to help military veterans open and operate their own businesses. Now available in the Coastal Bend through a partnership by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and the Small Business Administration, the program will Read more…
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Help raise awareness and money to fight pediatric cancer with the Ready or Not Foundation’s Ready. Set. Gold. campaign at La Palmera mall. A leafless tree erected in center court will sprout golden leaves with each donation of $1. Entire Read more…
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From apartments to hamburgers to batting cages to hospital pavilions, permit requests filed in the city’s development department certainly added up during the last days of August. A total of $52.5 million in construction is planned for Corpus Christi, according Read more…
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A $39,000 check donated to the Food Bank of Corpus Christi will provide 273,000 meals to families in South Texas, announced the organizations director Bea Hanson Sept. 7. The money comes from H-E-B’s annual Help End Hunger campaign. “That’s something Read more…
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Where does Corpus Christi get all the shovels? In what seems to be a weekly event, community leaders lined up for yet another groundbreaking this week. This one was held Sept. 6 for the new Life Sciences Research and Engineering Read more…
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