Although Corpus Christi is the retail hub of the Coastal Bend, and even South Texas, it still loses sale-tax dollars to San Antonio and online shopping sites, especially during the holiday shopping season. The Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce wants Read more…
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It’s Christmas time on the coast, where Santa dons scuba gear to feed the fish in the Texas State Aquarium and boaters string garland and lights both fore and aft to light up the shoreline. Check out this partial list Read more…
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As fewer but bigger ships sail into the Port of Corpus Christi each day, traffic in the ship channel can back up. The Port needs $300 million to dredge and widen the channel to allow for more and bigger ships Read more…
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A multi-million international hotel chain plans to build a $3.5 million hi-tech hotel with robot butlers and smart phone check-ins. A permit request was made to the Corpus Christi Development Services Department to build an Aloft Hotel at 5117 Embassy Drive Read more…
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The Texas State Aquarium will be open throughout Thanksgiving weekend, including Thanksgiving Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rare closing of aquarium doors will last for a week after the holiday, however, as the facility undergoes some needed Read more…
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Dr. Gilda Ramirez has been named Interim President of the Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, replacing Teresa Rodriquez Bartlett, who resigned for another position. Bartlett was hired by the Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau to serve as chief Read more…
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The online Master of Business Administration program at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi made the list of the top 50 online MBA programs in the nation, coming in at number 22. Tabulated by affordablecollegesonline.org, the ratings for the 2015-2016 year are Read more…
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Hydrophones installed throughout Aransas and Mission Bay — and the anglers plying those same waters — are necessary tools in a new study of spotted sea trout migration by marine scientists at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. The Read more…
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Plan CC 2035 rose from the dead at the most recent city council meeting. Corpus Christi council members voted to extend the deadline for written comments on proposed changes until Dec. 17. The city’s planning commission will incorporate suggestions into Read more…
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When H-E-B moved its headquarters to San Antonio in 1985, it left behind a three-story, 40,000-square-foot green-and-pink accented building at the corner of Buffalo and North Upper Broadway streets. The building sat vacant until purchased by Lester E. Culpepper in Read more…
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