As Whataburger celebrates 70 years in the business of burgers and fries, the company — now under new ownership — announced plans to expand into new states with a new look. Gone is the iconic orange and white A-frame, exchanged Read more…
Read moreGroundbreaking for a new state-of-the-art facility designed to streamline flight training processes was held at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi recently. The modernized P-450 Consolidated Squadron Operations, Academic and Flight Training Facility will consolidate Training Air Wing 4 with its Read more…
Read moreAn order banning vehicles from Nueces County beaches has been extended through August 17, announced County Judge Barbara Canales in the daily joint city/county news briefing at city hall Thursday, July 30. Canales said she would sign the order on Read more…
Read moreNew design engineers for the Harbor Bridge span have been hired. Arup-CFC will take over the work from FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc., which was fired in February. Work on that part of the bridge was suspended last November after FIGG Read more…
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The Coastal Bend’s biggest business networking event, the B.I.G. Event, will not be stopped by COVID-19, announced event host Del Mar College Small Business Development Center. Designed to connect local business owners with area contractors, the free Booming industry, International Read more…
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The battle against COVID-19 became part of a Hurricane Hanna media conference in Corpus Christi after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s tour of damages in Nueces County on Tuesday, July 28. The governor, Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, Read more…
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Public access to the beach area around Bob Hall Pier and the pier itself will be closed off until it is deemed safe, announced Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales at a news briefing Tuesday, July 28, on the effects of Read more…
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Early voting for the Nov. 3 general election will begin six days earlier than usual, announced Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, July 27. Early voting will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 13, rather than Oct. 19, and continue through Friday, Read more…
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Another favorable deer season is expected this year, according to Alan Cain, white-tailed deer program leader for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. In 2019, the hunter success rate was about 60 percent. Similar numbers are expected this year. “With Read more…
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Padre Island beaches remain closed until further notice as Nueces County and Corpus Christi emergency workers begin to clean up in the aftermath of Hurricane Hanna. The Category 1 hurricane made landfall in the Coastal Bend at about 5 p.m. Read more…
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