Texas SandFest rain or shine but not pandemic. After moving the annual April event to October, the SandFest committee announced that the 2020 event has been canceled. “It is with a heavy heart that we must announce Texas SandFest will Read more…
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The coast is not clear for visiting the coast, said Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales at the daily news briefing in Corpus Christi City Hall on Monday, July 13. At the joint city/county report on the status of COVID-19 cases Read more…
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The Coastal Bend is a seasonal refuge for one of the rarest birds in North America. Every autumn, the last remaining wild flock of whooping cranes travels nearly 3,000 miles from Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada to spend winter Read more…
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The New York Times, Section A, page 12, July 12 national edition. There it is. A story about beach community tourism and how it brought one of the fastest-growing COVID-19 outbreaks in Texas to the city of Corpus Christi on Read more…
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The deadline for a small business grand program has been extended by one week. Small businesses in the Coastal Bend have until 8 a.m. July 27 to apply for two different grants of $500 each, announced the city of Corpus Read more…
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Help is on the way. Within hours of receiving an emailed plea from state Rep. Todd Hunter on July 8 about Nueces County's critical COVID-19 situation, the Texas Department of State Health Services answered with a list of what it Read more…
Read moreDue to an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, a state surge response team might soon be headed to Corpus Christi. State Rep. Todd Hunter and the local legislative delegation requested a response team via email late Wednesday afternoon, July Read more…
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Eight people died of COVID-19 in an eight-hour period Tuesday, July 7, in Nueces County, announced Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni during a joint city/county briefing in City Hall the same day. That brings the total number of deaths Read more…
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Testing for COVID-19 has slowed because of a lack of supplies, while cases are surging and the waiting list for city-administered tests stands at 3,000. Of those, 200 are scheduled to be tested on Tuesday, July 7. All test samples Read more…
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The Corpus Christi mayoral race is on! Incumbent Mayor Joe McComb drew a strong challenger in Nueces County Precinct 1 Commissioner Carolyn Vaughn, who recently announced her intentions to seek the office. Vaughn is a former city councilor who served Read more…
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