Your Guide To Corpus Christi, Port Aransas, Rockport, Mustang Island, Fulton, Padre Island, and ALL of the Coastal Bend.
Oystering in Copano Bay closed Nov. 5, four days after the official beginning of the 2016-17 commercial oyster season. The season ends April 1, 2017. Also closed for oystering were Galveston, Matagorda, Tres Palacios and Lavaca bays. The Texas Parks Read more…
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Merging Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi with its Kingsville partner 36 miles away would “produce the most powerful university in all areas south of Austin and west of College Station,” said university chancellor John Sharp at a meeting of the board Read more…
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Small Business Saturday is Nov. 26 this year, spearheaded in Corpus Christi by the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce. “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy,” said Gilda Ramirez, vice president for small business and education for the Read more…
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Throughout the month of October, it is impossible to miss the mass migration of monarch butterflies in the Coastal Bend. The region plays an important role in the monarch’s southbound trek. “Butterflies come right through our region on their way to Read more…
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Corpus Christi voters held their own revolution at the polls Nov. 8 by throwing out three incumbents, including Mayor Nelda Martinez. But they also approved two bond issues that will raise taxes to pay for better residential streets. The second Read more…
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The Westside of Corpus Christi has a new playground, built compliments of the more than 200 volunteers who showed up Nov. 5 to do the work. Organizers from KaBoom!, a national nonprofit that works to give children in low-income homes Read more…
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A Texas judge officially closed the Sherwin Alumina plant in Gregory, just outside of Corpus Christi, granting at least $2,000 in severance pay to each of the about 450 union workers who have been on strike for the past two Read more…
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Voestalpine Group’s Stahwelt facility in Austria recently opened an exhibit of what it calls “one of the most fascinating industrial projects in the world: the new HBI production plant in Corpus Christi, Texas.” The plant, which officially opened Oct. 26, Read more…
Read moreSurvey says! Well, it won’t say anything until you tell the Texas Small Business Needs Assessment Poll about you and your business. The poll focuses on small-business needs in Texas to help identify emerging issues in the small-business community. It Read more…
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Deep and wide. That’s the song the Port of Corpus Christi hears when it comes to the future of the ship channel that connects the Gulf of Mexico and the world to global industries that have made their homes here. Read more…
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