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Xochipilli was the boat that would not die

Xochipilli was the boat that would not die

Look up the word “resilient,” and you’ll see a picture of my family’s old sailboat, the Xochipilli. It took three hurricanes to do away with that proud tub. I find...

MAGA has perfected the unrepentant lie

MAGA has perfected the unrepentant lie

Politicians have been lying since the dawn of our formerly vibrant democracy. Random examples abound. John Adams and his pamphleteering surrogates said that Thomas Jefferson if elected would shut down...

Let’s shut down the shutdown hysteria

Let’s shut down the shutdown hysteria

It’s almost like the news media is trying to get us to hide under our beds in fear. From CNN to USA Today to Fox and beyond, all we hear...

Monstrous fun

Monstrous fun

A seasonally fitting musical comedy filled with cheesy double entendres and outrageous puns will open on the Port Aransas Community...

Annual sailboat race to end in Port A

Sailboats will race along the coast from Galveston to Port Aransas in the 38th annual Harvest Moon Regatta beginning Thursday,...

Community invited to Kite Fly Saturday

Big kites, small kites, inflatable kites and kites of all colors and shapes will fly high in the sky above...

Tony’s Trash to Treasure sale to benefit the ARK set Saturday

Tony’s Trash to Treasure sale to benefit the ARK set Saturday

Tony’s Trash to Treasure sale, an event started by the late Tony Amos to benefit the Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK),...

Red Marlins vs. Cheez-Its

Going after the ball in a soccer game pitting the Red Marlins vs. the Cheez-Its on Friday, Oct. 3, are,...

The boys

Port Aransas High School Marlin cross-country runners race during the recent Miller High School Cross Country Invitational at West Guth...

PAHS netters faced stiff competition in Rockport

Port Aransas High School tennis teams were competitive, despite falling in a dual meet at Rockport-Fulton High School on Tuesday...

Spirit Dinner

Students and other community members showed their Marlin spirit at the Spirit Dinner at Doyle Marek Gym at Port Aransas...

More than $364,000 raised at annual PAEF benefit event

Early indications show that more than $364,000 was hauled in by Sittin’ on the Dock of Port A, a fundraiser...

At the ceiling

Alex Saucedo works on the ceiling of the new cafeteria that’s under construction at Port Aransas ISD. Photographed on Friday,...

Sign up now for cheer camp

Registration is open for students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade to take part in the Mini Marlins Cheer Camp. Sessions...

Limits caught

Robert and Victoria Waight of Port Aransas had a great day on the water on Thursday, Sept. 25. They caught...

Tuna catch

Benjamin Garza, 13, of Boerne, caught this 49-pound yellowfin tuna on a 36-hour trip aboard the La Pesca. The trip...

Big amberjack

On Friday, Sept. 19, Capt. Michael Davis holds this 89-pound amberjack caught on the first 56-hour tuna trip of the...

Invaded by gangs

Invaded by gangs

Coffee Girl

I live in the country, down a rural, dead-end farm road far away from city lights and traffic. Until recently,...

How to succeed in the age of AI

How to succeed in the age of AI

Education Notes

The silence in the Moss family home feels profound — not just the quiet of a now-empty nest, but the...

Help end domestic violence

Help end domestic violence

State of Affairs

The month of October is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to the National Research Center on Domestic Violence,...

South Jetty to start new publication scheduleFree Access

The South Jetty is about to start a new publication schedule. Up until now, the newspaper hit newsstands in Port Aransas at midday on Wednesdays, and the paper was delivered to subscribers’ mailboxes on Thursdays. Beginning with the Oct. 16 edition, the newspaper will go on newsstands late afternoon on...

Gas service out; repairs underwayFree Access

Much of the Port Aransas Old Town area is without natural gas service today (Thursday, Oct. 9) because of a severed line, according to City Hall. City Manager Dave Parsons said repairs are underway, and service is expected to be restored by 2 p.m. "We will start with commercial re-lights...

Halloween in Port A

Halloween is coming up. Check out some spooky Octobers of Port Aransas past in this slideshow!

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City, Beachlodge agree to settlement after long dispute

Port A Beachlodge, a local fixture nestled in the dunes for more than 50 years, will soon demolish several structures used for interim employee housing after being accused by the City of Port Aransas of constructing the buildings without permits, according to court documents. The restaurant and hotel buildings will remain. The business agreed to the demolition as part of...

ARK vet’s work fulfilling but not necessarily easy

Hundreds of sick and injured wild animals are taken each year to the Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), and many of those animals are treated by the facility’s veterinarian, Dr. Shayna Whitaker. She says she loves her work. “This is the opportunity of a lifetime for me to work at the ARK,” she said. “I actually get paid for doing something...

Housing project progresses at Marine Science Institute

Construction on the second phase of the new $8 million housing complex at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute is expected to be finished in November, just in time to allow students to move in by December for the spring semester. “This increased capacity is needed as we’ve grown from 120 (students) to 175 within the last five years,”...

Passing through

A ship steams past Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor on a recent day. Ancel Brundrett Pier, at the north end of Station Street, can be seen at right. Harbor Island can be seen at the upper left.

Pet blessings

Cooper, a chocolate Labrador retriever, receives a blessing from James Derkits, vicar of Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, on Saturday, Oct. 4. With Cooper, was owner Kim Bryant of Port Aransas. Community members were invited to bring their pets to the church amphitheater for a short service and blessings that day, St. Francis Day. St. Francis is the patron saint of animals […]

It poured!

Sunday, Oct. 5, was a wet one in Port Aransas. A total of 1.77 inches of rain were measured at Mustang Beach Airport, according to the Corpus Christi office of the National Weather Service.

In the greenhouse

Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department volunteers Cindy Frank, foreground, and Roy Frette work in a greenhouse next to the parks and rec headquarters building on Cut-off Road on a recent day. Frank lives in Corpus Christi. Frette is a Port Aransas resident. In the background is Justin Quintanilla, a parks and rec employee.

Fun, fellowship at the art center

Folks enjoyed fellowship, live music and refreshments while viewing artwork in the gallery at the First Friday reception on Friday, Oct. 3. The Blues and Greens Show will be on display in the gallery through the end of October.

Port A actors

Kelby McCan, who stars as John Henry Moore in a film about the Battle of Gonzales, is pictured with his family at the premier and cast party for ‘Texas Legacy in Lights,’ on Thursday, Oct. 2. At McCan’s left is his wife, Rachelle, with their children from left, Texas, 4, Selah, 6, Ace, 2 and Everly, 8. Rachelle and the […]

Groundwork

Photographed on Wednesday, Sept. 24, crews from Fulton Construction of Corpus Christi add dirt to create building pads where a new recreation center will be built at Port Aransas Community Park.

Bingo fundraiser

Folks filled MacDaddy’s Family Kitchen on Monday, Sept. 29, to play bingo. The bingo night was held as a fundraiser for the Port Aransas Swim Team (PAST). Swim team members sold bingo cards and ran the games. PAST’s summer season runs June and July, and it also competes in a fall season, September through January.

Cassandra Clark recalled as vibrant Port Aransas spirit

The community this week is mourning the loss of Cassandra Clark, former owner of a longtime Port Aransas business and part of a well-known local family whose roots in town go back more than 50 years. Cassandra, a 51-year-old Port Aransas resident, died in a two-car accident on North Padre Island about 11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. Two people […]

Public works

Workers continue piecing together the building that will serve as the new City of Port Aransas Public Works Department headquarters on Ninth Street. This photo was shot on Thursday, Oct. 2.

Baby Gibbs welcomed

Lia and J.L. Gibbs of Port Aransas have welcomed the arrival of son Johnathon Lee Gibbs, born on Sept. 23, 2025, at Corpus Christi Bay Area Hospital. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 21 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Emily and Rob Phillips of Port Aransas. Paternal grandparents are Michael Bruce Gibbs of Port Mansfield and the […]

Beach-bound

Work progresses on a new access road leading from State Highway 361 to the beach in Port Aransas. This photo was shot on Thursday, Oct. 2, looking east, toward the beach. The access road lies south of Cinnamon Shore North.

Studying geobiology in Italy

Institute Insights

After four f lights and twenty hours of travel time I arrived at the Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, a geological field site in rural central Italy. The purpose of this trip was to participate in the 2025 International Geobiology Course hosted by Penn State University (PSU). For over twenty years, the International Geobiology Course has brought together a small cohort...

Winners

Scott Holt and Joan Holt were jointly named the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation’s 2006 award winners for public service. The award noted that they ‘have dedicated their lives to conservation of the Texas Gulf Coast.’ This photo originally appeared in the Oct. 19, 2006 edition of the South Jetty.

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