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Packed with fun activities, this weekend in Corpus Christi marks the beginning of three-weeks of Buc Days festivities, a gospel fest, Island Moon Market, 5K run, folkloric dance competition and the largest of a statewide beach clean up. Buc Days…
Time to get your pirate on — Buc Days are here again. Corpus Christi's annual festival begins each year with cowboys in April and ends with street parades in May. For three weeks, from April 24 to May 4, Corpus…
Entrance fees will be waived this weekend at Padre Island National Seashore — not only for Easter, but also to mark the beginning of National Park Week April 19-27. The presidentially proclaimed celebration of our national heritage happens each April….
If you need help getting to the flight deck of the USS Lexington, in about six weeks time, you'll get it. The retired aircraft carrier turned museum is installing its first elevator designed to lift people, rather than airplanes, the…
A 30-day bird counting tournament begins today and four local Port Aransas teams are ready to go. The teams will compete in the 18th annual Great Texas Birding Classic, which runs from April 15 through May 15. It's the biggest,…
Some 150 (some report 600!) different species of bird have been spotted in the Coastal Bend region during spring migrations, usually tracked between March 15 and June 15, say the experts at the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program. Recent…
Christopher Dunn was recently profiled in the April issue of the Corpus Christi Business News as an active civic leader whose efforts both at work and in the community have helped the city thrive. When he was 19 years old, Christopher…
The sights and sounds of the shoreline once again greet visitors as they enter the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. A ribbon cutting Tuesday night opened the doors on the completed $735,000 makeover of the Nearshore Experience. The immersive…
Sandfest begins on Friday, but now is the time to be out on the beach watching as sand artists scrape, shape and sculpt an inherently friable substance into stone-like structures and mystical creatures. It's the ephemeral aspect of sand sculpting…
Restrictions on landing speckled trout and flounder will tighten September 1, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commissioners decided recently. At least a million Texas saltwater fishermen target these two popular fish in the Gulf. Speckled trout are the top inshore game…