Dan Parker

One of the ferry ramps on the Port Aransas side of the ship channel will close on Tuesday, April 21, and remain closed through summer to make way for construction, according to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Closing will be Ramp Two, whic... See more

Topics included the Coastal Bend water shortage when U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud spoke to Chris Wright, secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, April 15. Cloud’s district includes Port Aransas. Following is the full text o... See more

Dan Parker Editor and co-publisher Five people were injured in a shooting incident on the beach in Port Aransas late on the night of Saturday, March 14, police said. The incident occurred shortly before midnight near Marker 20. The shooting “appears to ha... See more

Chapter 65: Corpo holes, the best kind! “The best hole is a corpo hole! Bullets or bang, that’s how we role!” –Samurai Rapsody, during a concert/hostage situation in a corporate boardroom, 2040. *** “Okay, so, that’s a corpo hidey-hole?” I asked Altany, w... See more

A large alligator known to many as “Boots” was captured at a Port Aransas drainage ditch on Saturday, Feb. 21, and taken to a new home at a facility called Gator Country in Beaumont. The gator was moved because people kept approaching it at “unsafe distan... See more