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More Counties for Obama (still early vote)
| by Paul Burka
Blues Brothers
Long John Hunter and his guitar-slinging friends sharpened their axes in and around Port Arthur, so their recent return was truly a homecoming.
July 1, 1999 | by John Morthland | Music
O Janis
Janis Joplin’s life was about music, rebellion, and excess—but she was influenced most by her tormented relationship with the people and spirit of Port Arthur.
October 1, 1992 | by Robert Draper | Feature
Pearl: Legacy Edition
June 1, 2005 | by Jeff McCord | Music Review
Rough Roads
These drives are sure to get your attention.
May 1, 2002 | by Joe Nick Patoski | Web Exclusive
The Lighthouse Drive
June 1, 2012 | by Katy Vine | Feature
Hazardous Duty
My father loved his job at a Gulf Coast oil refinery. In fact, he loved it to death.
March 1, 1992 | by Mark Ivey | Environment
ESPN Writer: LBJ Was Not Much of a College Football Recruiter

On National Signing Day, Ivan Maisel recalls LBJ's failed attempt to get Joe Washington to play for Darrell Royal at the University of Texas.

February 1, 2012 | by Jason Cohen
The Scoop on the Problems at the Motiva Plant

The expansion of the Port Arthur plant briefly made it the largest in the country before an accident disabled the new 325,000-barrel-per-day crude distillation unit.

June 26, 2012 | by Sonia Smith
All Stars
October 1, 1999 | Feature

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