Hunting & Fishing
May 23, 2018
The Rockport Report: Birding, Fishing, and Coastline Updates
There are some bright spots and signs of hope as the area recovers and rebuilds. The fish and birds are waiting for you.
Rockport
The Culture
April 16, 2018
Ellen DeGeneres Gives $1 Million to Rockport-Fulton High School
Eight months after Harvey, Ellen DeGeneres gave the students of Rockport-Fulton High School a generous gift.
The Daily Post
August 26, 2017
Hurricane Harvey Brings Devastation, Injuries to Rockport
The Category 4 storm downed power lines, damaged buildings, and injured at least ten residents.
Texas Trip Guides
May 1, 2014
Trip Guide: Rockport
Plan a summertime weekend surveying the coastal art scene using this guide with tips on what to do, where to eat, and where to stay.
Travel & Outdoors
April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Rockport
Tracking down that elusive beach weekend of your dreams.
Music
December 6, 2013
He Ain’t Going Nowhere
How did Guy Clark become the most revered songwriter in Nashville? One hard-won tune at a time.
BBQ
August 21, 2013
Interview: Kenny Hatfield of Hatfield’s Barbecue
Owner/Pitmaster: Hatfield’s BBQ, opened 2013 Age: 53 Smoker: Wood-fired rotisserie pit Wood: Oak and mesquite No sooner had we put the original Hatfield’s BBQ in the Top 50, than a disagreement between partners meant he was out of the business. We wrote about the controversy while Kenny was still between the…
BBQ
July 17, 2013
Which Hatfield’s Is the Real McCoy?
In the business world, verbal partnerships are notoriously fraught with discord, and Kenny Hatfield, the pitmaster at Hatfield’s BBQ and Blackjacks Beer Garden in Rockport, Texas, recently learned this firsthand. Earlier this year, just six months after opening the restaurant with two friends, he was celebrating the news that his…
BBQ Joint Reviews
May 16, 2013
Hatfields BBQ & Blackjacks Beer Garden
This tidy cedar cabin only opened in November, but pitmaster and owner Kenny Hatfield has been perfecting his craft for years, barbecuing brisket each Friday for his friends and employees at his nearby flooring store. Hatfield smokes his brisket for eighteen hours over a mix of oak and mesquite in…
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Couple Completes Quest to Visit Every Whataburger
Karl and Carol Hoepfner completed their mission to visit every Whataburger in the country on Wednesday, 62 years to the day after the first Whataburger opened in Corpus Christi.
How to Raise a Texan
January 21, 2013
Confessions of a Seventh-Grade Texas History Teacher
Bobby Jackson has taught students in the Aransas County school district about the Plains Indians, the Battle of San Jacinto, and Spindletop since the state celebrated its sesquicentennial. How he does it bears no resemblance to the class I took when I was stuck in middle school.
The Texanist
August 31, 2012
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007
On tomboys, spiciness, and the end of the UT-A&M rivalry. …
January 5, 2012
Win the Weekend: What Texas Was Talking About This Week
Rick Perry's campaign, the Houston Texans make the playoffs, and more.
Travel & Outdoors
January 1, 2011
Rockport
Make like a whooping crane and head south to this coastal hot spot to indulge in seafood and collect treasures for your nest.