Photos by Karolyn Kinsel

This year’s Texas Water Safari had 161 boats that paid their registration, but on the day of the race they had 154 boats that started the race that included 340 paddlers. 92 boats finished the race. Two brothers, Tommy and Jonathan Yonley, won the race in 39 hours and 46 minutes. This is the first […]

Environmentalist Diane Wilson of Seadrift received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in San Francisco on April 23, 2023 for her grass-roots activist work and environmental achievements. She was the sole prize winner from North America along with six other environmentalists representing continents or regions from around the world. The prize winners were recognized in San […]

On Friday, July 1, local Firefighters got into action, not putting out a fire, but putting over 1,600 pounds of meat on the fire. The work went on all night and by 11:00 a.m. the meal was ready to be served. And folks were already waiting to purchase them. In and hour and a half, […]

Surviving the Island Summer Season A hot, humid and sweaty greeting from the island! I hope everyone is doing well, and hanging in there with this brutal high pressure staying over us, and creating this prolonged sweltering heat. There are certainly tropical storm advantages to having this high pressure over us, but dang, it could […]