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Corpus Christi residents in the New Year will see a charge lifted from their utilities bills – for many, a decrease of about $5. A street maintenance fee first instituted in 2014 expires Sunday.
Corpus Christi (/ ˌ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ k r ɪ s t i / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for 'Body of Christ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.
Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census , its population was 753, [ 1 ] making it the sixth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Jayton . [ 2 ]
Outside a 16–foot storm surge ravaged the rest of Corpus Christi. [4] The hurricane caused catastrophic damage in the city with debris scattered across the downtown area, and roughly $20 million (1919 USD) in damage. [5] The dead were laid in front of the courthouse so families could identify them. [4]
This list of tallest buildings in Corpus Christi ranks high-rises in the U.S. city of Corpus Christi, Texas by height. The tallest building in Corpus Christi is the 28-story One Shoreline Plaza South Tower, which rises 411 feet (125 m) and was completed in 1988.
It grew from 12 employees in 1916 to 69 in 1930 and 566 in 1939. It does not have jurisdiction over investor-owned electric utility companies; that falls under the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. [13] [14] A crisis for the petroleum industry was created by the East Texas oil boom of the 1930s, as prices plunged to 25¢ a ...
The station was originally launched on June 20, 1954, as KVDO-TV, broadcasting on channel 22 as the Corpus Christi market's first television station. [2] Owned by Coastal Bend Television, KVDO was a primary affiliate of the DuMont network, [3] but carried secondary affiliations with NBC until KRIS-TV took the air in May 1956, CBS until KZTV signed on in September 1956, [4] and ABC. [5]
The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority is the operator of public transportation in Nueces County, Texas. Twenty-eight local routes are offered, plus Six peak hour express offerings. A seasonal express route is also provided to Padre Island beaches and two year-round shuttles in Downtown Corpus Christi in Port Aransas.