By Tara Bozick, Victoria Advocate, Texas Mar. 22--SEADRIFT --Business owner Dennis Zimmerman anticipates Seadrift's population will double in the next decade. He expects his Broadway Avenue business to double along with it.

By Tara Bozick, Victoria Advocate, Texas Dec. 27--PORT O'CONNOR --Birds aren't the only ones that migrate south for the winter Ranging Reporter Tara Bozick recently discovered.

By Mark Babineck, Houston Chronicle Sep. 10--Bill Ball has a vision for his bayfront pasture. He sees new homes, wide canals teeming with pleasure boats and fresh economic development for a slice of coastal Texas. Across the road, Dan Cervenka also has a vision.

By Louise Popplewell, Victoria Advocate, Texas Aug. 5--SEADRIFT -- An Audubon official says he is concerned about the location of a planned 700-acre luxury residential housing development on San Antonio Bay, along one of the most undeveloped shorelines in Texas.

By Victoria Advocate, Texas Jun. 26--PORT LAVACA -- Raymond Allen Valenta, 20, of Victoria, was arrested late last week and charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with the May 12 traffic death of a 19-year-old Port Lavaca man.