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Williamsburg hotel damaged by fire; 67 displaced

Five people were treated for injuries, including 2 adults who were taken by helicopter to local hospitals and one child who was was transported by ambulance.

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Police still investigating Hampton High student’s death inside house

Police have identified the teenager who was killed at a gathering inside a home earlier this month as 18-year-old Edward Jamur Neal Jr. of Hampton.

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With birth rates falling in Virginia, researchers worry pandemic may...

Virginia could expect a decline in births over the next couple of years, researchers say. Birth rates have decreased over the last 11 years, and they could continue to decline despite the pandemic.

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Vandals deface Cape Hatteras Lighthouse’s original bronze door, sparking outcry

Investigators don’t know when the door was vandalized, only that it happened recently, Michael Barber, spokesman for Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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The vital role churches are playing in vaccinating Black Virginians

While public health officials are targeting communities at higher risk of serious illness and death for the vaccine, perhaps no one has been more effective at reaching older Black Virginians than...

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Hampton University opens vaccine center, has plans for mobile clinic

The university has invested $479,000 in a mobile vaccination clinic, which will make its first run, to Surry County, in April.

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Virginia’s Asian American community frustrated, fearful in wake of Georgia...

Racism against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders is complex and has remained historically invisible, according to guidance from the Asian American Journalists Association.

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It’s not clear how many people on the Peninsula have been vaccinated, but a...

“Right now, if you asked what percentage of Newport News or Hampton is vaccinated, or how many shots have gone into the arms — true numbers — no one could give that to you,” said Newport Fire Chief...

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Coronavirus cases in Virginia flatten after surge, but levels remain higher...

The summer could bring a longer peak almost as high as the one experienced at the beginning of this year, according to a new University of Virginia analysis.

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Poquoson woman charged with manslaughter in death of mother

Police were called around 1:45 p.m. Feb. 15 about a person injured in an “incident involving a motor vehicle” in a business parking lot in the 200 block of Wythe Creek Road.

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Virginia Beach-themed Nike shoe design goes viral for local Coast Guardsman

Since entering his design in a contest last week, Kenny Jones received almost 30,000 likes on Instagram and over 190,000 likes on Twitter. The top 10 contestants with the most Instagram likes will move...

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Man riding horse flees police in Lynchburg, is seriously injured after fall

Officers told the man he had a warrant for violating a protective order, but he would not comply with their order and fled on his horse, riding into oncoming traffic.

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This headline could’ve been written 250 years ago: Carriage accident in...

No serious injuries but horses broke loose and a high-dollar carriage met a tree.

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Police identify man fatally hit by a car Friday night in Newport News

Dispatchers received a call about an auto-pedestrian accident and found that Karl Darden, 56, from Hampton, was hit by a vehicle. He died at the scene.

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“You can wash that off:” motherly advice guided Hampton’s interim sheriff...

Bowden is the first woman to lead the city’s sheriff’s office and one of eight women sheriffs across Virginia who lead their departments, according to the Virginia Sheriff’s Association.

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Newport News shipyard health center marks 5 years — and a 97% patient...

Since the center opened in 2016, its staff have seen seen more than 19,400 different patients in some 103,000 appointments. “It’s one more reason to come to work here, and to decide to stay here."

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Christmas Mouse shop reopens in Nags Head 2 years after big fire

The store sells decorations and ornaments year-round with eight locations including in Williamsburg, Virginia Beach and Duck.

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Mother and daughter killed in vehicle accident in Elizabeth City

The accident occurred at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Main Street Extended. The other driver, a woman from Hertford, was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with serious injuries.

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U.S. Army’s fitness exam is changing — and the leg tuck is out

On Monday, it ended its requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck — where they hang from a bar and pull their knees up near their shoulders — as it became clear that many troops, particularly...

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Investigator filed a whistleblower lawsuit in the Virginia Parole Board...

The Office of the State Inspector General, the state’s government watchdog agency, terminated Jennifer Moschetti from her position as a senior investigator, her attorney, Tim Anderson, wrote in an email.

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