$3.8 billion HRBT expansion can now start construction, VDOT says
VDOT just issued what’s called a notice to proceed, meaning the builder can start interstate and tunnel work on the 9.9-mile corridor.
View ArticleBAE shipyard sues Navy over extra work on USS Bataan
BAE says it is owed nearly $1.1 million for work on USS Bataan
View Article2 from Virginia Beach arrested after being found with gun, shovels near Ohio...
The two were captured behind the Toledo Executive Airport in Ohio.
View ArticleNewport News wins $352 million contract for more USS Boise work
The Boise project is key to Newport News Shipbuilding's push into the submarine overhaul business.
View ArticleA Hampton man killed his friend, then blamed him for the crash, police say
State police first said Robert Ham of Newport News was driving the car that crashed and killed him. Now they say his friend, Kalik Newsome, was the real driver.
View ArticleHuntington Ingalls to build manufacturing facility for undersea drones in...
Huntington Ingalls will build a manufacturing center for undersea drones in Hampton, planning to supply increased demand by the Navy for unmanned vehicles.
View ArticleAmtrak, which shrunk service to 2 roundtrips in Norfolk and Newport News, has...
Earlier this month, Amtrak restored an additional round trip to route 47 out of Newport News and route 50 out of Norfolk, bringing service back to pre-pandemic levels.
View ArticleEpic waves have arrived in Virginia Beach courtesy of Hurricane Teddy
“Every once in awhile the stars align." A storm swirling off the coast is gifting surfers with the big swells at the Oceanfront.
View ArticleHampton police searching for 13-year-old girl believed to be in danger
Police said she was last seen more than a week ago.
View ArticleDog trapped in 30-foot sinkhole lured to safety with beef jerky
A group of mountain bikers on a North Carolina trail spotted a dog trapped 30 feet down in a sinkhole — and it took a salty snack and some straps to lift him to safety.
View ArticleBill that would have eliminated automatic felony for assaulting officers...
The bill would also have eliminated the minimum 6-month sentence for such an assault. he proposal was part of a slate of public safety reforms introduced in a special session of the General Assembly in...
View ArticleUS government executes former soldier who said obsession with witchcraft led...
William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was pronounced dead at 9:06 p.m. EDT after receiving a lethal injection at the same U.S. prison in Terre Haute, Indiana where five others have been executed in 2020 following...
View ArticleCoast Guard finding more illegal fishing charters in Atlantic
At least 5 illegal charters were stopped in the mid-Atlantic region from North Carolina to New Jersey in July and August, according to a Coast Guard news release.
View ArticleSchool board still seeking $50 million for Huntington Middle School
Newport News city and schools plan to select a designer for a Huntington Middle School campus by January.
View ArticleAppeals court denies re-hearing in Gloucester transgender bathroom case; U.S....
A federal appeals court has denied the Gloucester School Board’s request for a rehearing in the long-running transgender bathroom case. The next step is likely to be the U.S. Supreme Court.
View ArticleRestrictions may be loosened even further for would-be Reagan assassin John...
The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan has been living full time with with his mother and brother in a gated community in Williamsburg. He lives under a set of 30 requirements.
View ArticleNavy releases documents from Cold War-era sinking of USS Thresher — the...
The loss of the nuclear-powered submarine and all 129 men aboard during a 1963 test dive in the Atlantic Ocean delivered a blow to national pride during the Cold War and became the impetus for safety...
View ArticleBill that would reform Virginia’s jury trial sentencing system passes key...
The legislation — allowing defendants to be sentences by judges rather than the juries that just convicted them — passed the House Courts of Justice Committee Tuesday on an 11-9 vote.
View ArticleBus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites
The newly discovered asteroid will come within 13,000 miles of Earth, well below many of the communications satellites orbiting the planet, scientists said this week.
View ArticleSen. Mark Warner, challenger Daniel Gade spar in first debate of U.S. Senate...
Wednesday’s debate was the first of three planned before Election Day in November. Next up for the candidates is a stop at Norfolk State University.
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