While recovering from COVID-19, Gov. Northam criticizes President Trump for...
“This virus is very real, and it is dangerous to downplay a disease that has killed over 210,000 Americans,” Northam tweeted. “We will get through this, but it takes everyone doing their part to stay...
View ArticleHistoric Outer Banks lighthouse damaged by vandals
The Ocracoke Lighthouse, completed in 1823, is the oldest operating lighthouse in North Carolina
View ArticleWilliamsburg League of Women Voters to host virtual candidate meet and greet
The Williamsburg area League of Women Voters is hosting a virtual candidate meet and greet on Thursday, Oct. 8.
View ArticleMonitor-Merrimac bridge-tunnel to close all northbound lanes this weekend;...
Paving will close all northbound lanes of the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel this weekend. The lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
View ArticleN.C. 12 in Ocracoke to get a wall of 2,000 more sandbags to better protect...
The stretch of highway will get $1.7 million in repairs after an offshore hurricane, northeast winds and high tides collapsed the protective dunes that run along the roadside.
View ArticleTrial challenging Virginia Beach’s at-large council voting system begins in...
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two Virginia Beach residents, claims the current election system violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act because it unlawfully dilutes minority voting strength and denies...
View ArticleYoungest Newport News students to return in October under tentative plan
The plan is flexible and may change based on public health data and how the first few weeks go. There isn’t a clear timeline for high school students to return.
View ArticleChesapeake Bay funding preserved in both state Senate and House budgets
Despite COVID-19's hit to state revenues, both the state Senate and House have approve increased spending for clean water initiatives.
View ArticleAfter reports of stalker at Fort Monroe, officials consider additional safety...
Officials are planning a community meeting with Hampton police and are evaluating changes to park rules, hours of operation and security patrol procedures.
View ArticleTeacher group pushes back as Newport News outlines plan to return to classrooms
“At some point we have to, instead of putting our toe in the water, we have to dive in,” said Terri Best.
View ArticleChesapeake manufacturing company plans $52.6 million expansion
The company that has been based in Chesapeake for 50 years plans to buy three adjacent properties to build a new office building and an additional 82,000-square-feet of manufacturing space to build...
View ArticleVirginia’s government watchdog redacts more records related to parole board...
The agency is withholding many of the specifics of its findings, citing exemptions to the state’s open records law.
View ArticleNorth Carolina U.S. Senate candidate inches back into public as Army confirms...
North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham inched back into the public sphere on Wednesday, a day after The Associated Press reported the Democratic contender had an intimate encounter this...
View ArticleElusive bird, the eastern black rail, is threatened by rising sea levels:...
“They are one of the front-line species dealing with the impact of sea level rise,” said Bryan Watts, a professor of conservation biology at the College of William and Mary. “That’s really the cause of...
View ArticleNewport News police searching for people they say fired shots at officer
Officers were responding to a report of two people breaking into vehicles.
View ArticleMasks, pre-packed chicken lunches and space: What it’s like to go to a...
In-person luncheons and events are a staple of the Hampton Roads Chamber. Since the pandemic, the organization has had to revamp how it conducts its conferences.
View Article‘We are underwater in a tunnel that’s on fire’: A car fire at the Hampton...
A Sunday night vehicle fire forced about 40 people to hustle out of the HRBT’s east tunnel. Days later, millions saw it happen on TikTok — thinking it was unfolding it real time.
View Article20 years after the attack on the USS Cole, memories of heroism and loss
“The nightmares will never go away. They’re with you forever."
View ArticleWilliamsburg Area Transit Authority to offer free rides to the polls during...
The Williamsburg Area Transit Authority is offering free rides to the polls throughout the early voting period, and on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020.
View ArticleMore Virginians file first-time unemployment claims compared with a week ago
The number of people still receiving unemployment benefits week-to-week fell for the seventh week, and stands at 160,764, a 7.5% drop from the week prior.
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