2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (580+ words) The first detection happened in the Lafayette River near the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club in July. Researchers at Old Dominion University sample water in the area several times a week during the summer, when algae blooms are most likely to…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (588+ words) The Bridgewater Town Council this week canceled its contract with Flock Safety, following months of community unrest over widespread surveillance sparked by a report by the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO. A few hours after the resolution on…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (330+ words) Virginia Beach kicked off Library Card Sign-Up Month with a shoe-themed celebration Saturday at the Joint-Use Library. Kids ventured down a slide wrapped in a cardboard design to look like a giant sneaker. They also decorated their library cards and…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (377+ words) This story was reported and written by our media partner the Virginia Mercury. Rail passengers traveling through Virginia’s Northeast Corridor should expect cancellations, route changes and may need to rely on bus connections beginning Oct. 16, due to major track upgrades....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (848+ words) Eve Butts has lived in Sandbridge for more than three decades, and visited often before that. Over the years, one of her favorite beachgoing pastimes became watching the shorebirds that would flock to the area and poke around the shoreline,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (538+ words) Exactly what the new school zones will look like for Williamsburg-James City County Schools is becoming more certain. The committee overseeing redistricting didn’t recommend any updates to the School Board Tuesday night on attendance maps released in August for WJCC’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1279+ words) This story was reported and written by our media partner the Virginia Mercury. A federal judge has temporarily blocked Virginia from enforcing key provisions of a new law restricting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, allowing existing…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (397+ words) Norfolk City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to let the city borrow hundreds of millions of dollars for flood control and street repairs by passing three separate spending measures. The first measure authorizes the city to issue stormwater system revenue…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1038+ words) Call Lisa Carter Diemyer a weirdo. It's OK with her, though she prefers Trixie, a nickname she coined for herself. Inside her office, which she refers to as her lair, Trixie giggles a lot, cusses a little and enjoys sharing…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (633+ words) For State Sen. Lamont Bagby, the challenge is getting institutions to cooperate with the state commission investigating that history. He noted how quickly many universities reacted to the Trump Administration’s targeting of DEI and LGBTQ initiatives. “They jumped,” Bagby said…...