The cargo ship Dali is now in Hampton Roads, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridge's supporting columns and caused the bridge to collapse.
Read more from the Associated Press here: https://t.co/lTxcPQiMXN
Shoutout to our very own President and CEO Bert Schmidt and Chief Content Officer Heather Mazzoni for being named one of @coastalvamag's Dynamic Duos 🤝
The Virginia Department of Transportation celebrated a major breakthrough in the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel expansion project Wednesday with crews digging the first of two new tunnels.
🎥: VDOT HRBT Expansion Project
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I am devastated at the passing of a dear friend and someone who helped transform American television news, Robin MacNeil. He and Jim Lehrer were partners in creating the iconic @NewsHour on @PBS and it was the honor of my life to work with and learn from them.
Paul Shugrue, host of "Out of the Box," is celebrating 20 years at WHRO Public Media 🎉
Congratulations, Paul! Stay tuned to our socials to see how we'll be celebrating this milestone 👀
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Our latest on eminent domain, college expansions and the disruption of Black communities. #Virginia lawmakers vow to examine the impacts. @VCIJ_Tweet@WHRO@propublica https://t.co/6EvAM2LdyM
The idea of borrowing from a library isn’t new — but one local library wanted to serve the city’s outdoors enthusiasts. In addition to books, seeds, plants and board games, the Princess Anne Library in southern Virginia Beach now offers surfboards, too.
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Women Marines and veterans packed a field house at boot camp at Parris Island earlier this month to watch the decommissioning of the historic Fourth Battalion.
The Parris Island unit trained nearly every female recruit to join the Marines since the 1940s.
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Overflowing bins, diapers in the recycling, smoldering charcoal in the trash: Hampton officials say violations of the city’s household waste regulations are rising.
Officials now hope increasing penalties for such violations will help curb the problems.
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The Chesapeake Bay Program says a lack of rainfall this spring has led to less nutrient pollution, which in turn is leading to fewer "dead zones" in the bay this year.
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A group of Norfolk residents is pushing the city to turn land at the recently closed Lambert’s Point Golf Course into a public park: https://t.co/I2U1dLOnKm
The city spent $112 million from HUD on the Ohio Creek Watershed Project, and plans to celebrate its completion this week.
Here's the interesting story of how it came about and how it's being received: https://t.co/YlNsQFXwRE
“We may have people who are literally losing their lives because research is gathering dust somewhere or people aren't aware of the research or recommendations coming out of that research are ignored." https://t.co/M8f1zXThLX
“When we don’t see a lot of LGBTQ people in mainstream films, it’s really limiting,” says Cathleen Rhodes, Director of Gay Cultural Studies at ODU. Virginia Queer Film Festival aims to change that. Read more below:
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Deja Taylor's 6-year-old brought a gun to school and shot his teacher in January. Today, Taylor pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining and possessing a firearm and lying on a federal form in order to buy it.
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Gay veterans helped found spaces in Hampton Roads where they could celebrate their identities. Half a century on, WHRO's Barry Graham talks to founders of the area's first gay newspaper.
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