Virginia travel, real estate & services

14+ hour, 26+ min ago   (158+ words) A Richmond resident is on a speed track to purchasing a home after a recent lottery win. Jian Z. won $500,000 in the Sept. 14 Daily Grand draw. He said he was most excited to share the news with his wife. “I was…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago   (280+ words) The Newport News City Council has elections for three district-based seats this year. Three candidates are on the ballot in the South District, three in the Central District, and one in the North District. All three incumbents are running for…...

14+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1228+ words) Portsmouth is fixing our workforce housing policy. Here is how and why. Every year, people who work in Portsmouth struggle to find a place to live here. Teachers, nurses, and first responders are among them. Portsmouth's workforce housing ordinance was…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (238+ words) Five candidates will compete in the November election for three open at-large seats on the Portsmouth City Council. Three incumbents will face two additional challengers, both of whom previously held office. The elections are nonpartisan and the top three candidates…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (526+ words) PORTSMOUTH — Influenced by Parisian cooking, North Atlantic seafood and worldly wines, the newest eatery from restaurateur Julian Armstrong is representative of his personal and professional evolution. “Here, I like to think of it more as my quiet dad era,” Armstrong…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (408+ words) Nearly 150 attendees and 30 vendors took part in the 2026 Nebraska Recreation and Park Association Conference at Divots Conference Center last week in Norfolk. Norfolk welcomed parks and recreation professionals from across Nebraska last week as the city hosted the 2026 Nebraska Recreation…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (867+ words) The U.S. Navy is investing $139 million in new Low-Profile Masts to help Virginia-class attack submarines and Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines monitor contested seas while reducing the risk... U.S. Navy Upgrades Virginia and Columbia Submarines With New 360° Infrared Imaging Masts. The U.S....

16+ hour, 18+ min ago   (382+ words) The Portsmouth Athenaeum recently acquired a 1712 Glebe Land indenture — a document that was intended to create lots to populate what was then the town of Portsmouth and raise money for a meetinghouse, courthouse, almshouse and cemetery. Rather than straight sales,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (40+ words) Williamsburg City Council has voted unanimously to authorize a comprehensive agreement with Hourigan Construction Corporation to build a new 50,000-square-foot library at the site of the current downtown library on Scotland Street. Link: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/williamsburg/williamsburg-council-authorizes-32m-plan-for-new-50000-square-foot-library/...

14+ hour, 40+ min ago   (153+ words) For more than 20 years, elevated bacteria levels in Nye Creek and Nye Beach water have concerned the City of Newport and residents. But now, a long-term plan is being put in place to address the levels in the Nye Creek…...