4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (295+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Tuesday evening’s School Board meeting started with a message from the board’s attorney. “Most of the FOIA requests are against other board members,” said Chair Kathleen Brown. “We’re talking thousands and thousands of dollars of staff time. It…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (537+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — City Council will incorporate an advisory group’s guidelines into a new round of solicitation for the reuse of the vacant, former Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art site near the convention center. A mayor’s advisory panel met several times…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (420+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Teddy Riley, who produced major hits for Michael Jackson and a host of other music legends, is returning to Virginia Beach and plans to open a nonprofit performing arts academy. “This plan here was a dream of mine,…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (1131+ words) The Virginian-Pilot Mustafa Farzad has joined Williams Mullen’s Virginia Beach office as an associate in the finance and real estate section. Farzad advises lenders, developers, investors and business clients on commercial finance and real estate transactions. He also represents clients…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (636+ words) A South Korean-based company is under contract to buy 86 acres of vacant land in the Greenbrier section of Chesapeake to build an advanced materials manufacturing complex. LS Cable & Systems’ previously announced $689 million facility will include production for three businesses: copper…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (275+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Bobby Dyer, who has served as mayor of Virginia Beach since 2018 and on council since 2004, announced Wednesday he plans to run for a state Senate seat next year. Dyer will seek the Republican nomination for District 22. His term…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (840+ words) The Virginian-Pilot Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society has appointed Caitlin Donnelly as its new executive director. A lifelong Gloucester resident, Donnelly brings more than a decade of experience and dedication to the organization. She has served in a variety of roles since…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (571+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — The public school system of Virginia’s largest city entered into a contract with the developer of the world’s most popular artificial intelligence model, ChatGPT. Under the agreement with OpenAI, Virginia Beach schools personnel will have access to a…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (699+ words) “I imagine they passed this way,” said Wanda Tucker, a 17th generation granddaughter of William Tucker. He’s believed to be the first African born in English-speaking North America — to two people kidnapped and brought to Hampton in August 1619 on the the…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (98+ words) The Virginian-Pilot A 73-year-old Virginia Beach man was killed Saturday afternoon after his motorcycle crashed on the James River Bridge in Isle of Wight County, according to Virginia State Police. Police responded to the single-vehicle crash around 2:31 p.m. Aug. 29 on South…...