9+ hour, 18+ min ago  (1464+ words) Don't guess, vote yes," Virginia Beach NAACP member and voter Georgia Allen chanted in a crowd of voters Saturday near Virginia Beach's Mount Trashmore. Allen was one of dozens who attended a series of get-out-the-vote style rallies over the weekend…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (485+ words) Democrats in part of Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore were preparing for a firehouse primary this month to select a nominee to challenge Del. Rob Bloxom in November. But now, one candidate says he's dropping out of the House…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (312+ words) Cypress Hill, the legendary hip-hop group that fuses multiple genres and a love of cannabis, is headed to Virginia Beach on Wednesday, Aug. 13. The Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum group will play at The Dome with Atmosphere in its "Dank Daze of Summer…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (496+ words) The latest version of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, signed in December by representatives of the six states and the District of Columbia that are in the watershed, offers a solid foundation for the cooperative work that will be needed…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (563+ words) It would be hard to live in Hampton Roads without hearing about the work that goes on to clean and protect the Chesapeake Bay, the beautiful estuary that's close to the heart of this region. All that effort " projects, goals,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (194+ words) NEWPORT NEWS " Police have identified a man they say is suspected of killing his wife earlier this week and are seeking the public's helping in finding him. Police on Friday identified 39-year-old Joquan Antonio Porter, of Newport News, as the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1017+ words) NEWPORT NEWS " Three days after a body was found in the lake behind Riverside Regional Medical Center, police on Thursday confirmed it to be the body of a teenager who disappeared last month. Marwa Barakzai, a 16-year-old Menchville High School…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (357+ words) Hampton Roads Transit will unveil a new bus route next month aimed at helping the workers at the new Amazon fulfillment center in Virginia Beach with their commute. The city and Amazon requested the route to serve roughly 1, 000 employees at…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (677+ words) WILLIAMSBURG " A man is believed to have filmed "thousands of males" in public restrooms in the Colonial Williamsburg area going back nearly three decades, Williamsburg police said Monday. George Thomas West, 76, of Gloucester, was arrested on 17 counts of illegally filming…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (514+ words) WILLIAMSBURG " Hundreds of people gathered in Colonial Williamsburg on Saturday for the unveiling of a 500-foot-long quilt that honors the 250th anniversary of America. The Great American Birthday Quilt is a joint project between Visit Williamsburg " the marketing organization for the…...