WHRO Reports

The city expects to have the maximum price for the project once this phase of design is completed.

Changes made after meetings with residents and landlords; majority don't feel the program will do what the city intends.

Residents in southern Chesapeake and northeastern North Carolina now have a closer option for urgent care and advanced imaging.

Police are asking the public to help identity him.

Nearly 40% of Virginia high school students report persistent sadness or hopelessness, and school counselors say anxiety and depression continue to rise.

The Board of Supervisors approved $46 million to begin electrical work, lay concrete and pre-order steel.

Virginia Tech's preliminary report is part of a six-year study funded by the state.

A regional fund could encourage airline companies to launch direct international flights from Norfolk International Airport.

An Australian delegation was in Newport News to watch the keel-laying ceremony for the latest Virginia Class submarine today [Tuesday]. It's a day after the US moved forward with the AUKUS shipbuilding pact. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in Virginia, and some communities in Hampton Roads — including nearby rural areas — face persistent challenges in diagnosis and access to specialty care.

An annual tree lighting is held in the gateway to rural communities in Virginia Beach.

Cuts to staff and funding are hampering public access and education, according to a nonprofit that works closely with the refuge.

The city's proposed community improvements program includes several school replacements, highway upgrades, other projects during the next 10 years.

Advocates say they're bracing for the local housing crisis to get even worse in 2026.

An international collaboration to track individual monarchs kicked off this fall, including James Madison University.

State officials say a new hospital in Isle of Wight County will not only shorten long travel times for rural residents, but also help reduce healthcare costs across the region.

A Navy investigation released Thursday [DEC 4] says crews could have largely prevented four accidents involving the USS Truman Strike group during its time in the Red Sea earlier this year. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

Years of rising insurance premiums and medical prices have put growing pressure on families nationwide.

It's the third flight to the Caribbean out of Norfolk added within the last year and a half.

Proposed legislation would allow the National Flood Insurance Program to pay out pre-disaster.

People are concerned the new proposal still gives larger outfits an advantage over small businesses and farmers.

President Donald Trump's shift in federal housing policy means some organizations providing housing assistance have to quickly change how their programs operate in order to qualify for federal funding.

Environmental groups say the update falls short on several targets, but is critical to moving forward with a shared vision.

Warner, a Democrat, has held his U.S. Senate seat since 2009.

An ODU professor is using AI to help doctors identify glioblastoma, a fast-growing and often recurring cancer, without invasive biopsies.

The best way to keep your bill down in Hampton Roads? Buy local. 

The council discussed issues with political signs at polling locations on public property.

Council compensation hasn't changed in nearly two decades, but some felt the timing isn't right.

A new regional plan proposes how Hampton Roads can take advantage of its strengths and grow the local economy over the next 10 to 20 years.

Start Peninsula is one resource to help those starting small businesses test their idea and connect with local mentors. 

Canada-based TC Energy announced this week that the pipeline, which runs through Suffolk and Chesapeake, is officially in service.

The event is a mainstay at Cure Coffeehouse, which was revived in 2022 when the company set up in the former Aromas location.

The event is a mainstay at Cure Coffeehouse, which was revived in 2022 when the company set up in the former Aromas location.

Mussels have mysteriously been missing from manmade marshes around Hampton Roads.

The cities worked to do so in the 1990s, but halted during water rights lawsuits.

The federal shutdown is over, but thousands of Virginians who rely on food stamps are now being told to reapply for SNAP — a process that could leave families without assistance for weeks.

The request will go to the General Assembly, which must approve changes to the city charter. The measure is backed by a local farming organization.

The incubator aims to advance AI research and development and to train students across industries on how to use it.

Hampton Roads has some of the state's highest enrollment in the Affordable Care Act market.

Advocates for the 10-1 urged unanimous support by council, which complied, though with two absences. A needed charter change is next in the hands of the General Assembly.

The report draws from years of scientific studies and data to capture the current state of climate change.

Though poverty and housing insecurity are more common in the Southern Peninsula, Williamsburg is the only area in the Northern Peninsula where poverty levels approach 19% of some census tract, according to the Virginia Peninsula Regional Homelessness Study.