WHRO Reports

A panel of House Democrats met at Norfolk State University to hear testimony about how federal budget cuts impact local veterans. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

The grants would have funded work such as flood resilience at Historic Jamestown and dam improvements in Portsmouth.

A large portion of the USS Truman strike group returned home this weekend. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

New details are being released about a massive air strike by USS Truman as the strike group prepares to arrive in Hampton Roads. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

Virginia Natural Gas is partnering with the Hampton Roads Sanitation District on the project in Virginia Beach.

Conservationists remind beachgoers never to approach a sea turtle or nest and to never shine lights on them at night.

The LGBT Life Center says its lost $600,000 to cuts since 2024. Minority AIDS Support Services lost more than $550,000.

USS Truman is returning to Norfolk after an eventful deployment. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

WHRO tagged along on one of the nonprofit's environmental student field trips.

Gov. Youngkin came to the Waterside marina for a launch event.

The revisions strike discrimination protections based on gender identity and change the division's stance on preferred pronouns, bathroom use and sports participation.

The nation's top weather officials say there could be as many as 19 named storms this hurricane season, which begins June 1.

Roanoke College's latest poll gives an early edge to Democrat and former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger over Republican Lt. Governor Winsome Sears.

The population in Virginia and Maryland dipped this year to its second-lowest number since local officials began their annual dredge survey in 1990.

A new report from the University of Maryland adds to a growing body of research showing water in the bay is getting hotter.

A late May tradition of celebrating strawberries is complicated by changing climates and peak ripeness arriving earlier in the season.

The Army is merging a command at Fort Eustis with a command in Austin, putting some jobs at stake. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

Officials with the city and Army Corps of Engineers updated City Council this week.

Preservation Virginia listed the Kingsmill Plantation site as one of the commonwealth's most endangered historic places.

Naval Station Norfolk is set to be the east coast home for the Navy's new drone squadrons. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the details.

Lynnhaven River Now has been working on a grant-funded effort to survey and remove derelict vessels in coastal Virginia.

Residential land prices in the southeast were twice as expensive as most of the rest of the United States last year.

A week before Memorial Day, locals flocked to the Oceanfront and Mt. Trashmore for events and festivals inaugurating the season.

Adam Ortiz spoke with WHRO about the potential public health and environmental ramifications of ongoing cuts.

Fort Eustis is set to lose a major command as part of an Army shakeup. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh says it's unclear how many local soldiers will be affected.

The Hampton Roads Lacrosse League's girls all-star game will be coached by an all-women staff for the first time on Saturday.

The controversial pitch for a 350,000-square-foot data center at the edge of a suburban development garnered hundreds of emails and dozens of speakers aiming to stop the project.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation hosted a discussion this week about the current challenges to expanding solar energy in the state.

The $2.78 billion spending plan includes some increased taxes and fees that will hit residents' wallets in July

The city votes on the budget Tuesday, which includes a 0.5% tax increase on dining out. Restaurant owners say it adds another burden to an overtaxed industry.

About 159 times each year, excess water intrudes onto normally dry land, according to LendingTree.

Norfolk is considered a national hotspot for sea level rise. Virginia researchers say cities further south are starting to catch up.

Three years after a cluster of suicides in Hampton Roads, the Inspector General found many Navy commands still don't have crisis plans in place. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

East Coast ports will likely see the true impacts of the trade war later in May.

The tax credits reward homeowners and businesses for investments including electric cars, solar panels and energy efficiency upgrades.

It includes more money for Suffolk Public Schools, higher utility rates and flat property tax rates.

Council voted 7-4 on the referendum, which will ask residents if they want a 10-1 or modified 7-3-1 election system in the city charter.

This week's meeting again underscored the need for further research about the status of menhaden in the bay.

A second U.S. fighter jet in just over a week's time from the Norfolk-based USS Truman has been lost.. WHRO Military Reporter Steve Walsh has the story.

Two members of the Williamsburg-James City County school board wanted to rename the school, which is named after a slaveholder and a founder of the College of William & Mary.

In an emergency meeting, the school board rehashed the debate surrounding an April vote that led to slashing diversity, equity and inclusion programs to comply with an executive order.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued his final vetoes last week.