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The county is launching a community land trust and wants residents to apply for its first board of directors.

City Council accepted Andrew Trivette's resignation in a quickly scheduled special meeting on Wednesday

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is more than 70% complete.

Public works employees removed homophobic messages in December. They were thanked Monday at the intersection, which is now surrounded by new artwork.

If approved by the school board, new rules could dramatically limit the use of a controversial practice of student isolation.

The Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast recently held their annual Cookie Count 'n' Go. The regional council wants to sell more than one million boxes of cookies this year.

Knight found success in agriculture and entered politics. The Republican served in the House of Delegates for 17 years. He died Thursday at the age of 71.

Colonial Behavioral Health is the sole provider of safety net behavioral health services for the uninsured and underinsured in the Historic Triangle.

Legislation would mean hospitals could no longer use contracts to limit where clinicians work after leaving a job.

Officials say the project will increase local housing supply while honoring the site's historical significance.

“I think it's not a hard sell to the community to say let's see what we can do about increasing our stock of trees,” Board of Supervisors Chair John McGlennon said.

The study led by Virginia Tech gives the most detailed picture yet of local subsidence.

Schools like ECPI University and Old Dominion University have launched mobile labs and clinics, aiming to expand hands-on training and reach underserved communities as the region confronts a nursing shortage.

Revenues are up for the localities, but so are costs.

The honor comes after the City Council discussed whether to reduce dedicated funding to the Agricultural Reserve Program during the upcoming budget.

The city hosted a community feedback session Feb. 12 to get input from the people who live and work in Portsmouth.

The closure of the Signature at West Neck created controversy and safety concerns about the property. The debate goes to City Council now.

Abortion remains legal in Virginia, but advocates say that could change with shifting political power. A constitutional amendment would make reproductive rights far harder to roll back.

Officials promised several years ago to pursue the study after residents of historically Black communities raised concerns about being left unprotected.

Three locations start using automated cameras to try to prevent speeding. More are on the way.

MacArthur Center mall will close June 27. Business owners say they got the news with everyone else.

As the city eyes the future of the Virginia Beach National property, the step could help a golf program for young people.

The judge wrote that these cameras don't violate people's rights but warned they could in the future. Privacy advocates say that future is already here.

Cannabis possession has been legal for years in Virginia, but the state still lacks a regulated retail system.

The city recently got a state grant to study climate risk across the school system.

“Post-COVID, I just wanted to wake everybody up,” said festival founder Bryan Thompson. “I felt like I was being called to do this.”

An effort to make it harder to approve major land use changes in southern Virginia Beach fell in the General Assembly.

The five-lot site is currently mostly empty or overgrown.

Chronic kidney disease affects more than 35 million Americans, and more than half of patients with advanced disease ultimately die from cardiovascular complications.

State and local funds will increase the schools' budget by more than $10 million, but it will need almost $12.6 million for the programs and some new hires.

After years of failure to fund new research, advocates want legislation to press pause in the meantime.

A committee carried the effort over until the next General Assembly session. Virginia Beach had hoped it would help the city address crowds.

A resolution about extending The Tide to the Oceanfront didn't advance, but light rail might be part of a regional transportation study. Some Virginia Beach officials want it out.

Officials say moving up the curfew for unaccompanied minors by an hour to 10 p.m. might help with crowds.

Medical aid in dying is legal in more than a dozen states, but not in Virginia, where efforts to authorize the practice have repeatedly stalled amid ethical and medical concerns.

The sum is almost $2 million more than currently expected state and local funding. Division leaders will make their case for the additional money to city and county leaders on Friday.

State regulators recently tweaked the way Dominion Energy charges customers who opt into shared solar projects.

A proposal in the General Assembly could remove local governments' say on public employee unions' bargaining rights.

The bill's chief patron, Virginia Beach Delegate Michael Feggans, says he's optimistic the bill will pass.

Though relatively rare, the number of honorary street names rose last year. Some want to standardize the process — and avoid controversy and political influence.

A pair of bills in the General Assembly raise questions about who should be allowed to provide preventive dental care.

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