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A proposed battery storage plant in Chesapeake meets the city’s requirements. Neighbors don’t see it that way. For Virginia to comply with a bold, electric-grid-enhancing law mandating a gigantic increase in energy storage resources by 2045, utilities and developers must get cracking.

Two people were displaced following an accidental, residential fire Tuesday evening on Mississippi Avenue, according to Norfolk Fire-Rescue.

Foam food containers are no longer permitted as of July 1; Vendors may apply for exemption. Restaurants, cafés, food trucks and other food service businesses in Virginia Beach should be aware that Virginia’s statewide ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS), commonly known as Styrofoam® food containers, is now fully in effec

Last year, Parker and Caroline Thurman became the owners of the historic Cutty Sark Coastal Inn & Cottages at the Oceanfront. They set about renovating while preserving what makes the property along Atlantic Avenue unique – the 1960s kitchenettes in its rooms and the classic beach cottages. A grant...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach unveiled a new all-terrain wheelchair Monday, according to a post from the park on Facebook. According to Virginia State Parks, the wheelchairs are intended to give people with mobility impairments the chance to enjoy outdoor recreational areas. Th

National Adoption Week is July 20-26, and Portsmouth Humane Society will have adoptable dogs and cats available for on-the-spot adoptions. They need short-term foster heroes to pick a pup from their available dogs and give them a place to decompress until the PetSmart adoption events on Saturday, July 25, at Chesapeake

Norfolk is moving closer to tearing down the former Military Circle Mall, as a city leader told News 3 that several bids for the demolition project were submitted before the Monday deadline.

A Columbia native is serving aboard on one of the world’s largest warships. Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikhaya Evans serves the U.S. Navy and is assigned to USS Harry S. Truman, a Navy aircraft carrier operating out of Norfolk, Virginia. The aircraft carrier is 1,092 feet long, 252 feet...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY)– Police in Portsmouth are seeking the assistance of the public in identifying two robbery suspects. Officials say the two suspects are involved in recent armed robberies related to purchasing gaming consoles through an online marketplace app. Both suspects are known to be in the area of the 100 b

Antoine Robinson Sr. thought he was getting his son the help he needed. Instead, he says his 15-year-old escaped a Goochland psychiatric facility and made it all the way to Virginia Beach.