22+ hour, 6+ min ago   (426+ words) After a long walk, man’s best friend needs a drink. Pups can now belly up to the Dappy Dayz Dog Bar. The pink mobile trailer offers a wide selection of dog-friendly drinks and treats. Owner Tami Moore recently launched the…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (212+ words) Wholesale giant Costco will open its doors to a new Newport News location in November for customers to enjoy a signature $1.50 hot dog combo and a warehouse full of bulk items. The scheduled opening is months earlier than earlier city…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (711+ words) RALEIGH, N.C. — Election officials in Granville County received instructions from a former county Republican leader on what to say and how to vote during a contentious meeting on early voting plans this summer, according to texts obtained by The News & Observer…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (295+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Tuesday evening’s School Board meeting started with a message from the board’s attorney. “Most of the FOIA requests are against other board members,” said Chair Kathleen Brown. “We’re talking thousands and thousands of dollars of staff time. It…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (129+ words) The Virginian-Pilot CHESAPEAKE — Fire crews responded to a fire in the city’s Bowers Hill area early Wednesday afternoon. Chesapeake Fire Department units arrived just before 12:30 p.m. following multiple calls reporting smoke and flames at a large construction facility near…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (251+ words) These are not isolated incidents. They are part of a decades‑long pattern. NOAA’s storm events database documents repeated flood and flash‑flood events in Norfolk since the mid‑1990s concentrated in the same neighborhoods. Local news archives show recurring flooding…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (116+ words) The Virginian-Pilot NEWPORT NEWS — A man died from a shooting Sunday on Jefferson Avenue, police said. At about 8:28 p.m., Newport News police went to the 10400 block of Jefferson Avenue, after getting reports of a shooting. The shooting happened outside one…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1723+ words) LGBT Life Center purchased a 42,476-square-foot office building on 3 acres at 5360 Robin Hood Road in Norfolk from Robin Hood Road LLC for over $4.2 million. LGBT Life Center intends to use the property where it has been a tenant to support…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (692+ words) There’s been talk throughout the years about the future of the former Frank T. Williams Farm — deemed a megasite — in southern Chesapeake. Now, the more than 4,000 acres, known more recently as Coastal Virginia Commerce Park, has a new owner. A…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (155+ words) PETA is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever abused and abandoned Rambo, a 6-year-old Yorkie Terrier. Rambo was found July 29 in a Norfolk field near Armistead Avenue and E. 24th Street with…...