3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (580+ words) The first detection happened in the Lafayette River near the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club in July. Researchers at Old Dominion University sample water in the area several times a week during the summer, when algae blooms are most likely to…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (506+ words) For the past several years, the nonprofit KUSP has worked to combat food insecurity and boost urban agriculture on Norfolk’s Southside, such as hosting a community garden in Berkley. A central part of its mission is to make local food…...

4+ day, 37+ min ago   (465+ words) The Slover in Norfolk was Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi’s second stop on her statewide listening tour focused on energy costs. Before the Tuesday evening event, people gathered outside the library to protest the proposed merger between Dominion Energy and Florida-based…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (239+ words) This story was reported and written by WHRO media partner Williamsburg Watch. In a surprise development, the applicant for the proposed Cardinal Ridge project abandoned its application for rezoning. The news broke just before it was to come up for…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (848+ words) Eve Butts has lived in Sandbridge for more than three decades, and visited often before that. Over the years, one of her favorite beachgoing pastimes became watching the shorebirds that would flock to the area and poke around the shoreline,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (517+ words) On a sunny Sunday in Norfolk, volunteers gathered on Colley Avenue to plant fall vegetables and start a new chapter for local gardening. The “Back to Our Roots” event, hosted by 757 Creative Reuse Center with the Elizabeth River Project and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (640+ words) A conservation nonprofit is advancing plans to restore wetlands within a nearly 700-acre property along the northwest tip of Surry County. The Nature Conservancy bought the land for $3 million last year after eyeing it for decades, said Karen Johnson, wetland…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (397+ words) Norfolk City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to let the city borrow hundreds of millions of dollars for flood control and street repairs by passing three separate spending measures. The first measure authorizes the city to issue stormwater system revenue…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (131+ words) WHRO Public Media recently partnered with Wetlands Watch and ODU Measure the Muck to equip local educators with resources to involve local students in community science by participating in Catch the King this coming October. Catch the King is a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (515+ words) This story was reported and written by WHRO media partner Williamsburg Watch. An Omaha, Nebraska-based company wants to build a massive battery storage facility on part of the old BASF site in southern James City County, a project it says…...