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Public officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, September 18 near the
Photo by Kelly Kenoyer
Virginia Government
VDOT breaks ground in Norfolk on another HOV lane
Kelly Kenoyer
The 7-mile extension on I-64 in Norfolk is the capstone of a 45-mile HOV corridor.
Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs will be playing at Farm Aid in Virginia Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26. Left to right, Lance Morrison, Chris Holt, Mike Campbell and Steve Ferrone. Campbell performed at the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Photo by Sheva Kafai
Arts & Culture
Great music for a great cause: Farm Aid comes to Virginia Beach on Saturday
Will Harris
Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young started the benefit concert more than 40 years ago to raise awareness about family farms in America. Mike Campbell performed at the first concert and is returning for the Virginia Beach show.
Dr. Dana Stallings, owner of Southside Diabetes in Franklin, Virginia, speaks with a patient.
Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism
A rural diabetes clinic struggles to provide care
Christopher Tyree, Kunle Falayi
Federal cuts and policy changes have pushed more than 113,000 patients out of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in Virginia. The changes have cut reimbursements that sustain clinics in communities like Franklin, a city in the middle of Virginia's diabetes belt.
Sailors of the destroyer USS Stout prepare to leave Norfolk for what could be a year-long deployment.
Steve Walsh
Military & Veterans
Sailors are told to prepare for long deployments as USS Stout leaves Norfolk
Steve Walsh
The destroyer departs as the war with Iran continues to strain the Navy’s resources.
Sentara Norfolk General. (Photo by Katherine Hafner)
Katherine Hafner/WHRO
Health
Hampton Roads hospitals post prices, but some rates remain hard to figure out
Yiqing Wang
Five years after federal hospital price transparency rules took effect, a new report says some Hampton Roads hospitals still publish negotiated rates in formulas that are difficult for users to calculate.
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