Over 100 fires blazed in several parts of the state this week, burning about 7,500 acres throughout parts of Central, Southwest and Northern Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is still analyzing how much longer contractors need to finish work on a two-mile stretch of Laskin Road in Virginia Beach.

For half a century, residents of Lambert’s Point in Norfolk and Southeast Newport News have complained about coal dust from nearby terminals. 

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro praised the 4,000 sailors and Marines for work in the Red Sea and off the coast of Israel.