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Voters in Virginia Beach's District 1 will pick a new City Council representative on Tuesday, Jan. 9. (Photo by Mechelle Hankerson)
Here’s information on the three candidates voters in Virginia Beach’s District 1 will choose from for a new City Council representative on Jan. 9.
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A new study out of Virginia Tech says that more than half of the infrastructure in some cities including Virginia Beach and Norfolk is exposed to high rates of sinking land.
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The carrier could be back home by the middle of January, after an extended maiden voyage.
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Virginia universities are putting billions in endowment funds into climate-friendly investments Local News
Virginia Wesleyan, the University of Virginia and Old Dominion University are among colleges around the country turning to an investing framework known as ESG.
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Researchers recently got a $3 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the work to quickly identify algae species that thrive in warming waters.
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The USS Ford has already been out longer than expected, at a time when the Navy wants to cut back on deployments.
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Jacob Slocum died amid a culture on the San Diego-based USS Roosevelt that left dozens of sailors to leave the Navy over mental health concerns, as the Navy pressed to lower the number of suicides after high profile deaths in Norfolk.
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The University Uprooted a Black Neighborhood. Then Its Policies Reduced the Black Presence on Campus. Local News
Black enrollment at Virginia’s Christopher Newport University fell by more than half under longtime president Paul Trible, a former Republican senator who wanted to “offer a private school experience.” By 2021, only 2.4% of full-time professors were Black.
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