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This rendering shows the planned commemoration of the end of Massive Resistance at its location in Norfolk’s Flatiron Park. (Courtesy of the City of Norfolk)
Norfolk was an epicenter of resistance to racial integration of schools after Brown v. Board of Education. Soon, that history will be publicly displayed.
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The Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool, created by Old Dominion University, William & Mary and the University of Virginia, aims to provide expertise for communities with fewer resources to address flooding issues.
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The formula fairy: A North Carolina mom invests hours, hundreds of dollars to keep babies fed Local News
Baby formula has disappeared from store shelves and parents across Hampton Roads are growing desperate.
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Virginia Beach got $3.3 million to tackle COVID-19 health disparities. It’s barely spent any of it. Local News
Last year Virginia Beach, like localities across the country, got funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help communities hit hardest by the pandemic. City officials say they’re taking time to make lasting change.
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Building Resilient Solutions received a grant from Norfolk nonprofit RISE to study which building materials best withstand rising waters. They’re working out of a new lab in Suffolk and a home in Chesterfield Heights.
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The facility aims to cut the time to treatment for those in crisis and ease the pressure on the region's hospital emergency rooms.
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WHRO talked to Del. Don Scott about what his leadership means going forward for state Democrats and what it will take to reclaim the majority from Republicans.
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Underwater seed collection off Eastern Shore jumpstarts growth of eelgrass once thought lost forever Local News
The local species of seagrass provides its own crucial ecosystem for critters like bay scallops and crabs. Dogged efforts by conservationists in recent decades have brought it back.
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