Cianna Morales
ReporterCianna Morales covers Virginia Beach and general assignments. Previously, she worked as a journalist at The Virginian-Pilot and the Columbia Missourian. She holds a MA in journalism from the University of Missouri.
Reach Cianna at cianna.morales@whro.org.
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Mayor Bobby Dyer spoke at the second of five State of the City events hosted by the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce this year. -
Vibe Check, a two-day hip-hop and R&B festival tied to the anniversary of the ViBe District, will be April 25-26 at the Oceanfront. -
The Harbor Hope Center will open next school year with 25 seats for Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach students. -
City Council voted Tuesday to add school zone speed cameras to the city’s stoplight enforcement program to slow traffic and fund pedestrian safety improvements. -
The Dome is a 5,000-person capacity entertainment venue that’s part of the new Atlantic Park development and nods to the Oceanfront convention center that staged iconic shows through the 1990s. -
A building that will serve as a community hub for preserving the state’s Black history has been in the works for over seven years. New funding brings it a step closer to reality. -
The festival task force worked for a year to develop recommendations for managing events at the resort. -
With a difficult budget season, city staff are working to close gaps in funding and prioritize projects — without raising real estate taxes on residents. -
As workers wait and worry, the state and region are bracing for the potential economic fallout. -
The program brings the Emergency Medical Service into compliance with federal requirements for drug tracking, but it also drives up EMS costs.
