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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Virginia Beach is the only city in Hampton Roads that does not charge for ambulance trips. That’s likely to change in 2025. -
Tom is a 2-year-old turkey who greets customers and struts at the store in Currituck County. -
The development could take place over the next 40 years. Residents can weigh in on Saturday at the Convention Center. -
Virginia Beach leaders do not have a plan or timeline for formally voting to adopt the statement. -
A new contract requires festival organizers to do things like release a lineup before receiving portions of the $500,000 Virginia Beach leaders promised to pay them. -
De’Andre Barnes was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault and battery. He was released after a magistrate denied warrants. -
Mayor Bobby Dyer threatened to cancel Something in the Water music festival after organizers missed a deadline for a contract. -
The one-room Pleasant Ridge School served Black students for 70 years prior to integration. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October. -
The venue is named after the Alan B. Shepard Convention Center, built in 1958, that came to be known as The Dome. The new Dome is taking over the old site at the Oceanfront. -
The Republican appeared to secure a second term early Wednesday, after a slow vote tally kept the candidates guessing into the night.
