Hampton Roads News

• Developer buys Union Mission building
  WAVY TV — Wed Dec 02 12:00:00 UTC 2009 Norfolk officials made a major development announcement Wednesday. The Union Mission homeles shelter building Downtown has been sold to an out of town developer. about: Business Finance Downtown Houston England Norfolk town developer Union Mission […]
• TRAFFIC: HRBT westbound 5 mile backup (Daily Press)
  At I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel westbound traffic is backed up five miles to First View and eastbound is backed up three miles to Hampton River Bridge. […]
• 3,200 sailors, Marines to return to Hampton Roads on Tuesday (Daily Press)
  The Navy says nearly 3,200 sailors and Marines with the Bataan amphibious ready group will return next week from a seven-month deployment to the Middle East. […]
• Darden Award for Regional Leadership
  SmartRegion.org — Wed Dec 02 12:00:00 UTC 2009 CIVIC Leadership Institute presented the 2009 Darden Award for Regional Leadership to Harry Lester, President of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. His other community involvement includes: Hampton Roads Partnership (founding member)... about: About Hampton Roads Bay Bridge-Tunnel Cathy Lewis […]
• Local Oct. unemployment rates fall to lowest of 2009 (Daily Press)
  Hampton Roads ' jobless rate dipped to 6.5 percent in October, down from 6.7 percent in September, the lowest rate so far in 2009, the Virginia Employment Commission said Wednesday. […]
• WTKR Live VIPIR Forecast: Here comes the rain again (Daily Press)
  Forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center are telling us that December will be cold and wet in Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina. We had the cold yesterday morning, with temperatures below the freezing mark in some communities. Today, we'll get the wet. An area of low pressure will zip out of the Gulf of Mexico and ride up the Appalachian […]
• Hampton Roads congressmen react to Obama’s Afghanistan plan (WTKR Norfolk)
  The Afghanistan strategy that President Barack Obama outlined Tuesday earned qualified support from lawmakers in Hampton Roads, but they still have many questions and some outright objections. […]