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December 7, 2018

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Nor'easter will bring rain, wind and possibly snow this weekend to Hampton Roads

Friday, Dec 7

After getting hit with the end of the year's first dusting of snow on Wednesday, the region is bracing itself for a December nor'easter.

They're here — Virginia is one of nine states reporting invasive Asian longhorned ticks

Virginia is one of nine Eastern states reporting the invasive Asian longhorned tick, which can carry deadly disease and infest livestock and pets

Newport News is getting a downtown lab to develop marine technology

A lab for the development of new marine technologies will be built in downtown Newport News, creating jobs and supporting the local ship building and repair industry.

Boring out the big guns on the USS Monitor

Conservators at the USS Monitor Center at The Mariners' Museum are preparing to bore out the concretion-filled barrels of two massive Dahlgren smooth-bore guns recovered from the turret of the famous Civil War ironclad ship USS Monitor.

Virginia Supreme Court says it can't hear case of deaf and mute capital murder defendant

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that it doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear the case of a deaf and mute immigrant who’s been held without trial for 13 years. And neither does the Virginia Court of Appeals, the high court ruled.

West Point High School teacher fired for refusing to use student's preferred pronoun

West Point High School French teacher Peter Vlaming was fired after a five hour school board public hearing on Thursday night