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HAMPTON, Va. — The owner of Paradise Ocean Club says the business may be returning to Fort Monroe this summer after losing its lease from the National Park Service last fall. In September, the National Park Service, which owns the land, canceled Paradise Ocean Club's lease. Friday, owner Baxter...

Paradise Ocean Club possibly returning to Hampton this summer

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Newport News, VA

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Two people were hurt and services were affected after a car drove into the Peninsula Health District building in Newport News earlier this month. The crash required health officials to relocate services to other places until the building can be repaired. While the main building is closed indefinitely, the Peninsula Health District has set up shop elsewhere.

Peninsula Health Center closed indefinitely: where to go for health services

Virginia Beach, VA

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After more than five years of planning, the Atlantic Park project at the Oceanfront is finally becoming a reality. Venture Realty Group announced Thursday it had closed on developing the $335 million surf park and entertainment venue backed by Virginia Beach native and Grammy Award winner Pharrell Williams.

It's official: Atlantic Park project approved for Virginia Beach

Montana State

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. The death earlier this week of a sailor assigned to USS Montana was a suicide, the medical examiner with the Tidewater District confirmed to 13News Now on Friday.

Medical examiner: USS Montana sailor's death a suicide

Suffolk, VA

SUFFOLK, Va. — Lanes are closed on Holland Road in Suffolk after a gas leak Friday night. Suffolk Fire & Rescue and police responded to the 1800 block of Holland Road just before 8 p.m. in response to a "large gas line leaking," officials said. As of 10 p.m.,...

Lanes closed on Holland Road in Suffolk after gas leak

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Chesapeake, VA

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — If you're looking for an event to get all dressed up for, there's one coming up that's also giving back!. Hearts 4 Progress, Inc. is holding a fundraiser gala, and the money goes to aspiring Black, women medical students. Hearts 4 Progress says that only about...

Gala raising money for up-and-coming med students

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — On Wednesday night, the 5/31 Memorial Committee selected who they want to create the permanent memorial in Virginia Beach. It will honor the 12 people killed nearly four years ago when a gunman opened fire at the Municipal Center. From the beginning, the Memorial Committee’s...

5/31 Memorial Committee selects design firm to create permanent memorial

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Historic Garden Week will kick off in Virginia on April 15, a celebration of the conservation, restoration and preservation of historic landscapes in the Commonwealth. In celebration, the Garden Club of Virginia will offer a garden tour in Virginia Beach's North End neighborhood, between 47th...

Garden tour coming to Virginia Beach's North End neighborhood

HAMPTON, Va. — There are currently over 150 clinics in the state that can provide free or reduced-cost birth control methods to patients, but that is changing for some areas of Virginia. A spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Health announced changes coming to the Hampton & Peninsula Health...

Federal funding cuts create limited forms of birth control on Peninsula

HAMPTON, Va. — The Hampton Delta Foundation is hosting its 18th Annual Red and White Cotillion in Hampton Sunday. The event will take place at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Doors close at 3:45 p.m. and it starts at 4 p.m. Those who attend will need to dress up...

Hampton Delta Foundation to host 18th Red and White Cotillion

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Today, 18-year-old Kevonta Hawkins will face a judge for reportedly bringing a loaded handgun to Bayside High School on Wednesday. His charges include having a stolen handgun and bringing that gun onto school property. And this is just the latest in a series of incidents...

Virginia Beach education leader on what it will take to fix school safety issues

Florida State

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The NAS Oceana Air Show is making its return to Virginia Beach in September 2023, officials announced Tuesday morning. NAS Oceana Commanding Officer Capt. Steve Djunaedi announced the show's return during a Tuesday morning news conference. The show is set to take place on Sept....

2023 NAS Oceana Air Show set for September

Williamsburg, VA

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — After more than two years, the archaeological dig at Williamsburg's historic First Baptist Church is over. The excavation at the site of one of the oldest known churches in the country ended on Friday. Scientists at Colonial Williamsburg will continue to research uncovered artifacts through the...

Descendants of historic Black church get first look at artifacts from archaeological dig

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Results are in following a monthslong effort to survey people about the future of Virginia Beach's Rudee Loop. The local favorite attraction sits on the southern edge of the Resort Area, next to the Rudee Inlet. More than 4,000 people weighed in with their thoughts...

'Reimagining Rudee Loop' | Survey results about future of land presented to Virginia Beach City Council

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — You've probably heard of the name Meyera Oberndorf or been to the Virginia Beach library that bears her name. She was the very first woman to be elected to public office in Virginia Beach, the city's first and only female mayor, as well as its longest-serving mayor, holding the top seat for two decades.

Meyera Oberndorf | The 1st woman elected to public office in Virginia Beach

NORFOLK, Va. — As the search continues for a new chief of police for the City of Norfolk, the interim police chief announced he is stepping down. Interim Chief of Police and Deputy City Manager Michael Goldsmith announced he is retiring, effective April 14. "Mike has served our community...

Norfolk Interim Police Chief Michael Goldsmith announces retirement

Portsmouth, VA

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — On Thursday afternoon, the US Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) made its way back home to Portsmouth. Its crew had returned following a 63-day mission in the Florida straits and the Caribbean Sea, where they were patrolling for unsafe and overloaded boats carrying migrants. During...

Coast Guard Cutter Northland back home after 62-day patrol

HAMPTON, Va. — Hampton, 1861: Mary Peake -- a free woman of color -- taught a class under the shade of an oak tree. A lifelong educator, Peake instructed a growing number of escaped slaves, fleeing bondage, and the war in the South. Eventually, Peake moved her classroom into...

Women's History Month: Mary Peake

NORFOLK, Va. — An 18-year-old Bayside High School student brought a loaded gun to school this week that police say was stolen out of Chesapeake. The Chesapeake Police Department said they are still working to learn the origins of where that gun was stolen in their city. What is...

Guns in Hampton Roads are often stolen from cars

The 2023 Girl Scout Cookie booth season has begun!. Almost a million boxes of cookies arrived in Hampton Roads Saturday morning and were passed out to local Girl Scout troops. A Girl Scout spokeswoman said cookies of all nine varieties were unloaded at Harrison’s Moving and Storage in Chesapeake, the Newport News Kmart, and Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach.

900,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies arrive in Hampton Roads for local troops to sell

NORFOLK, Va. — Four people who were convicted for their roles in a deadly 2020 shooting have been sentenced, the Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney said on Friday. Norfolk police officers were called to Park Crescent and Norchester Avenue on the morning of August 17, 2020, after learning that someone was shot there. That location is just a few streets away from Norfolk State University's campus.

4 sentenced for deadly 2020 shooting of Chesapeake man

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Two technicians with Verizon are being credited with saving three people and their pets from a burning home in Newport News earlier this month. The fire happened on Hurley Avenue, in the Hilton area of Newport News, on the morning of March 15, a spokesperson for the city told 13News Now.

Verizon technicians help save 3 people, animals from burning house in Newport News

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The U.S. Navy is investigating the death of a sailor assigned to the USS Montana, a spokesperson for Submarine Force Atlantic confirmed to 13News Now. The spokesperson said the sailor was found unresponsive Monday on the pier adjacent to the USS Montana by another crew at Newport News Shipbuilding.

US Navy investigates death of USS Montana sailor

HAMPTON, Va. — A judge has ordered Cory Bigsby, the father of missing Hampton 4-year-old Codi Bigsby, be sent to a psychiatric hospital in Williamsburg for mental health services. In a Friday morning hearing, Judge James Hawks read the results of a court-ordered evaluation of Bisby's mental health status....

Cory Bigsby ordered to be sent to Eastern State Hospital for mental health treatment

NORFOLK, Va. — A little over a month after being banned from doing business with military personnel, a Norfolk car dealership has been removed from the Navy's "off-limits" list. According to a Navy public affairs representative, Carafello’s Auto Sales, LLC, on E. Virginia Beach Boulevard was recently reported to...

Norfolk car dealership no longer banned from doing business with military personnel

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — It's a lifesaving medical breakthrough for Chesapeake firefighters. On Wednesday, they rolled up their sleeves for a blood test that can detect 50 different cancers long before they have any symptoms. "It's a game changer. It's going to give early detection for members who don't have...

Cancer-detection blood test made available to Chesapeake firefighters

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth's proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget includes a 5% wage increase for full and part-time city employees, effective July 8, 2023. The city’s $834 million budget proposal also suggests a one-time, 50% tax relief for personal property, like vehicles. That's up 5% from last year.

Portsmouth City Jail relocation, personal property tax relief among ideas in FY24 budget proposal

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Resilience lab in Norfolk marks milestone in construction process

NORFOLK, Va. — For several years, the Elizabeth River Project has always imagined a space where many can come to understand climate change and its impacts...

Resilience lab in Norfolk marks milestone in construction process

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