Category Archives: Local News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Amazon Web Services plans to invest $35 billion in new data centers in Virginia under a deal with the state, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday.Millions of dollars in incentiv...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia's coast, the community reacted with collective shock.But the senti...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's Gov.-elect Wes Moore announced additional Cabinet appointments on Tuesday, a day before he's scheduled to be sworn in as governor.Salisbury Mayor Jake Day will be the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Democrat-led Virginia Senate committee has voted down a bill that would have allowed prosecutors to charge drug dealers with second-degree murder if a user dies of an overdose.R...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gun-control and gun-rights proponents rallied Monday at the Virginia Capitol during an annual day of advocacy, as lawmakers from both parties offered a tempered assessment about w...

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) - The Coast Guard says seven people were rescued offshore in Ocean City, Maryland, over the weekend.WTOP-FM reports that at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, a crew member on the tug ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - The Democrat in a closely watched eastern Virginia state Senate race appeared headed to victory after his opponent conceded on Wednesday in the special election.The outcome ...

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - A portion of the nation's largest fuel pipeline has restarted, days after it was shut down by a diesel fuel leak in Virginia, Colonial Pipeline said.The spill at the Witt booster ...

PENHOOK, Va. (AP) - Two people have been reported missing after a boat capsized on Smith Mountain Lake, officials said.Chief Todd Ohlerich with Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire and Rescue sai...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that's a "serious but curable form of cancer" and he is beginning several months of treatment.Raskin, who wil...