The Virginian-Pilot

The leader of the Virginia Beach elections office said she expects the November 2020 election will be the busiest the city has encountered.

Gov. Ralph Northam says the restrictions he ordered for Hampton Roads restaurants in late July to keep the coronavirus at bay will remain in place at least through Labor Day next week.

Virginia Beach’s mayor wants the state to ease up on the COVID-19 restrictions so restaurants can more easily sell food and alcohol amid the ongoing pandemic.

Virginia’s seven-day percentage of positive COVID-19 PCR tests — the common diagnostic test which detects the virus — increased to 7.4%.

The annual air show at Naval Air Station Oceana will go on after all, but without the typical crowds on base.

A crew removed parts of the Confederate monument in downtown Portsmouth on Wednesday, marking the beginning of the end of years of intense controversy over a symbol at the heart of this majority Black Southern city.

The Virginia Department of Health reported 1,005 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, bringing the state’s tally to nearly 115,000.

Key coronavirus health metrics have improved so much — and so quickly — the past month in Hampton Roads that Virginia Beach could see most grades return for in-person instruction as early as September 22.

Virginia’s unemployment rate improved slightly in July.

Unemployment claims picked up in Virginia and across the United States last week.