The agreement with the federal Department of Labor also prevents the company from hiring minors in certain locations and requires creating a tipline to report violations.

State lawmakers this week outlined a series of proposed bills that target the growing data center industry.

An online survey coupled with in-person community meetings this month will inform the board on the qualities residents want to see in the next superintendent.

The study proposes increased housing density, new development and pedestrian connectivity.

Pons first joined city council in 2010, and was chosen by council to serve as mayor in 2020. Dent was elected in 2020, and has served as vice mayor since then.

Reelected city council members Barbara Ramsey and Pat Dent, as well as newly elected member Ayanna Williams took their oaths in the city's historic Courthouse of 1770.

USNS Portsmouth will be the third ship in its class.

Lacy Shirey, outgoing director of the Chesapeake Humane Society, will soon assume the role.

Brown scored the seat by a one vote margin. He first joined the city council in 2018.

Mayor Jimmy Gray, reelected Councilmember Hope Harper, returning Councilmember Michelle Ferebee, and newly elected members Carolyn Campbell and Randy Bowman each took their oaths of office on Wednesday.