WHRO Weekly Edition

This week, the Williamsburg and James City County School Board have rejected a collective bargaining agreement for division employees. Military reporter Steve Walsh sits down with a Virginia veteran whose personal and professional life changed in the wake of the 2022 Dobbs decision. It's a good week to catch a flick. Old Dominion is hosting the second annual Virginia Queer Film Festival.

This week, the president of Newport News Shipbuilding, Jennifer Boykin, may not plan to go to Moscow - but in the latest from Moscow - she’s now barred from the country. Rising water levels and other climate change factors are threatening the local barrier islands. Katherine Hafner travels to Hog Island with researchers working to study the situation. The Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO continues its “Democracy at Work” series, focusing on a newspaper publisher in Highland who is bucking trends to inform her community.

This week, the president of Newport News Shipbuilding, Jennifer Boykin, may not plan to go to Moscow - but in the latest from Moscow - she’s now barred from the country. Rising water levels and other climate change factors are threatening the local barrier islands. Katherine Hafner travels to Hog Island with researchers working to study the situation. The Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO continues its “Democracy at Work” series, focusing on a newspaper publisher in Highland who is bucking trends to inform her community.

This week, VCIJ at WHRO's Lou Hansen introduces us to one of the people that make elections in Virginia happen. WHRO's Steve Walsh catches us up on the federal case of the former sailor from Williamsburg. Finally, WHRO's Barry Graham speaks with members of the crowd at the "Out for Harris" rally that took place at Norfolk's MJ Tavern about why this election matters to them.

This week the mobile pier in Gaza didn't work. Why? That's what the military is looking into according to WHRO's Steve Walsh. The Virginia Department of Education released SOL scores this week. WHRO's Nick McNamara reports most school divisions seeing an increase in scores. Finally, WHRO's Katherine Hafner reports how local rap legends Pusha T and Fam-Lay helped upgrade a Norfolk woman's home.

This week the Friday night lights are set in Hampton. Officials and school board members toured the newly renovated Darling Stadium. WHRO's Nick McNamara takes us inside the makeover. VCIJ editor Lou Hansen chats with reporter Elizabeth McGowan about interstates that have negatively impacted the quality of life for communities of color. Virginia released its annual crime numbers this week and its mostly trending up. WHRO Barry's Graham brings us the stats.

This week low morale and staff shortages have plagued the VA in Hampton. So they're trying something new; new leadership and a better environment for workers. WHRO's Barry Graham sat down with reading disability experts to discuss how Hampton Roads schools are tackling the issue. Finally, Virginia is putting up a few dollars to change Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport into an industrial use facility.

This week...Eastern Virginians watch out! Land in that area is sinking and a group of scientists want to find out why. WHRO's Katherine Hafner went to West Point to see their progress. Virginia Beach has put out a request for churches and nonprofits to use their land for affordable housing. WHRO's Cianna Morales speaks with an affordable housing advocate in Virginia Beach to learn more. Finally, WHRO's Steve Walsh reports on the USS Eisenhower's return home after a month in the Red Sea trying to contain the conflict in the Middle East.

This week...are you worried about storms along the east coast? WHRO's Katherine Hafner spoke with reporter Toby Cox from Charleston's Post & Courier to discuss the Army Corps of Engineers storm protection projects. Host Doug Boynton chatted with epidemiologist Elena Diskin about the summertime bump in COVID-19 cases. Finally, WHRO's Barry Graham went around Hampton Roads in search of dormant NIKE missile sites that were once used as anti-air defense against the Soviets during the Cold War.

This week how do you keep the young workers to stay in Hampton Roads? There are some people working on that. A fighter pilot based at Oceana is the first woman to score a kill in air-to-air combat. Finally, the whole presidential race changed this week — WHRO’s Mechelle Hankerson had a chat with a Virginia Beach delegate headed for next month’s democratic convention.