This week congressional analysts are skeptical that Newport News Shipbuilding has the surplus capacity needed to fulfill the Trump administration's mandate for new battleships. Volunteers around Hampton Roads spend each month lending time during their weekends to pick and arrange flowers that have been rescued from trash bins. Finally, a contract dispute between Sentara Health and Anthem Insurance could negatively affect nearly 380,000 Anthem members across Virginia.

This week a Northern Virginia farm is taking a leap by growing vegetables next to solar panels. The goal is to heal a rift between farmers and solar producers, while also testing future possibilities of state agriculture. WHRO sits down with Chesapeake Health Director Nancy Welch who announced her retirement after 50 years in public health. Finally, a new market in Norfolk's Berkley neighborhood is supplying Black-grown produce to a longtime food desert.

This week it was two years ago that the Navy released a plan to put all the barracks in Hampton Roads under a private company. Updates, however, have gone quiet since the announcement. The family of Miles Eason is celebrating his legacy with a reunion in Chesapeake more than 200 years after he was handed down as property in a slave owner's will. Finally, tick bites are climbing in Virginia, so researchers at Old Dominion University are using a tick robot to fight them.

This week a new study from Old Dominion University finds that smoking is still prevalent in Hampton Roads' public housing despite a federal ban on smoking in 2018. A Portsmouth firefighters union is urging the city to make good on a promise it made two years ago to allow collective bargaining for municipal employees. Finally, a Virginia Beach doctor living with Parkinson's Disease is advocating for hospitals to establish a universal protocol for handling Parkinson's patients.

This week Virginia Beach City Council postponed a planned vote to sell a publicly-owned golf course. WHRO sits down with reporter John Doucette to hear what's next for the site. An old, live oak tree is under threat of removal due to development in Norfolk, but one couple is taking steps to save the neighborhood hardwood. Finally, WHRO's Brian Saunders visits a Norfolk antique shop that's building a digital-age following with centuries of design history.

This week President Trump visited Turkey as part of the NATO summit. NATO officials are balancing the president's desires, while ensuring U.S. support. Trump reinforced his interest for the United States to take control of Greenland. Virginia's state budget earmarked $1 million for a museum in Portsmouth that honors the historical contributions of Black women. Finally, Hampton Roads community leaders are searching for ways to combat summer time gun violence.

This week NATO is showing signs of cooperation once again with a major exercise in Hampton Roads as leaders prepare for a shift in Norfolk. Virginia returned to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative this week, which attaches a price to the burning of fossil fuels. Finally, Virginia is exploring a degree model that would allow students to obtain a bachelor's degree in three years instead of four.

This week rubble from the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel project is being repurposed to create artificial reefs in the Chesapeake Bay. Consumers advocates are urging regulators to heavily scrutinize the nearly $70 billion deal struck between Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy in May. Finally, water-borne drones that swim or float are playing a major role in modern warfare. The Pentagon plans to spend billions of dollars on the burgeoning technology.

This week Old Dominion University President Brian Hemphill received a five-year extension this week despite a vote of no-confidence from the faculty senate back in March. Hampton Roads Transit riders be prepared; the organization announced a change in bus routes starting next year. Some routes will be nixed or absorbed into larger paths. Finally, VCIJ's Kunle Falayi teamed up with a Virginia Beach treasure hunter to help a Richmond-area couple locate a lost wedding ring on the Oceanfront's the sandy surf.

This week Williamsburg-James City County's superintendent came under fire for words he used in a meeting last week with high school students while discussing the school's potential redistricting. In recognition of Pride Month, WHRO takes a look at how a church flyer for a spaghetti dinner led to the creation of a LGBTQ newspaper in the latter half of the 20th Century. Finally, Virginia Tech researchers are in the midst of documenting gray foxes across the Commonwealth to learn more about their population numbers.