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.

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.

This week we take you inside Suffolk's $30 Million Jackpot: Controversy Included! The city picks up a cool 30 million dollars in state cash! But hold your applause—it's all for those pesky infrastructure upgrades on that hotly debated Port four-sixty. VCIJ’s Lou Hansen had a chat with reporter Elizabeth McGowan about how some sweet federal grant money is breathing new life into a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Richmond. It's a story of reconnection, resilience, and a whole lot of community spirit. Finally, WHRO’s Barry Graham goes in search of Peace in Hampton Roads Spoiler alert: it involves more than just noise-canceling headphones.

This week the Williamsburg-James City County school dispute might soon be over. WHRO's Nick McNamara reports that the joint division now has a roadmap to decouple their seven decade division. Veterans have been disputing tuition cuts made by state colleges that negatively impact the families of troops seriously wounded or killed in action. WHRO's Steve Walsh updates us with the latest. Finally, Norfolk's LGBT Life Center has created the first statewide directory of LGBTQ+-friendly businesses.

This week Greenland's ice is melting away so a team of scientists from Hampton's Langley NASA Research Center is studying its impact. WHRO's Katherine Hafner sat down climate scientist Patrick Taylor to learn more. An animal hospital in Waynesboro teaches veterinarians-in-training how to care for local, native animals. They've received several bald eagles recently, including one from Chesapeake. Finally, WHRO's Barry Graham wraps up our multi-part series on the area's ward-based city council systems.

This week Gillian Pressman of YIMBY Hampton Roads speaks with WHRO’s Ryan Murphy to discuss how the group is pushing the region’s cities to produce more affordable housing. Climate reporter Katherine Hafner swims over to Tangier Island as she dives deep into Its unique crabbing industry. It is under existential threat from erosion and rising sea levels. Finally, VCIJ’s Lou Hansen sits down with reporter Carolyn Shapiro to discuss their latest investigative story into the low wages and poor working conditions workers endured at Dollar Tree stores in Virginia.

This week we examine the rich history of gay culture in Hampton Roads for Pride month. The EPA donated roughly $2 million to a local group to develop messaging about recycling. The long wait is over. Palm reading is finally legal in Norfolk. WHRO's Ryan Murphy sat down with a reader who's been doing it since the 1950s. Finally, as election season nears, WHRO's Connor Worley shares how the ward-based voting system developed in Norfolk in the 1980s.

This week the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center picked up more than a three and a half million dollars for psychiatric emergency care. National Guard from all over the U.S. are in Hampton Roads for the largest cyber exercise in the country. WHRO's Nick McNamara takes us to Newport News to tour the Jefferson Lab. Finally, Weekly Edition host Doug Boynton chats with Gary Lundquist of the Real Estate Information Network to see if the record-high home prices are making room for first-time buyers.

This week WHRO Reporter is sitting down with Chadra Pittman to discuss Hampton's celebration of The Day of Remembrance -- a ceremony honoring enslaved Africans who died en route to the Americas. Hampton Roads business and economic development leaders think an investment in public transit could boost the region's economy. Finally, Weekly Edition host Doug Boynton sits down with WHRO News Director Mechelle Hankerson for a comprehensive health update across Hampton Roads.