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Cotton is one of several crops grown by Bosselman Farms.
Photo via Alexis Bosselman
Business & Growth
How a Suffolk cotton farmer turned to T-shirts to supplement his family business
Nick McNamara
David Bosselman started the Old Myrtle Cotton Co. from his farm in 2025, producing shirts from his cotton.
The Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Fort Story name is unveiled Oct. 1. 2009 asNaval Amphibious Base Little Creek and Fort Story combined as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
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Military & Veterans
GAO says Hampton Roads is home to the best-funded and one of the worst-funded joint bases in the military
Steve Walsh
The Government Accountability Office highlights Joint Base Langley-Eustis and Joint Base Little Creek-Fort Story.
A woman stands with her children as her husband prepares to set sail on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. More than 10 months later the carrier and its crew is still at sea.
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Military & Veterans
A nearly year-long deployment at sea takes a toll on military families
Steve Walsh
Families in Norfolk, Va., await the return of roughly 15,000 sailors and Marines as the USS Ford continues a deployment that started more than 10 months ago.
A map shows where main land use types might go within Virginia Beach's Interfacility Traffic Area as part of a proposed update to the area's master plan.
City of Virginia Beach
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City of Virginia Beach
Local Government
Virginia Beach seeks public input on plan, including industrial development
John-Henry Doucette
The city is updating a master plan to merge industrial, sports tourism and municipal uses in an area called the Interfacility Traffic Area.
The Nansemond River in Suffolk, as seen from Sleepy Hole Park on April 30, 2026.
Katherine Hafner
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WHRO News
Environment & Sea Level Rise
The Nansemond River in Suffolk is finally getting cleaner
Katherine Hafner
The latest State of the River report has some good news — but there’s still a long way to go.
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