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Step Back in Time: Christmas in Colonial Virginia

This holiday season, WHRV and WHRO-FM invite listeners to step back 250 years and experience Christmas as it was celebrated in colonial Virginia.

Chesapeake Bay cleanup goals are shared by several states in its watershed, including Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

Va. Dept. of Wildlife Resources proposes reducing protections for fish at water intakes

Stonehouse Elementary is already over its 772-pupil capacity, with more than 800 students this year, according to school figures.

Survey shows that most parents are unaware of plans to redistrict WJCC schools

Rev. Viola Abbitt serves as minister at Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalists.

Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalists’ racial justice task force welcomes all to Kwanzaa celebrations

The task force is part of Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalist’s commitment to social justice.

Officials hope for a fresh lead to identify a man's remains found in Chesapeake four decades ago.

His skeletal remains were found in Chesapeake 42 years ago. Officials hope a new lead will finally reveal his name.

A Chesapeake detective says it’s a race against time to solve the decades-old mystery.

Celebrate the Season with WHRO-FM’s Holiday Classical Programming

Special broadcasts from Advent through New Year’s Day, featuring choral traditions, live international concerts, and Virginia-focused favorites.

The entrance to Virginia Wesleyan University’s Learning Center and Advising offices houses the school’s new Neurodiversity Resource Center, which supports students navigating executive functioning challenges, anxiety and the transition to college.

At Virginia Wesleyan, a new neurodiversity center aims to support students

A first-of-its-kind center at Virginia Wesleyan University is offering neurodivergent students more than academic help.

The Edward E. Brickell Medical Sciences Library stands on Old Dominion University’s medical campus.

ODU launches nutrition institute to reshape medical education and curb chronic disease

Chronic diseases account for most health care spending in the United States, yet nutrition and lifestyle medicine remain limited parts of medical training.

Marcia Brodie (left), a Norfolk-based dementia caregiver educator, leads a training on communication strategies for families and care staff working with people living with dementia.

As dementia care grows more expensive, communication becomes critical for caregivers

A Hampton Roads caregiver educator teaches how to communicate with loved ones whose brains process language differently.

Jenny Willman speaks to Suffolk City Council during its pubic hearing on the Riversbend rezoning on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.

Suffolk punts on 497-unit Riversbend rezoning until February

Residents who oppose the project say it will worsen traffic and overburden schools.

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