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NASA Langley raised the Pride flag this year for the first time in June and later in the month added the flag associated with Juneteenth. (Image from NASA Langley's Facebook)

Since the 1970s, Hampton Roads has become more accepting of queer residents

Being gay used to endanger peoples’ jobs, military service and more in Hampton Roads.

Billy Beebe (right) with Chincoteague pony Pearl, performing a handshake trick. (Image: Laura Philion)

‘Misty of Chincoteague’ ranch preserved with sale

The hundred-year-old property now belongs to the Museum of Chincoteague Island.

The aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower undergoes maintenance at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Feb. 23. 2022. Department of Defense

Cost overruns and incomplete budgets threaten the Navy's shipyard plan

The General Accounting Office questioned why the Navy hasn’t produced a 20-year plan.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at the Surry County nuclear power plant in July. (Image: Laura Philion)

Youngkin completes review of new regs to pull Virginia out of carbon market by year’s end

Youngkin finished his review July 7 and submitted the proposed regulation to the Virginia Register this week, meaning it will become effective at the end of August pending no other changes or holdups.

A Conversation With Jazz Icon Herb Alpert

At the age of eight, Herb Alpert was drawn to the trumpet in a music appreciation class in his elementary school. That led to a remarkable journey and a legendary career. He joins us Friday at noon on Watching America.

Norfolk Del. Jackie Glass speaks at a town hall about a new brewery coming to the city. (Image: Zach D. Roberts)

Youngkin lured a military-themed brewery to Norfolk. Some say the owners' values don’t mesh with the community.

Some Norfolk residents say the brewery’s marketing materials and statements by the owners are misogynistic and anti-LGBTQ+.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks attened a PACT Act and veterans benefits fair at the Pentagon in March. Local veterans organizations are working to get the word out about how the Act may make some eligible for additional benefits. (Image via Department of Defense)

The VA is facing a growing number of claims as a key PACT Act deadline approaches

The law made more than 3.5 million veterans eligible for additional health benefits, including post-9/11 veterans who may be interacting with Veterans Affairs for the first time.

Home sales have slowed from their pandemic peak, but prices are still trending up. (WHRO File Photo)

A Virginia nonprofit has been teaching the basics of homebuying for years. The class keeps getting longer.

The president of the Virginia Housing and Community Development Corporation said its 3-hour session has evolved to a 15-hour course.

UVA scientists are researching how to catch deadly preeclampsia early

New research from the University of Virginia may help doctors identify potentially fatal health risks earlier in pregnancies.

As temperatures rise in Virginia, researchers report sparsely located cooling centers

Most cooling centers are clustered in Northern Virginia, as well as the Richmond, Virginia Beach and Danville areas of the state. Few are sprinkled throughout rural parts.

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