Local government

“It’s compassion; you’re just treating people like they have value and worth,” said Roy Gerardi, human services outreach and crisis counselor.

WHRO answers questions about the discussion of plans to replace the Williamsburg branch building and add a new county one.

Local researchers recently estimated that tidal marshes generate $90 million annually for the Middle Peninsula.

Several historically Black neighborhoods near the proposed site say they’re bearing a disproportionate burden of local gas infrastructure.

New numbers show apartment rental prices have climbed faster than all but four other metro areas in the United States.

Virginia is racing to produce enough energy to meet growing demand. But solar developers are running into pushback from rural communities, which worry about environmental impacts and changing land use.

The sanitation district received a grant through Virginia’s new Pay-For-Outcomes program, which rewards landowners for cutting pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Virginia Beach’s City Council is exploring options for private funding, including naming rights for sections of the park.

Virginia Beach wants to restore habitat and submerged aquatic vegetation in Bonney Cove, but regulators say the city can’t disturb the seagrass that already exists.

The city was recently awarded $930,000 for the project from Virginia’s competitive Community Flood Preparedness Fund.