Portsmouth

The project is likely to change how local governments choose to recycle.

The April 21 redistricting referendum led divisions to adjust because some schools are polling locations.

The museum participates in the international observance to remember children who have been killed in genocide, including the Holocaust.

Portsmouth native Tony Snipes has turned a diesel punk futuristic realm he created online a decade ago into a world with followers from around the world. It is now an art show.

Portsmouth has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Virginia, with roughly 799 cases per 100,000 people, a rate that exceeds both the state and national averages.

The city asked community members what they would like to see on the property. Ideas rolled in.

Virginia’s opioid crisis has carried a $5.2 billion price tag, with some of the highest per-resident costs now concentrated in cities like Portsmouth and across Hampton Roads.

A Portsmouth nonprofit built a program to aid victims of gun violence in Hampton Roads. It was one of several anti-crime projects in Virginia to lose its funding to the Trump administration’s cuts this year.

Black women in Virginia are more than twice as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women — a disparity experts say doula care can help address.

As maternal health disparities persist, Virginia’s doulas and community health workers are stepping up.