Virginia Beach

The Aug. 7 complaint says a potential 7-3-1 system violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965. The city responded this week by saying plaintiffs are challenging a voting system that hasn’t been used.

Former Virginia Beach resident Inez Davenport Jones returned home recently for a party celebrating her 100th birthday. She reflected on a student protest in 1951 that changed education in the U.S.

Virginia Beach Superintendent Donald Robertson received an additional raise while teachers and staff dealt with news of rising health care costs that doubled for some people.

The muni-muni club formed to help the Norfolk Tides produce an annual Filipino-American Heritage Night. Now it holds events year-round to support Filipino-owned businesses and promote the contributions of Filipino Americans to the area.

The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore plans to move from Norfolk into a new $25 million facility in Virginia Beach in the next few years.

The change honors decades of philanthropy from Jane Batten and her family and comes as several campus expansions are underway.

The City Council on Tuesday directed city staff to pursue a version of the Rudee Park with surface parking for an estimated $42.6 million.

The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy tour will stop in Virginia Beach and Newport News, old haunts of the 19th-century author. The events include cocktails inspired by Poe's work.

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

The Virginia Beach City Council this week discussed the city’s development authority suspension of work with Hampton Roads Transit on a regional bus facility that was already partially funded.