There is one option Arc of Virginia thinks could see funds put back in state coffers even while their community asks for more.

The tour comes as the Congressional Research Service estimates that a new “battleship” could cost $15 billion.

The USS Ford Carrier Strike Group and USS Iwo Jima ARG remain at the center of operation, after months in the region.

Members of the Virginia General Assembly are about to consider a number of bills aimed at what they are calling an affordability agenda. That includes efforts aimed at helping renters.

A 2025 College Board survey found the majority of high schoolers use Generative AI tools, such as Chat GPT, for schoolwork, even though nearly half of American schools restrict its use. As educators struggle to keep pace with AI, one rural Virginia school system is embracing it.

The ongoing experiences educators are having with AI may help inform Virginia legislators as they head back to Richmond for the 2026 legislative session in mid-January.

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.

Virginia is the national leader in champion trees, which are the largest documented of their species, including oaks and pines around Hampton Roads.

The Federal Communications Commission voted this fall to hike rate caps for phone and video calls that incarcerated people and their families can be charged. While Virginia’s rates sit below those limits, prison reform advocates say communications costs are still too high.

Electrified Marina sells boats that run purely on electricity, instead of a gas engine.