Virginia Wesleyan University will officially be renamed Batten University, according to an announcement from the university.

NORFOLK — As of Aug. 15, runway 14/32 at Norfolk International Airport is closed.

Officials predict N.C. 12 will become impassable in sections with the evening’s high tide around 6:10 p.m. Wednesday.

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group returned to Norfolk on Tuesday after deploying last week. According to USNI News, the three ships in the group turned around to avoid Hurricane Erin. On Tuesday, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lyle and Erik Menendez are scheduled to face separate parole hearings beginning Thursday in California and — depending on the outcomes — could eventually be released from prison ...

The Pungo resident is an up-and-coming star who is putting in the time and effort to make a name for herself on the big stage ...

Suffolk-based TowneBank will acquire North Carolina’s Dogwood State Bank for roughly $476 million, the two companies ...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley ...

The festival features more than 60 beers from 30 breweries, including Cape Charles Brewing, Devil’s Backbone Brewing and Young Veterans Brewing. Nonalcoholic beer and seltzers are new this year.

A Virginia Housing Commission workgroup met Tuesday to hear updates from lawmakers on proposed legislation to address the housing crisis, including proposals to adjust how housing trust fund money ...

A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted ...