by James Ritch | Apr 27, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A Chincoteague church filed a complaint against Gov. Ralph Northam Friday in a Norfolk federal court. Lighthouse Fellowship Church, in the 50-page complaint filed in U. S. District Court, asked for a temporary restraining order and a permanent...
by James Ritch | Apr 24, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — As the Eastern Shore of Virginia’s COVID-19 case numbers surpassed 100 Friday, and Gov. Ralph Northam outlined the process for easing restrictions on Virginia businesses, some workplaces were feeling the effects of community spread of the disease....
by James Ritch | Apr 24, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — A man wanted in Accomack County on an attempted murder charge was arrested in Maryland on Thursday, April 23. Robert James Northan Jr., 34, of Parksley, was arrested at around 9:45 a.m. at a Pocomoke, Md. hotel by U. S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force...
by James Ritch | Apr 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County is ahead of where it was a decade ago in terms of residents’ response rate to the U. S. census — that’s the good news. “The bad news is that we are way behind the rest of the state,” said Accomack County Administrator Michael Mason in...
by James Ritch | Apr 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — One Northampton County Sheriff’s Office employee is in self-quarantine, with no reported symptoms as yet, and three more have returned to work after 14 days of quarantine with no symptoms, according to Northampton County Sheriff David Doughty. “We’re...
