by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A request for a pump-and-haul agreement for a farm market business was approved by the Chincoteague Town Council in a 5-1 vote March 17 , after the council had rejected the request in a 3-2 vote in February. The agreement adds the business to the...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Rocket Lab will celebrate the start of construction on the company’s production complex and launch site for its Neutron rocket with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, April 11. The production facility will be built on Wallops Island Road, just across...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Andrea Jo Black, 53, of Leesburg, Fla., was indicted March 14 on two felony charges of possession of Schedule I or II drugs, cocaine and crystal methamphetamine, on Nov. 1, 2021. She was arrested the same day by Deputy J.W. Foisey, Northampton...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday night to allow contractors to bid on the Northampton middle and high school building project in spite of its new estimated cost of nearly $61.5 million, about 13% or $7 million more than the estimate...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — Police are investigating a crash on Route 13 Thursday morning involving a school bus and a tractor-trailer. The crash happened at around 7:41 a.m. in the 34300 block of Lankford Highway, in Painter. All lanes of the highway were blocked to traffic as of...
by James Ritch | Mar 22, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — A body believed to be Nathan Jenkins was recovered in the water off Chincoteague Monday. According to a Virginia Marine Police spokesperson, the Marine Police recovered the body at around 1:15 p.m.. Jenkins has been missing since Jan. 22, after a...