by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — Two crew members were injured and a third was found dead in the aircraft after a Navy E-2D Hawkeye crashed north of Chincoteague around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The report of the crash triggered a massive response, including search of the area by air and...
by James Ritch | Mar 28, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — With the collaboration of the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office, the Accomack County Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Virginia State Police, two South Carolina residents were arrested and charged with multiple felonies. On Sunday morning,...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Four women who excel in different arenas were honored Tuesday in the inaugural Eastern Shore Trailblazers event, held virtually in celebration of Women’s History Month. The event, sponsored by the NAACP Northampton County branch and Citizens for a...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan – “The inmates in cellblock E in the Accomack County Jail had organized their lives in jail,” said Northampton County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jack Thornton. “They had a civil order,” he said. He told the court the inmates had a system...
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...
