by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Chincoteague community responded this week with an outpouring of search assistance, prayers, food, fundraisers, and more as the search continued for a missing 17-year-old, after a boat carrying a group of four young men going duck hunting took on...
by James Ritch | Jan 21, 2022 | Headlines
The National Weather Service has issued its final briefing for the snow event this evening through early Saturday morning. Threats: 4 to 6 inches of snow for far southeast Virginia (including southside Hampton Roads), northeast North Carolina east of the Chowan River;...
by James Ritch | Jan 21, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A new child care facility is coming to Accomack County. Children’s Harbor Eastern Shore will be housed in a former restaurant at 20250 Fairgrounds Road near Onancock. The building most recently was the location of Fairgrounds Restaurant. A...
by James Ritch | Jan 21, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — The National Weather Service in Wakefield, Va., has upgraded the winter storm watch in both counties to a winter storm warning, with 3 to 6 inches of snow and a light glaze of ice possible in Northampton (full warning here) and 1 to 3 inches expected in...
by James Ritch | Jan 20, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved guidelines for a child care startup and expansion grant program. The program will award up to $150,000 each to child care operations, using a total of $600,000 set aside from federal...
by James Ritch | Jan 20, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Virginia’s 73rd governor, Ralph Northam, in an interview with the Eastern Shore Post last week looked back at his administration’s accomplishments and talked about what comes next. Northam, only the second Eastern Shore native to serve as Virginia...