by James Ritch | May 17, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — A Delaware woman died after a head-on collision with a bus Monday morning on the Chincoteague causeway, according to a Virginia State Police spokesperson. All travel lanes on causeway were closed for several hours after the crash. Ashely Renee...
by James Ritch | May 14, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — Gov. Ralph Northam today lifted Virginia’s universal indoor mask mandate to align with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Gov. Northam also announced that Virginia will ease all distancing and capacity restrictions...
by James Ritch | May 13, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors held a public hearing Tuesday night on a controversial proposed ordinance that would require anyone who uses a county boat ramp to have a parking decal on his or her vehicle or boat trailer. “I’ve gotten more calls and...
by James Ritch | May 13, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District, which manages and maintains the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, is readying plans to build a Chesapeake Channel parallel tunnel on the Northampton County side of the facility as work continues near...
by James Ritch | May 11, 2021 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Eastern Shore motorists were filling up on the way home from work Tuesday, the same day Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency to address disruptions from a cyberattack that shut down a 5,500-mile pipeline that supplies fuel to the...
by James Ritch | May 11, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — Gov. Ralph Northam today signed Executive Order Seventy-Eight declaring a state of emergency in Virginia to address gasoline supply disruptions throughout the commonwealth. On May 7, the Colonial Pipeline system, which is the primary fuel source for...