by James Ritch | Apr 2, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County Public School employees will continue to be paid on their normal pay schedule, after the school board Tuesday approved a pay plan in light of the recent statewide order closing schools for the rest of the school year during the...
by James Ritch | Apr 2, 2020 | Features, Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Even though he works in isolation, Chincoteague waterman Jim Dawson says he and other fishermen are feeling the effects of COVID-19. Dawson, one of Virginia’s largest sea bass harvesters, says markets for fresh fish have dried up leaving him with...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — A New Church man was arrested and charged with robbing the Oak Hall Corner Mart at gunpoint March 26 and two other recent convenience store robberies, according to a press release from the Accomack County Sheriff’s Department. The Oak Hall...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The death of an Atlantic man found shot at a Tull Circle residence Saturday is being investigated as a homicide. The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office at around 12:14 a.m. Saturday, March 28, received reports of someone being shot on Tull Circle in...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Gov. Ralph Northam issued a stay-at-home order for Virginians Monday, as the Commonwealth continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases. “Our message today is very clear — that is, to stay home,” he said at a briefing in Richmond. “To date, this has...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — With three new cases of the COVID-19 virus identified over the weekend, the Eastern Shore Health District says there is “evidence of the beginning of community transmission of the virus.” The new positive tests bring the total number...
