by Carol Vaughn | Oct 17, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that happened early Saturday near Painter. Deputies responding to a report from the Eastern Shore Emergency Operations Center at around 4:11 a.m. Saturday found Tabora Jermaine Bailey,...
by Carol Vaughn | Oct 13, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket arrived at Wallops Island Wednesday, Oct. 12, in preparation for the company’s first launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, scheduled for December. The launch also will be the company’s first from the United...
by Carol Vaughn | Oct 6, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report Two people were transported to a Maryland hospital with injuries Thursday after a Jeep driven by an 82-year-old man became lodged under a tractor trailer in a crash on Chincoteague Road. The crash happened around 9:09 a.m. on Chincoteague Road west of...
by James Ritch | Oct 2, 2022 | Headlines
Chincoteague Island and both local counties have declared a local state of emergency as the Eastern Shore girds for a nor’easter expected to bring strong winds and tidal flooding through Monday. Northampton and Accomack public school systems are closed on Monday, as...
by James Ritch | Sep 30, 2022 | Headlines
The National Weather Service has set its forecast for the Eastern Shore and Eastern Virginia as rain and wind associated with Hurricane Ian comes into the area. The storm will weaken as it passes well west of the Eastern Shore. Heavy rain, tidal flooding, and breezy...
by James Ritch | Sep 30, 2022 | Headlines
A&N Electric Cooperative is preparing for the local effects of Tropical Storm Ian. Since making landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane earlier this week, the storm has weakened considerably as it moves up the East Coast. Despite Ian’s weakening, the...
