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After a traumatic event, how can adults talk and help students?

Following an event like the fatal shooting near Norview High School, students may experience anxiety or depression and need ...
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A Norfolk native wins the license plate design contest celebrating Ocean View

Larry Estes, the director of the Ocean View Station Museum, created a nostalgic design featuring the roller coaster from the ...
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Home insurers are retreating from some coastal communities. Here’s what’s happening in Hampton Roads.

Between 2018 and 2023, nonrenewals of home insurance jumped in many areas of Hampton Roads, including Norfolk, Hampton, ...
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The long-deployed USS Lincoln is returning home to San Diego

The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea that included reports of deteriorating ...
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Planning commission recommends large battery storage project in James City

The commission on Wednesday voted 5-2 to recommend approving Pelican Energy Storage’s 650-megawatt project at the former BASF acrylic fiber plant site near the Grove neighborhood. Grove is a ...