1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (225+ words) The U.S. Navy announced on Monday that it is reclassifying planned nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines to differentiate them from past generations with a less lethal munitions package. The service changed the designation for 19 boats equipped with the Virginia Payload Module from "fast-attack…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (465+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Hyleta Floyd and her family were the first ones to move into Mariner’s Row, the newly redeveloped military housing development. And they couldn’t be any happier to call it — and their new four-bedroom, 2½-bath residence — home. “It’s peaceful…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (36+ words) Firefighters are currently tackling the blaze at a house on Wadham Grove. Mohammed Azim initially claimed Lily Whitehouse had been hit by another driver. A new housing community is available to military families in Virginia Beach....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (237+ words) AMELIA COUNTY, Va. — As rain fell at Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia on Monday, flags waved to honor the more than 1.2 million men and women who died while serving their country. Each speaker,... Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia holds 29th annual…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (397+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — For Navy veteran and military spouse Iliana Frintner, Memorial Day is deeply personal. She says the day should be centered on remembrance, not celebration. "Memorial Day coming up — it's not just a day that people get off…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (178+ words) HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — A Mechanicsville veteran injured during his second deployment to Iraq received the keys to a new, mortgage-free, specially adapted home Saturday morning during a ceremony hosted by the nonprofit Homes for Our Troops. Retired Army Staff Sgt....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (271+ words) (The Center Square) – Virginia approved a law that would allow psilocybin to be used in medical settings if federal regulators give it the green light. The legislation, Senate Bill 379, was introduced by state Sen. Jennifer Boysko and directs the Virginia…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (762+ words) RICHMOND — Lawmakers are clearing the way for use of the psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin as a potential medical treatment, once a formulation is approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Senate Bill 379 directs the state Board of Pharmacy to reschedule…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (389+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) addressed the ongoing war in Iran, Israel's military actions in southern Lebanon, and the congressional battle over Department of Homeland Security funding in Richmond on Monday. Speaking to a group of reporters after voting…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (469+ words) LEXINGTON, Va. (WSET) — What first started as an arsenal to store militia firearms in the early 1800s is now one of the most well-known military institutions in the country. The ideals of character and honor still, to this day, shape the…...