A sign announces the opening of Chesapeake Regional Healthcare’s new urgent care and imaging center on Hanbury Road in Chesapeake. (Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Regional Healthcare)A virtual line, rapid scans and same-day results: Chesapeake Regional opens new outpatient facilityThe new outpatient center pairs urgent care with on-site MRIs, CTs, ultrasounds and X-rays so patients can move from exam room to scan within minutes.
The center fills a major gap in southern Chesapeake and northeastern North Carolina, with extended hours and built-in technology aimed at cutting wait times and speeding up diagnoses.READ MORE
More headlinesMost Virginia schools meeting new state expectations, education department reports Read more-AUDIO: Williamsburg takes another step toward completing designs for new regional library branch building Listen here-Lawmakers consider changes at Virginia’s juvenile justice department Read more-USS Gravely returns to Norfolk, leaving questions about mission in the Caribbean Read more
Sports from our media partner WTKRLake Taylor completes improbable turnaround with Class 3 state championship Read more-Hampton hires Malone as next head football coach Read more-Rahne inks four year contract extension with Old Dominion Read more– Planning Director Tevya Griffin shares initial proposals for the Rent Ready Williamsburg program with city council on July 10, 2025. (Photo via the city of Williamsburg)Williamsburg to review off-campus rental certification program draft in JanuaryWilliamsburg revised its proposed Rent Ready program after many students, landlords and residents said the voluntary rental inspection and certification effort wouldn’t work as intended.
The proposal is an opt-in program that grades participating rentals on maintenance and amenities.
Landlords argued it carried too many penalties for them and too few consequences for tenants, while others questioned the program’s benefits.READ MORE Local journalism is made possible only because of generous WHRO donorsDONATE NOW Aaliyah and Corpsman Kigan Scott embrace after the destroyer USS Forrest Sherman returned to Norfolk. (Photo by Steve Walsh)Navy destroyer USS Sherman home for the holidays after 7 months in Europe and Red SeaFamilies gathered at Naval Station Norfolk over the weekend as the destroyer USS Forrest Sherman returned earlier than expected after leaving in May.
The USS Sherman’s return also closes the ship’s final deployment before a major overhaul, with a $139 million modernization project beginning in February.READ MORE
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