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The special sale events, which run from midnight to 6 a.m., celebrate remodeling projects underway at many Hampton Roads stores.

Earlier this month two senior Hampton University administrators visited China as part of a group of historically black colleges and universities to promote cultural and academic exchange.

When Al Johnson died last fall, it left a hole in the Unifics, the soul vocal group Johnson founded as a student at Howard University in the 1960s.

According to the Newport News Police Department, officers were called to the 600 block of Daniel Drive around 4 a.m. Sunday.

The reconstructed James River Fishing Pier will likely maintain a length close to its origial 3,000 feet, instead of being shortened to 1,250 feet, as previously planned.

The Southeast community of Newport News could get a new police precinct, if the city purchases a $7 million building it originally planned to lease.

A new collaboration between Virginia community colleges and Newport News Shipbuilding is being touted as a success after yielding 363 jobs for Hampton Roads residents.

A Newport News man was arrested after he allegedly let his dog maul a stray cat Saturday night.

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A large pile of coal sits in front of train cars carrying coal at Dominion Terminal Associates' coal terminal in Newport News, Va.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America's energy leftovers to other parts of the world - where they create even more pollution.

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. AND THEREAFTER - In this May 22, 2014, photo, the Kinder Morgan coal terminal is reflected in a pond at the adjacent Dominion Terminal Associates' coal terminal in Newport News, Va.

Chief Stephen Pincus with the Newport News Fire Department said that the house had a significant amount of belongings inside it which created a challenge for firefighters working to extinguish the flames.

Newport News, Va.- The Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire in the 400 block of Ashton Green Blvd. in the northern section of Denbigh.

A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research has used CDC data to estimate the relative happiness of every metropolitan area with more than one million people.

A new study has named Thomas Jefferson's home town the feelgood capital of the US, but residents say that just means liberal values and a sense of community To the residents of Charlottesville, it is a fitting coincidence that Thomas Jefferson, principal drafter of the Declaration of Independence that installed "Life, liberty and the pursuit of ... (more)

From a desktop computer at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News or from a laptop on the third floor of his home, Riverside psychiatrist Anthony Caterine can treat geriatric patients at nine far-flung locations.

Steve, Poquoson: Thanks for the James Garner editorial obituary. It was the only write-up of the many I've seen that came right out and said that Garner's Jim Rockford "was among the greatest of all TV characters."

Newport News, Va.- A car wash was held at Hoss's Deli Saturday afternoon to raise money for four year old, Cole Terrill's medical expenses.

Ferguson Center for the Arts has added seven new artists to its 2014-2015 season, including drummer Jae Sinnett and the Virginia Symphony, Gipsy Kings and the Baltimore Symphony.