Fort Lee News

Vernon and Opal Davis sat comfortably on Thursday afternoon in the living room of their charming mountain-surrounded home of more than half a century.

Virginia has many military bases with many military families. The greater Richmond area is home to the Army's Fort Lee and several other military home-fronts. As word of more deployments make the news locally , the question of how to support a parent whose spouse has just left for a lengthy military deployment often comes to the forefront.

This family photo shows George Stratton III, 18, of Post Falls, in his Army uniform.

Virginia statements on the shootings at Fort Hood: "I am truly saddened to hear of the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, home to thousands of our nation's active-duty military and their families.

An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood, Texas, Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

Nov. 4--The Tri-Cities area's hospitality industry is receiving significant support in their campaign against an Army plan to build a 1,000-room hotel at Fort Lee.

LONG BEACH, Calif.- Boeing [ NYSE: BA ] transported a 170-foot-long C-17 Globemaster III fuselage by tractor-trailer from its facility in Long Beach to Seal Beach, Calif., and then by ship to Fort Lee, Va.

Erik Dexter began noticing changes in his battle buddy's behavior almost immediately.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Oct. 14 to celebrate the completion and opening of a 75,000-square-foot dining facility.

The 17th Annual Midlothian Day Parade is Saturday, October 17, stepping off at 9am from Capitol Ale and heading East on Midlothian.

Hundreds of soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines from Virginia are serving in Afghanistan, and many more have been boots on the ground there.

Oct. 16--PETERSBURG -- A business group created in response to a plan to build a 1,000-room military hotel at Fort Lee has asked the Army to go back to square one on the project and do more research on its potential economic effects before going forward.

Runners start just after 8 a.m. Sunday, beginning the Army Ten-Miler just west of the Pentagon.

Oct. 6--FORT LEE -- The 24 soldiers in the Army Best Warrior Competition came from each of the major commands and across the world to compete -- but one didn't have to travel far at all.

An NCO academy leader in Germany and an intelligence specialist from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., earned top honors this past week at the Army's 2009 Best Warrior Competition.

As the sustainment community continues to grow at Fort Lee, history was made Sept.

United Way of Hopewell-Prince George kicked off its 2009 Campaign at a luncheon held at Jordan Point Golf Club Sept.

We have an update on the proposed hotel at Fort Lee. Tuesday, dozens of area business leaders met with Congressman Randy Forbes to express their concerns about how the new hotel will hurt not help the community.

Sep. 27--Business owners who have invested millions of dollars in the past couple of years to build more hotels in the Tri-Cities were among the most interested attendees when the Army held a public forum at Union Station in Petersburg on Aug.

Sep. 28--If not for an ongoing program to transfer the operation of Army Lodging facilities to private operators, a planned 1,000-room hotel at Fort Lee might already be up and running today -- and the public could have known about it from Day One.