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April 30, 2019

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Apprentice School wrestler makes history. She can weld, too.

Erin Aragon is the first female wrestler in the history of The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding. She's also pretty good, making the national finals last year. When she's not wrestling, she's welding.

Newport News airport to run its own 96-home trailer park, adding to its other endeavors

The Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport soon will take over the day-to-day operations of its on-site mobile home park. The move — which begins Wednesday — adds to the list of revenue streams that airport workers are now handling in house rather than farming out.

The booming business of wetlands just got a speedy new tool with help from ODU researchers

The key to building wetlands, unsurprisingly, is the water. A builder must know how much water flows in and out, the paths it takes and where it will go.

Vice President Pence to visit sailors in Hampton Roads

Vice President Mike Pence will visit sailors aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Tuesday, less than a week after his wife met with military spouses at Naval Station Norfolk.

Pharrell: Expect another Something in the Water in 2020

In a brief interview Sunday, Pharrell opened up about the debut festival, College Beach Weekend and whether there's more in store for next year.

150,000 people on the Peninsula nearly lost power — and never knew it

In new court filings, Dominion reveals that an automated system came close to shutting off power as demand rose one day in 2018. The utility says that could happen again if its controversial James River power line is shut down.