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Northam calls for Jefferson Davis arch on Fort Monroe to come down

Gov. Ralph Northam has called for the removal of the Jefferson Davis Memorial arch on Fort Monroe and has asked the authority’s board of trustees to initiate the process to take it down.

Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors rejects new juvenile jail near Windsor

The Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors on Thursday turned down a new juvenile jail near Windsor, in a surprise vote following months of outcry from residents opposed to the project. The vote was 3-2 to reject the deal.

Newport News to receive redevelopment funds for Marshall Courts

Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority will receive $4 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to support renovations in the Marshall Courts neighborhood.

Two years after deadly collision, Fitzgerald leaves dry dock at Huntington Ingalls Gulf Coast yard

The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, heavy damaged in a collision at sea that killed seven sailors, including two with strong Virginia ties, has taken a big step toward returning to the fleet. It recently left dry dock at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss.

Insurer errors mean triple-digit long term care price hikes

Virginians face another round of steep price increases if they want to maintain their long term care insurance — in some cases, triple digit percentage ones.

Fewer people died in crashes in 2018. But, as a high school simulation stressed, more died in wrecks involving alcohol, teen drivers.

For the first time since 2014, the number of people killed in crashes went down last year. But, fatalities in certain kinds of crashes, particularly ones involving teen drivers and alcohol, went up.