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08/20/2018

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Teachers, businesses help write curriculum for transformed Hampton high school experience

Monday, Aug 20

Over the next three years, dozens of new classes will be added to the course offerings across Hampton’s four high schools.

Skiffes Creek power line project taking shape

The $390 million project to string a high voltage transmission line across Virginia's James River is well underway and on target to be up and running — and reducing any risk of major rolling blackouts — by the summer of 2019.

Newport News police chief unveils plan to up community engagement, other initiatives

Newport News police chief Steve Drew has started to put in place several plans to engage citizens, including establishing a Police Athletic League and bringing them into the department to participate in use of force reviews and promotion processes.

Gloucester schools' capital projects wish list includes HVAC upgrades, new bus loop

The Gloucester School Board is asking for $3.19 million to spend on capital improvement projects in fiscal year 2020.

Teen's complaints of illness went unheeded for days, staffer at mental health care center told medic

A 17-year-old girl had complained of feeling sick for nearly a week before collapsing at a Newport News mental health care center in late June, a center employee told a medic who responded to the scene that evening.

Bryce Perkins has high expectations as Virginia's quarterback

A chiseled 6-foot-3, 210-pound junior transfer from Arizona Western Community College, Bryce Perkins inherited the job from one of the best in program history.