VIRGINIA BEACH — Virginia Beach’s comprehensive plan contains hundreds of pages of technical jargon, visionary ideals and pretty pictures from the past and present. It’s meant to provide planners and ...

RICHMOND — The Virginia Press Association today recognized The Independent News with six awards for reporting, photography and column writing from this past year, the Virginia Beach community ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Keegan Chetwynd, director and chief executive officer of the Military Aviation Museum in southern Virginia Beach, recently earned national recognition for his dedication to the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Before another brush fire can break out, Indian River Plantation and West Neck Village neighborhood associations may look into having the former golf course in the middle of their ...

COURTHOUSE — People showed up in droves on Tuesday, Oct. 17, for a long last round in a fight some figured they wouldn’t win. They packed City Hall all the same. For the first time at the new building ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — A Peninsula developer will soon begin seeking permission from the city of Virginia Beach to transform the failed Signature at West Neck golf course into a pastoral landscape upon ...

The Lynnhaven oyster is available in local restaurants, markets and direct to consumers thanks to oystermen such as John Nagle of Great Neck Oysters. Here, one of the oysters raised and harvested by ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Sixty years ago, Princess Anne County merged with the city of Virginia Beach. The consolidation of the primarily agricultural county with the much smaller resort city was not without ...

What are your specific qualifications for this office? I am a Hampton Roads native, married with four children, and operate a small business. The #1 qualification should be someone that has a track ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — If your favorite band can go on the road and perform a set of their greatest hits, then why can’t a comedian? That’s the premise behind Eddie Izzard’s latest tour, “Remix,” wherein ...

Ed. — The following are responses to questions posed by The Independent News to candidates in the special election for the District 4 seat on Virginia Beach School Board. Answers to our questions in ...

Ed. — From the Sunday, July 9, print edition. An archival photograph of the Virginia Beach Civic Center, better known as The Dome. [City of Virginia Beach] BY JIM ROBERTS VIRGINIA BEACH — Paul Unger ...