The annual air show at Naval Air Station Oceana will go on after all, but without the typical crowds on base.

A crew removed parts of the Confederate monument in downtown Portsmouth on Wednesday, marking the beginning of the end of years of intense controversy over a symbol at the heart of this majority Black Southern city.

The Virginia Department of Health reported 1,005 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, bringing the state’s tally to nearly 115,000.

Key coronavirus health metrics have improved so much — and so quickly — the past month in Hampton Roads that Virginia Beach could see most grades return for in-person instruction as early as September 22.

Virginia’s unemployment rate improved slightly in July.