Thousands took public transit on record-breaking Norfolk Tides opening weekend
NORFOLK, Va. — Thousands of people took to public transportation for the Norfolk Tides' home opener on the weekend of March 28.
Limited parking due to ongoing construction on the future Norfolk casino meant people walked, rode the ferry, or took the light rail. According to the Norfolk Tides, 22,000 attended the opening weekend games. Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) leaders say many of them used public transportation to get to and from the game.
"From our perspective, that first weekend went well as people get used to the new way of things," HRT communications manager Thomas Becher told 13News Now.
With significant parking changes due to ongoing construction at the future Norfolk casino site, the City of Norfolk, Hampton Roads Transit, and the Norfolk Tides teamed up to offer free parking and transportation all season long. More information on free and paid parking options is available here.
According to HRT's count, nearly 7,418 people took the Tide light rail on opening night. 2,36
Portsmouth, VA - I.C. Norcom Relay runner intentionally struck in the head with the baton by a competitor during VSHL Class 3 State Indoor Championships at Liberty University
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Relay runner intentionally struck in the head with the baton by a competitor during VSHL Class 3 State Indoor Championships (Virginia)
Wisconsin hops supplier claims Armed Forces Brewing Company owes him almost $3K
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Wisconsin hops supplier claims Armed Forces Brewing Company owes him almost $3K Armed Forces Brewing Company faces more allegations of unpaid debts as they shut down their Norfolk location. They have not answered several requests for comment.
Author: Brianna Fallon Published: 11:52 PM EDT March 10, 2025 Updated: 11:52 PM EDT March 10, 2025
NORFOLK, Va. — Another person is coming forward claiming Armed Forces Brewing Company owes them money.
The CEO announced last week that they're closing the Norfolk location because profits were affected by a "local woke mob."
But according to online SEC records, the company was operating in the red before even arriving to Norfolk.
On Friday, 13News Now spoke with a local vendor who said he was missing several payments for promos he made for the brewery.
But a supplier for a business based in Wisconsin has also come forward, saying that he's missing payments from the brewing company after shipping more than 200 pounds of hops for their
Virginia commissions approve $155 million Manassas rail line agreement
Owners of the commuter rail system Virginia Railway Express on Thursday signed off on a five-year, $155 million agreement to purchase the Manassas Line, allowing the system to enhance service reliability and provide control over stations and schedules between Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia.
The Manassas Line originates at Union Station in Washington, D.C., and goes to Broad Run in Prince William County.
The move will give the rail system ownership of Seminary Yard in Alexandria, allowing the system to enhance the existing freight rail yard and construct a midday storage facility. The ownership rights will also give VRE the Broad Run Corridor from Alexandria to Broad Run, the permanent easement to five station platforms and the permanent commuter rail operating easement along the Manassas Line.
On Thursday night, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Potomac and Rappahannock River Transportation Commission, co-partners of VRE, officially voted at separate me
Measles case reported at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Department of Health was notified of a confirmed case of measles at Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday.
The confirmed case involved an individual returning from an international trip. Health officials are coordinating efforts to identify those who might have been exposed.
According to the VDH, the exposure happened in Terminal A on the transportation to the main terminal and in the baggage claim area between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Measles is described by the VDH as a highly contagious illness that can spread easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. Measles symptoms usually appear in two stages. In the first stage, people experience a fever greater than 101 degrees, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a cough. These symptoms typically start seven to 14 days after being exposed.
The second stage starts three to five days after symptoms start when a rash begins to appear on the face and spread to the rest
Armed Forces Brewing Company says it will leave Norfolk due to fallout from the 'local woke mob'
NORFOLK, Va. — A controversial local brewery announced it is planning to relocate.
Armed Forces Brewing Company (AFBC) opened in Norfolk in 2024.
In a statement, the brewery told us it is closing its Norfolk location and "we had chosen Norfolk because of the large military and veteran community ... unfortunately our ability to profitably operate in Norfolk was severely impacted by a local woke mob."
The location used to house O'Connor Brewing before it closed in 2023. AFBC announced it would take over the space and have it be home to their headquarters and inaugural brewing facility.
However, multiple local civic leagues came out against the brewery's request for a conditional use permit due to AFBC shareholder and veteran Robert O’Neill sharing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric online, including calling members of the LGBTQ community "pedophiles."
Despite the opposition, Norfolk City Council ultimately approved the permits, allowing AFBC to operate.
In its statement announcing its relocation,
US citizen detained by ICE questions his vote for Trump – Manassas, VA man says he was pulled over on his way to work by agents looking for another man
A naturalized Hispanic man says he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking for another person on a deportation order, and now the man is questioning his vote for President Donald Trump. Jensy Machado said he is a U.S. citizen and provided News4 documentation of hi...
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A naturalized Hispanic man says he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking for another person on a deportation order, and now the man is questioning his vote for President Donald Trump.
Jensy Machado said he is a U.S. citizen and provided News4 documentation of his legal status.
Machado said he was driving to work Wednesday with two other men when he was stopped by ICE agents on Lomond Drive in Manassas, a short distance from his home. He said he was confused by what was happening, why agents surrounded the pickup truck.
“And they just got out of the car with the guns in their hands and say, turn off the car, give me the keys, open the window, you know,” Machado told Telemundo 44’s Rosbelis Quinoñez, who first reported his story. “Everything was really fast.”
He said the agents said the name of a man
US citizen detained by ICE questions his vote for Trump – Manassas, VA man says he was pulled over on his way to work by agents looking for another man
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A naturalized Hispanic man says he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking for another person on a deportation order, and now the man is questioning his vote for President Donald Trump.
Jensy Machado said he is a U.S. citizen and provided News4 documentation of his legal status.
Machado said he was driving to work Wednesday with two other men when he was stopped by ICE agents on Lomond Drive in Manassas, a short distance from his home. He said he was confused by what was happening, why agents surrounded the pickup truck.
“And they just got out of the car with the guns in their hands and say, turn off the car, give me the keys, open the window, you know,” Machado told Telemundo 44’s Rosbelis Quinoñez, who first reported his story. “Everything was really fast.”
He said the agents said the name of a man they were seeking for a deportation order, someone who had given Machado’s
US citizen detained by ICE questions his vote for Trump – Manassas man says he was pulled over on his way to work by agents looking for another man
A naturalized Hispanic man says he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking for another person on a deportation order, and now the man is questioning his vote for President Donald Trump. Jensy Machado said he is a U.S. citizen and provided News4 documentation of hi...
A naturalized Hispanic man says he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking for another person on a deportation order, and now the man is questioning his vote for President Donald Trump.
Jensy Machado said he is a U.S. citizen and provided News4 documentation of his legal status.
Machado said he was driving to work Wednesday with two other men when he was stopped by ICE agents on Lomond Drive in Manassas, a short distance from his home. He said he was confused by what was happening, why agents surrounded the pickup truck.
“And they just got out of the car with the guns in their hands and say, turn off the car, give me the keys, open the window, you know,” Machado told Telemundo 44’s Rosbelis Quinoñez, who first reported his story. “Everything was really fast.”
He said the agents said the name of a man they were seeking for a deportation order, someone who had given Machado’s home address. Machado told them that wasn’t his name — he didn’t know an
Army veteran fired from Hampton VA during DOGE cuts: 'I was blindsided'
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"It broke my heart," retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria Hunt said. "It made me feel like nothing, like I didn't matter, like I was just a number." Author: Hannah Eason Amado Published: 11:25 AM EST March 5, 2025 Updated: 12:15 PM EST March 5, 2025
HAMPTON, Va. — When a storm blanketed Hampton Roads with a foot of snow last month, retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria "Alex" Hunt says she stayed a little later during her shift at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
She ensured hospice patients had extra diapers, oxygen tanks were squared away and departments were properly stocked with batteries. She says she volunteered to work extra hours simply because they were short staffed.
But on Feb. 25, she was notified that she was terminated from her position based on her work performance.
"I broke down right then and there," said Hunt, who was a supply technician. "I was blindsided."
Hunt wa
Army veteran fired from Hampton VA during DOGE cuts: 'I was blindsided'
"It broke my heart," retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria Hunt said. "It made me feel like nothing, like I didn't matter, like I was just a number." Author: Hannah Eason Amado Published: 11:25 AM EST March 5, 2025 Updated: 12:15 PM EST March 5, 2025
HAMPTON, Va. — When a storm blanketed Hampton Roads with a foot of snow last month, retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria "Alex" Hunt says she stayed a little later during her shift at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
She ensured hospice patients had extra diapers, oxygen tanks were squared away and departments were properly stocked with batteries. She says she volunteered to work extra hours simply because they were short staffed.
But on Feb. 25, she was notified that she was terminated from her position based on her work performance.
"I broke down right then and there," said Hunt, who was a supply technician. "I was blindsided."
Hunt was fired as part of the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce. So fa
Mariners’ Museum drains conservation tank housing USS Monitor gun turret
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The tank housing the historic USS Monitor's gun turret was drained for the first time in years while undergoing conservation efforts at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, and will be on display for the public to see next month.
The Mariners’ Conservation Team said the turret is normally submerged in 90,000 gallons of an alkaline solution that must be periodically changed; it's a multi-step process that results in the addition of 7,500 pounds of sodium hydroxide to the tank.
The turret tank is currently empty of solution and is being inspected to evaluate the treatment process. The Mariners’ Conservation Team said the draining also allows them the potential to eventually flip the turret that has been upside down since its discovery.
The 115-ton revolving gun turret spent nearly 140 years on the ocean floor after the Civil War ironclad warship sank during a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1862. It was the first of its kind to be used in comba
The minimum wage increase bill heads to Governor Youngkin's desk.
The current minimum wage in Virginia is $12.41.
Norfolk - NPD: 2 dead following shooting at ODU’s campus
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Two people are dead after being shot in a parking lot on West 49th Street in the area of Broderick Dining Commons on the Old Dominion University campus Wednesday night, Norfolk and ODU police said.
ODU Police said that, at around 9:50 p.m., two people, later identified as 18-year-old Delanio M. Vick and 20-year-old Timothy G. Williams, suffered injuries from a shooting that took place in parking lot 3 in the 1400 block of W. 49th St. ODU and Norfolk police said neither person is a student nor affiliated with the university. The two who were injured were taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where they later succumbed to their injuries.
A campus lockdown has been lifted after both ODU and Norfolk police said there was no further threat to the campus community. An ODU Urgent Alert issued earlier in the evening stated there was a suspect at large, ODU Police said. There was no word early Thursday morning on whether a suspect is in custody.
Norfolk Police sai
Youngkin issues executive order requiring law enforcement to assist in immigration enforcement efforts
Virginia governor announces federal worker program; Dems want more – NBC4 Washington
In Fairfax County Monday morning, Virginia’s governor announced a new program to help fired federal workers find new jobs. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin expressed support for the Trump administration’s dismantling of federal agencies. “We need to press forward and drive efficiencies in our federal ...
What if a Category 3 hurricane hit Hampton Roads? New study says damage could cost $15B.
Va. budget could erase $56M in payments over failed VCU Health project
City of Richmond previously proposed mediation to resolve the issue
The General Assembly passed a state budget deal that would cancel $56 million in payments the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System agreed to give the city of Richmond for a failed development project.
In 2021, VCU Health sought to develop a $325 million project at the city-owned Public Safety Building, located at 500 N. 10th St. But the project — which would have housed office space, retail and parking — was stopped before construction started.
As a part of the deal, VCU Health agreed to pay the city about $2.5 million annually through 2045. By June 2024, about $2 million had been paid to the city.
State budget language approved in 2024 directed the health system to stop making the payments, leading former city leaders to seek mediation over the deal. In a letter to VCU Health, former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said the city would consider litigation.
“This issue has been outstanding for a while, and we
Newport News - Nansemond Indian Nation prepares to open second clinic with more in the works
Fishing Point Healthcare provides tribal members and non-natives with primary care, physical therapy, dental and pharmacy services.
