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The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company In-The-Ruins | PHOTOS
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (136+ words) The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company In-The-Ruins production of “The Tale of Cymbeline” Sunday, at Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, in Historic Ellicott City. “Forbidden love, mistaken identities, banishment, and a… Analysis: Wes Moore’s Bronze Star was a political rescue mission Health…...
Chesapeake Utilities Responds to Exposed Gas Lines in Snow Hill
4+ day, 29+ min ago (235+ words) SNOW HILL, Md. – Chesapeake Utilities is currently working to repair gas lines exposed to water infiltration on the westside of Snow Hill. The company says they first became aware of the leak on Tuesday, Jul. 7, when service was interrupted for some…...
Extreme drought area expands in Virginia for the first time in weeks
1+ day, 17+ min ago (365+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Despite some rainfall, Virginia's drought continues. After a brief period of modest improvement, the extreme drought area is expanding for the first time in weeks. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor, released Thursday and based on conditions through Tuesday…...
Virginia's massive data center plan near Civil War battlefield collapses after final appeal dropped
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (331+ words) A years-long fight over one of the most ambitious data center projects in the country has come to an end in Virginia. The data center developer QTS officially ended its plans to build a section of the planned 2,100-acre data…...
Chesapeake VFD breaks ground on new Winifrede substation
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (46+ words) A Kanawha County fire station is getting a new lease on life after its substation was destroyed by severe weather three years ago. A Kanawha County fire station is getting a new lease on life after its substation was destroyed…...
Groundbreaking held for new Chesapeake VFD substation in Kanawha County
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (584+ words) WINIFREDE, W.Va. — Nearly three years after a devastating flash flood in eastern Kanawha County wiped out a firefighting substation, a positive stride forward has been made. Gov. Patrick Morrisey, firefighters, as well as local, state, and federal officials gathered Thursday…...
Virginia's first alpine coaster Mountain Mayhem opens at Massanutten Resort
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (178+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's first alpine coaster is now open at Massanutten Resort in the Shenandoah Valley. Mountain Mayhem stretches 3,380 feet and features 2,156 feet of downhill track, with riders reaching speeds up to 25 mph. The coaster is open to resort guests…...
Virginia rises to No. 3, up one spot from 2025, in CNBC's Top States for Business rankings
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (281+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — A year after receiving its lowest ranking since 2018 on CNBC's America's Top States for Business rankings, Virginia is back in the top three, ranked in the No. 3 spot. Ohio and North Carolina hold the two spots ahead of…...
How Virginia's plans for biggest data center in the world fell apart
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (1001+ words) Jul 09, 2026 at 06:45 AM EDT Virginia has become synonymous with data centers. Home to the world's largest concentration of facilities, the state has spent years attracting billions of dollars in investment from technology companies seeking to power cloud computing, artificial intelligence,…...
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Taps Susanne Bell as President
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (324+ words) In her new leadership role at VECF, Bell will be responsible for building a strategic and sustained focus on the healthy development and school readiness of the Commonwealth’s youngest learners, supporting opportunities for all families with young children to thrive....