Life & Culture

According to a statement from Carnival, the man’s travel companion had reported him missing late yesterday afternoon aboard Carnival Magic.

Around 700 people were in attendance at the first Memorial Day Parade hosted by the Larchmont Edgewater Civic League in Norfolk.

The Larchmont Edgewater Civic League hosted their inaugural Memorial Day parade in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 29, 2023.

A flicker, Canada goose, greater yellowlegs and a falcon were spotted in Hampton Roads.

"Most of you reading this were not affected by the tornado because it’s in just one area of Virginia Beach. It’s just one small targeted area, which happens to be my whole world."

The Huette Center was very active in the 80s and 90s, with classes and lectures on horticulture, herb sales and more. Now, a Ghent couple is looking to restore this community hub and, with enough elbow grease, put it on a path to long-term sustainability.

In April, a trip to Spain offered beautiful landscapes and olive trees to a Virginia Beach reader and his daughter.

A reader's crape myrtle shows how trees fight to survive, even when cut down. Horticulture columnist Ken Spencer offers advice.

Explore Lone Star Lakes Park by kayak on Saturday, June 3 and June 24 at 10 a.m.

Thousands of people enjoy thrilling vacation pastimes like white-water rafting, mountaineering, surfing, and scuba diving; and most of them make it home with a story and some great photographs. Unfortunately, however, some daring tourists lose their lives in tragic accidents at popular tourist attractions.

Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in the age-old summer question of whether it’s safe to go in the water. Scientists and researchers who study sharks said the overwhelming answer to that question is yes, it is safe.

The new remote and hybrid work scenarios many workers find themselves in after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a shift in how people travel for the holidays. With many professionals now able to work from anywhere, few need to take time off simply because they won't be in the same geographic area as their offices.

Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people. There are sharp differences over recognizing same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ clergy.

When people think of the Outer Banks, warm sunshine, cool ocean waves and soft sand come to mind. But there is so much more to the story than a thin strip of beach along the Atlantic Ocean.

A bald eagle, ospreys, a spotted sandpiper and geese goslings were spotted in Hampton Roads.

The Ocracoke passenger-only ferry returns Tuesday to shuttle people, but not their cars, between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands on the Outer Banks.

Two birders in Raleigh, alarmed at the famous 3 Billion Birds report — which documented the plummeting bird population in the U.S. and Canada — set out to help. What was needed, they said, was a book on what might be done to reverse the losses before more species became extinct or the continent’s entire bird population crashed beyond recovery.

Public works director Earl Sorey told the City Council that he expects to get the plan submission for the repairs early next week, and his expectations are currently at about 30 days to make the full repair.

Unique to the ship will be higher-end specialty restaurant “Il Viaggio,” which translates to “travel,” featuring cuisine from several regions of Italy.

Against the backdrop of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, hundreds turned out Tuesday morning to cheer six rehabilitated sea turtles as they returned to their ocean homes. It was the Outer Banks first public turtle release since the coronavirus pandemic.

Six rehabilitated sea turtles were released back into the ocean on May 16, 2023 in Buxton, North Carolina. The sea turtles recovered at the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation Center at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island.

Changes the city made to improve security at the Cedar Grove Parking Lot, where departing cruise passengers can park their vehicles, include new fencing, improved lighting, perimeter security cameras and 24/7 patrols from sheriff's deputies.

We live in an incredibly technologically advanced time. Everything you can think of is a quick Google search away. While most of our technology has been developed since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries, many products we use today have a much longer history.

A decomposed whale washed up in Kitty Hawk on Monday, the third whale death on the Outer Banks in the past five months.

Bald eagles, a female osprey, great blue herons and great egrets were spotted in Hampton Roads.

Just in time for the summer dining season, the U.S. government has given its blessing to restaurants that want to allow pet dogs in their outdoor spaces.

On May 19-21, you can watch these trucks on a race and stunt course from the bleachers of the Boardwalk. They will battle for individual race honors as well as “King of the Beach.”