Outdoors & recreation

Todd Elder, 38, caught a 17.4-pound Atlantic Sheepshead on May 10, a new International Underwater Spearfishing Association record.

Travis Wall, Hunter Waltrip, Timmy Waltrip, Jacob Derrick and Ayden Millette also can savor trips to Dale Lemonds Victory Lane.

Now a CARS Tour driver, Hall registers two 50-lap triumphs. Also, a driver who crosses the line as the runner-up, just seven-thousandths of a second behind, is dropped to last place.

Through the first 11 races this season, NASCAR has handed down massive penalties, some of which have been overturned by appeal panels. Team owners are in a stalemate with NASCAR leadership over a new revenue model and drivers have been unhappy with the second-year Next Gen car’s performance at certain tracks.

A new white marlin ‘Winner Take All’ entry category has been added, worth $50,000, to the Ocean City, Maryland, event scheduled for Aug. 7-11.

With 93,000 fish tagged in 18 years, Yorktown's Ed Shepherd is the most prolific tagger in the history of the Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program. Shepherd tagged 3,500 this past year.

Three basketball courts in Lake Edward Park, near the site of the future Virginia African American Cultural Center, will be overhauled this year. A yet-to-be-announced local artist will create a design and paint the courts’ surfaces and the backboards.

In the early days of the East Coast Surfing Championships, originally called the Virginia Beach Surf Carnival, Smith was the emcee. He stood on a lifeguard stand with a microphone in his hand and a clipboard.

Jacob Carr wins Super Truck 25 after a six-vehicle wreck that sent Dale Nichols' truck flipping onto its roof. Connor Hall wins both Late Model Division 50-lap races.

Langley Speedway's 2023 Opening Night in Hampton, Virginia, featured two Late Model victories by Connor Hall and a wild Super Truck race.

The early starts will continue until May, when the weather should be warmer. The Late Model Division figures to be extremely competitive. Also, former NASCAR Cup champion Bobby Labonte has committed to compete at Langley on an August night, and the schedule is packed with various events.

The 165-foot tall Bodie Island Light Station south of Nags Head will be open for climbing from April 26 to Oct. 9.

From April 14 until April 16, bicyclists of all ages and abilities can participate in a “Tour of Newport News” — a multi-race event. Participants can register for all four races or sign up for individual events.

The Chesapeake Health Department on Saturday lifted the health advisory put in place March 11 after 2.5 million gallons of wastewater were released into a branch of the Elizabeth River.

The participants had to travail sand dunes, trenches and other obstacles along with off-and-on rain over a 1-mile course.

Racers competed in the Red Bull Quicksand competition in Virginia Beach, Virginia on March 25, 2023. The race was a 1-mile endurance race on the sand that includes sand mounds and trenches with a knockout format.

Runners will put their endurance to the test with this mile-long race on the shores of Virginia Beach rigged with giant sand mounds and more.

Ocean Lakes High graduate Maddie King captures the women's marathon championship as thousands of runners compete in Virginia Beach. Langston Gash of Middle River, Maryland, takes the men's marathon medal.

2023 Shamrock Marathon and Half Marathon at the Virginia Beach oceanfront Sunday morning, March 19.

The plan to handle the wastewater leak at the Great Bridge Lock is to just let it naturally dissipate, and until then the public is advised to avoid the water.

More than 22,000 people will participate across five events over the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon weekend, and more than 60,000 people are expected to descend on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

Local BMX riders have been working with the city to find a park after having to abandon "Mount Thrashmore" since it was shut down in 2021.

The resort confirmed that all "Mission: Affordable" season passes will be valid this weekend.

Largemouth bass are native to — and abundant in — southeastern Virginia waters, but they are generally green-shaded.

Abby was diagnosed with leukemia at age 4 and beat cancer twice after enduring years of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. Her 11-year battle included many years at the hospital and long term chronic pain.