Want to improve the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem? Eat an oyster — then recycle its shell. It might end up in a foster oyster colony at The Docks at Downtown Hampton, a public pier where volunteers and Chesapeake Bay Foundation staff counted about 2,000 oysters.

The Chesapeake Bay blue crab population has shown some signs of improvement after last year’s historic lows, but there’s still cause for concern, according to the 2023 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey published Thursday.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg's newest roller coaster, the DarKoaster, opens Friday, May 19, bringing the park's coaster count to 10. The first all-indoor "straddle coaster" offers a 2,454-foot, two-minute-long ride and has a 36 mph max speed, making it more accessible for families than many of the park's "extreme thrill" coasters.

Christopher Newport University has announced the members of its campus community that will serve on a committee to reform how it handles sexual misconduct complaints after three women came forward to say the university mishandled their sexual assault complaint investigations.

Crystal Lugo spent 10 years developing her patented product, the GloveScaler, an efficient way to remove fish scales in one motion while protecting from fish handler’s disease, a dangerous bacterial infection.

Sights, sounds and scenes from the second day of the three-day Something in the Water festival at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

One free set of super-VIP passes for Something in the Water and three free sets of GA passes went to contestants in an Instagram contest hosted by YELLOW, a Hampton Roads education nonprofit founded by Pharrell Williams.

Christopher Newport University will form a Title IX review committee in the wake of students’ recent allegations published in The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press.

Several students and alumni who went through CNU Title IX investigations say they expected better from a school that presents itself as a leader in sexual violence awareness.