Virginia

Colorado State University forecasts an above-average 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, with 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. NORFOLK, Va. — Colorado State University has just released its first forecast for the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season. For an average season, we normally see about 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, but CSU is calling for a slightly above-average season this year. With 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes, they predict hurricane season will likely have above normal activity as La Nina conditions...

The WMO retires the names Beryl, Helene, and Milton after their catastrophic impacts in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Three new names have replaced them. NORFOLK, Va. — The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently met to assess the impact of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and has officially retired three storm names: Beryl, Helene, and Milton. This decision follows the significant destruction and loss of life caused by these storms, making it inappropriate for their names to be reused in future seasons. Beryl set a new record as the earliest...

Tran owns three other restaurants with her family. Pho Thien Phat (6403 Rigsby Road), the original, and number two (9031 W. Broad St.), with a third in North Carolina (and there’s also a location, that she doesn’t consider a restaurant, located in Lotte Market’s food court where they sell pho and bahn mi). “Our family loves to eat and when [the first] restaurant was available for sale, we just took it and it became Pho Thien Phat number one,” said Tran. “We just jumped in. [The former owners] trained us...

The House Human Services Subcommittee unanimously advanced mental health legislation that seeks to expand programs and establish policies to ensure mental health evaluations are part of probation conditions. The bill (HB 1207) known as the “Tristan Murphy Act,” was presented by Eustis Republican Rep. Nan Cobb, who detailed the events that led Tristan Murphy, who suffered with mental illness, to take his own life. “Tristan had been struggling with mental illness,” Cobb said. “He had been in and out of jail for numerous things. The crowning blow, I think, for...

pOpshelf, located at 7101 Forest Hill Ave., in the Shops at Stratford Hills, is closing. A spokesperson confirmed the store will close in the coming weeks. The store concept is owned by Dollar General and focuses on home decor, seasonal items, party goods, and other affordable, mostly non-consumable products. Earlier this month, Dollar General announced plans to close 96 of its Dollar General stores and 45 pOpshelf locations during the first quarter of fiscal 2025, as reported by WCNC. There are plans to transform six pOpshelf stores into Dollar General...

CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Heavy winds from Monday night’s severe thunderstorms have taken down multiple trees in Caroline County. The National Weather Service (NWS) provides local storm reports on damage from severe weather. At 8:48 p.m. on Monday, one such local report was issued for Caroline. The report states that, per 911 callers, there are multiple trees down at the intersection of Lauraville and Newtown roads in Caroline as of 8:15 p.m. on Monday. As of the time of reporting, Caroline County is under a severe thunderstorm warning until...

Police are investigating after a woman in Virginia arrived home to find an injured man, who was later pronounced dead, inside her property, authorities have said. On Thursday, March 27 at 9:50 p.m. local time, dispatchers from the Fauquier County Emergency Communications Center received a call from a homeowner in the 13000 block of John Marshall Highway reporting that she "arrived at her residence and discovered an injured man inside her home," per a Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) news release shared on Facebook . The post confirmed the Criminal...

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Greyhound Lines Inc. has vacated its bus station on Arthur Ashe Boulevard, clearing the way for the property’s new owner to redevelop the site. Greyhound left the station at 2910 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. earlier this month, a spokesperson for the company confirmed. The property’s new owner, a Connecticut-based real estate firm called Twenty Lake Holdings, plans to build a mixed-use complex with almost 400 apartments and retail space on a site across the road from The Diamond. Twenty Lake has requested a permit for complete demolition of the property,...