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Business Notes: New coffee shop opens in Norge, Chickahominy House up for sale trib.al/LhUrNfi
Business Notes: New coffee shop opens in Norge, Chickahominy House up for sale
New coffee shop and more business news from the Historic Triangle.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Business Notes: New coffee shop opens in Norge, Chickahominy House up for sale trib.al/LhUrNfi
Residents have gone weeks without heat in a Norfolk public housing complex trib.al/ZulRa7V
Residents have gone weeks without heat in a Norfolk public housing complex
The authority’s response to residents’ heating concerns has generated criticism from commissioners and city leaders.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Residents have gone weeks without heat in a Norfolk public housing complex trib.al/ZulRa7V
30-foot menorah lighting, ‘Hanukkah Wonderland’ at Mount Trashmore Sunday trib.al/d5Z5yIb
30-foot menorah lighting, ‘Hanukkah Wonderland’ at Mount Trashmore Sunday
The lighting of the 30-foot tall menorah will happen 4:30 p.m. Sunday at 310 Edwin Drive, in the parking lot between the mountain and YMCA.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
30-foot menorah lighting, ‘Hanukkah Wonderland’ at Mount Trashmore Sunday trib.al/d5Z5yIb
Creating a Hallmark experience: Williamsburg nonprofit works to promote a vibrant city trib.al/iRUE8mE
Creating a Hallmark experience: Williamsburg nonprofit works to promote a vibrant city
Williamsburg Downtown works to highlight the city with events and bring residents together with events such as Cookies With Santa and Tea With Mrs. Claus.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Creating a Hallmark experience: Williamsburg nonprofit works to promote a vibrant city trib.al/iRUE8mE
High school scoreboard: No. 1 Landstown halts No. 10 Princess Anne in boys basketball trib.al/m7Led87
High school scoreboard: No. 1 Landstown halts No. 10 Princess Anne in boys basketball
First Colonial earned victories over Cox in both boys and girls swimming and diving.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
High school scoreboard: No. 1 Landstown halts No. 10 Princess Anne in boys basketball trib.al/m7Led87
Many area volleyball players are Class 5 all-state trib.al/AxQl4Yo
Many area volleyball players are Class 5 all-state
Two players apiece from Kempsville and Kellam make the first team, and many other players also gain their share of awards.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Many area volleyball players are Class 5 all-state trib.al/AxQl4Yo
Navy investigation finds Osprey safety issues were allowed to grow for years trib.al/KGVo7Pb
Navy investigation finds Osprey safety issues were allowed to grow for years
Osprey accidents have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Navy investigation finds Osprey safety issues were allowed to grow for years trib.al/KGVo7Pb
Instacart is charging different prices to different customers in a dangerous AI experiment, report says trib.al/XACSHiq
Instacart is charging different prices to different customers in a dangerous AI experiment, report says
Instacart likely began experimenting with prices in 2022, when the platform acquired AI company Eversight.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Instacart is charging different prices to different customers in a dangerous AI experiment, report says trib.al/XACSHiq
Column: Fueled by federalism, economically freest states come out on top trib.al/Q73W64c
Column: Fueled by federalism, economically freest states come out on top
States among the freest 25% on average saw their populations grow nearly 18 times faster than those in the bottom 25%, the Centre for Human Freedom’s Matthew D. Mitchell writes.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Column: Fueled by federalism, economically freest states come out on top trib.al/Q73W64c
Column: One retracted study doesn’t cancel climate science trib.al/EkRH4ad
Column: One retracted study doesn’t cancel climate science
The critical takeaway is that all the literature points in the same direction, even if it disagrees on the particulars, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Mark Gongloff writes.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Column: One retracted study doesn’t cancel climate science trib.al/EkRH4ad
Man accused of killing Gloucester-area program director was angry about probation violation, court docs say trib.al/n3yckez
Man accused of killing Gloucester-area program director was angry about probation violation, court docs say
The man accused of gunning down the director of an alcohol safety program in his office Thursday was a client who had been issued a probation violation a day earlier, authorities allege.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Man accused of killing Gloucester-area program director was angry about probation violation, court docs say trib.al/n3yckez
Williamsburg leaders approve second phase for new downtown library trib.al/C7FJkQ5
Williamsburg leaders approve second phase for new downtown library
The second phase of the library project will provide design work, construction drawings and construction price for a new 50,000-square-foot building.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Williamsburg leaders approve second phase for new downtown library trib.al/C7FJkQ5
Critically wounded National Guard member being moved to in-patient rehabilitation trib.al/xm2E9Gv
Critically wounded National Guard member being moved to in-patient rehabilitation
Dr. Jeffrey Mai says Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe has “made extraordinary progress.”
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December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Critically wounded National Guard member being moved to in-patient rehabilitation trib.al/xm2E9Gv
George Washington’s mansion at Mount Vernon reopens after 2-year, $40M renovation trib.al/SIAoE5I
George Washington’s mansion at Mount Vernon reopens after 2-year, $40M renovation
While the work won’t be fully completed until October 2026, visitors will finally get a chance to see rooms in the mansion that have been closed off on a rotating schedule.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
George Washington’s mansion at Mount Vernon reopens after 2-year, $40M renovation trib.al/SIAoE5I
Old Dominion football coach Ricky Rahne gains 4-year contract extension trib.al/QkbvpXP
Old Dominion football coach Ricky Rahne gains 4-year contract extension
The coach landed an extension after a 9-3 regular season, ODU’s best in 10 years, and with a Cure Bowl appearance coming next week.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Old Dominion football coach Ricky Rahne gains 4-year contract extension trib.al/QkbvpXP
Tractor-trailer crash on I-664 in Newport News shuts down northbound lanes near Monitor-Merrimac trib.al/1DNqIFw
Fatal crash involving tractor-trailer on I-664 shuts down northbound lanes near Monitor-Merrimac
A multi-vehicle crash in Newport News near the Roanoke Avenue exit shut down all northbound lanes Friday afternoon, according to state police and VDOT.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Tractor-trailer crash on I-664 in Newport News shuts down northbound lanes near Monitor-Merrimac trib.al/1DNqIFw
Watch: Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane’s tail in Australia trib.al/WAwq4b4
Watch: Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane’s tail in Australia
The skydiver used a hook knife to cut himself free, sustaining minor leg injuries.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Watch: Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane’s tail in Australia trib.al/WAwq4b4
Public menorah will light up Merchants Square in Colonial Williamsburg on Sunday trib.al/jsbUxIn
Public menorah will light up Merchants Square in Colonial Williamsburg on Sunday
Sunday’s menorah lighting in Merchants Square will be followed by a celebration that includes music, activities, hot drinks and Hanukkah treats.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Public menorah will light up Merchants Square in Colonial Williamsburg on Sunday trib.al/jsbUxIn
At forum, officials bemoan rising costs and float possible solutions trib.al/rfkKkVL
Hampton Roads policymakers discuss housing affordability, energy and health care
Freedom Virginia, an advocacy organization, held the first of several forums it is hosting across the state to address affordability.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
At forum, officials bemoan rising costs and float possible solutions trib.al/rfkKkVL
Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say trib.al/dQ49ICT
Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
Supporters said she was “violently detained earlier today by security and police forces.”
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December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say trib.al/dQ49ICT
Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies trib.al/UaI9LZJ
Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies
It comes despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies trib.al/UaI9LZJ
Most schools meeting new state expectations, Virginia education department reports trib.al/NE2FQFv
Most schools meeting new state expectations, Virginia education department reports
More than half of Virginia’s schools are exceeding or meeting the state’s academic expectations and made gains in achievement, graduation rates, growth and readiness, data shows.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Most schools meeting new state expectations, Virginia education department reports trib.al/NE2FQFv
Admiral hands over leadership of command overseeing the Trump administration’s boat strikes trib.al/GSS4W70
Leadership of US command in Latin America changes hands amid criticism of boat strikes
Adm. Alvin Holsey retired one year into a posting that typically lasts 3-4 years.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Admiral hands over leadership of command overseeing the Trump administration’s boat strikes trib.al/GSS4W70
Snow unlikely, but cold air to descend on Hampton Roads this weekend trib.al/YU7iVvV
Snow unlikely, but cold air to descend on Hampton Roads this weekend
While snow is unlikely, forecasters expect wind chill this weekend and into Monday will feel like single-digit temperatures.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Snow unlikely, but cold air to descend on Hampton Roads this weekend trib.al/YU7iVvV
$689 million rare earth magnet, copper manufacturing facility coming to Chesapeake trib.al/CbwfBSE
$689 million rare earth magnet, copper manufacturing facility coming to Chesapeake
A $689 million investment will build a manufacturing facility for three different businesses: Copper rod production, magnet wire manufacturing and rare-earth magnet production.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
$689 million rare earth magnet, copper manufacturing facility coming to Chesapeake trib.al/CbwfBSE