Posted: Jun 23, 2020 / 07:07 PM EDTUpdated: Jun 25, 2020 / 11:43 AM EDTJAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — While , Busch Gardens Williamsburg said Tuesday it was opting to stay closed.According to park President Kevin Lembke, Busch Gardens and Water Country USA will remain closed because phase 3 guidelines would limit attendance to only 1,000 people inside the park.Lembke went in front of the James City County Board of Supervisors Tuesday to explain the park’s decision, adding the patron limit is “not an economically sustainable situation for us” and express frustration the state didn’t create...…Posted: Jun 23, 2020 / 07:07 PM EDTUpdated: Jun 25, 2020 / 11:43 AM EDTJAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — While , Busch Gardens Williamsburg said Tuesday it was opting to stay closed.According to park President Kevin Lembke, Busch Gardens and Water Country USA will remain closed because phase 3 guidelines would limit attendance to only 1,000 people inside the park.Lembke went in front of the James City County Board of Supervisors Tuesday to explain the park’s decision, adding the patron limit is “not an economically sustainable situation for us” and express frustration the state didn’t create...WW…

Posted: Apr 21, 2021 / 10:54 AM EDTUpdated: Apr 27, 2021 / 09:23 AM EDTELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) — Protesters made demands for transparency Wednesday night after a man was fatally shot by a Pasquotank County deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.The following day, the Pasquotank County NAACP held a brief press conference calling on the Pasquotank sheriff to release the body camera footage of the deputy-involved shooting. The full press conference can be watched in the player above.Few details have been released, but the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened...…Posted: Apr 21, 2021 / 10:54 AM EDTUpdated: Apr 27, 2021 / 09:23 AM EDTELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) — Protesters made demands for transparency Wednesday night after a man was fatally shot by a Pasquotank County deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.The following day, the Pasquotank County NAACP held a brief press conference calling on the Pasquotank sheriff to release the body camera footage of the deputy-involved shooting. The full press conference can be watched in the player above.Few details have been released, but the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened...WW…

Posted: Jan 14, 2021 / 07:27 AM ESTUpdated: Jan 15, 2021 / 11:14 AM ESTRICHMOND, Va. (WAVY/WRIC) — Gov. Ralph Northam talked vaccine distribution, plans for K-12 schools and more during a press conference Thursday, but balked at issuing any new coronavirus restrictions as metrics continue to break records in the commonwealth.The briefing came as Virginia is , including a record 47 deaths reported per day on average. However the commonwealth’s vaccination rollout is improving somewhat after a slow start.Here are a few of the highlights:Virginia is moving people 65 and up and those with...…Posted: Jan 14, 2021 / 07:27 AM ESTUpdated: Jan 15, 2021 / 11:14 AM ESTRICHMOND, Va. (WAVY/WRIC) — Gov. Ralph Northam talked vaccine distribution, plans for K-12 schools and more during a press conference Thursday, but balked at issuing any new coronavirus restrictions as metrics continue to break records in the commonwealth.The briefing came as Virginia is , including a record 47 deaths reported per day on average. However the commonwealth’s vaccination rollout is improving somewhat after a slow start.Here are a few of the highlights:Virginia is moving people 65 and up and those with...WW…

Posted: Jun 10, 2020 / 06:35 PM EDTUpdated: Jun 11, 2020 / 11:43 AM EDTEDITOR’s NOTE: Black Lives Matter 757 organized a protest at the Confederate monument starting at 7:57 p.m. Wednesday.During the demonstration, protesters broke off pieces of the monument, threw paint and set it on fire.It came to an end after one of the soldier statues toppled over and injured a male at the protest.PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth’s historic Confederate monument was severely damaged Wednesday night at the hands of demonstrators, upset with city council’s timeline to relocate it.Just hours after — and...…Posted: Jun 10, 2020 / 06:35 PM EDTUpdated: Jun 11, 2020 / 11:43 AM EDTEDITOR’s NOTE: Black Lives Matter 757 organized a protest at the Confederate monument starting at 7:57 p.m. Wednesday.During the demonstration, protesters broke off pieces of the monument, threw paint and set it on fire.It came to an end after one of the soldier statues toppled over and injured a male at the protest.PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth’s historic Confederate monument was severely damaged Wednesday night at the hands of demonstrators, upset with city council’s timeline to relocate it.Just hours after — and...WW…

Posted: Apr 2, 2021 / 09:31 PM EDTUpdated: Apr 3, 2021 / 12:14 AM EDTRICHMOND, Va. (WAVY/WRIC) — Virginia’s vaccine coordinator Dr. Danny Avula said social restrictions could ease, even if new COVID-19 cases don’t continue falling, because health officials are now focusing on the number of hospitalizations and deaths.The seven-day moving average of new cases has remained firm throughout March, from the Virginia Department of Health. The daily average of new COVID-19 cases in Virginia is currently 1,468, a huge drop from the winter months but still above last summer’s peaks.He attributes an...…Posted: Apr 2, 2021 / 09:31 PM EDTUpdated: Apr 3, 2021 / 12:14 AM EDTRICHMOND, Va. (WAVY/WRIC) — Virginia’s vaccine coordinator Dr. Danny Avula said social restrictions could ease, even if new COVID-19 cases don’t continue falling, because health officials are now focusing on the number of hospitalizations and deaths.The seven-day moving average of new cases has remained firm throughout March, from the Virginia Department of Health. The daily average of new COVID-19 cases in Virginia is currently 1,468, a huge drop from the winter months but still above last summer’s peaks.He attributes an...WW…

Posted: Mar 24, 2021 / 10:19 AM EDTUpdated: Jun 9, 2021 / 02:12 PM EDTVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Nearly two years after a city employee committed mass murder in city building, investigators have closed their investigation without answering the question: why did it all happen?In a nearly 50-page report released Wednesday, the Virginia Beach Police Department concluded that “despite exhaustive investigative work and in spite of unsubstantiated rumors and accusations, it appears we may never why [the shooter] committed this heinous act.”It was on May 31, 2019 that public utilities engineer...…Posted: Mar 24, 2021 / 10:19 AM EDTUpdated: Jun 9, 2021 / 02:12 PM EDTVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Nearly two years after a city employee committed mass murder in city building, investigators have closed their investigation without answering the question: why did it all happen?In a nearly 50-page report released Wednesday, the Virginia Beach Police Department concluded that “despite exhaustive investigative work and in spite of unsubstantiated rumors and accusations, it appears we may never why [the shooter] committed this heinous act.”It was on May 31, 2019 that public utilities engineer...WW…

Posted: Feb 19, 2021 / 12:36 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 23, 2021 / 08:30 PM ESTWalgreens adds Virginia vaccination appointments: on Tuesday showed limited appointments available in Hampton Roads. to check for appointments.RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — A week after CVS pharmacies began vaccinating Virginians, the state has announced a new batch of large retailers expected to join them in the COVID-19 vaccination effort.During a conference call Friday, Dr. Danny Avula, Virginia’s vaccination coordinator, said that Walgreens, Walmart, Food Lion, Kroger, Harris Teeter, as well as a batch of other independent...…Posted: Feb 19, 2021 / 12:36 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 23, 2021 / 08:30 PM ESTWalgreens adds Virginia vaccination appointments: on Tuesday showed limited appointments available in Hampton Roads. to check for appointments.RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — A week after CVS pharmacies began vaccinating Virginians, the state has announced a new batch of large retailers expected to join them in the COVID-19 vaccination effort.During a conference call Friday, Dr. Danny Avula, Virginia’s vaccination coordinator, said that Walgreens, Walmart, Food Lion, Kroger, Harris Teeter, as well as a batch of other independent...WW…

Posted: Feb 10, 2021 / 02:44 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 16, 2021 / 09:29 AM ESTVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) —  A special prosecutor has been appointed to look into allegations that Virginia Beach’s former staff lobbyist helped secure a contract with a company that he was in negotiations to start working for. A spokeswoman for Commonwealth’s Attorney Colin Stolle said that Spencer Morgan, the commonwealth’s attorney for Accomack County has been asked to be a special prosecutor in a probe into Bob Matthias. Matthias, 71, denies doing anything to warrant an...…Posted: Feb 10, 2021 / 02:44 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 16, 2021 / 09:29 AM ESTVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) —  A special prosecutor has been appointed to look into allegations that Virginia Beach’s former staff lobbyist helped secure a contract with a company that he was in negotiations to start working for. A spokeswoman for Commonwealth’s Attorney Colin Stolle said that Spencer Morgan, the commonwealth’s attorney for Accomack County has been asked to be a special prosecutor in a probe into Bob Matthias. Matthias, 71, denies doing anything to warrant an...WW…

Posted: Jan 21, 2021 / 08:06 AM ESTUpdated: Jan 25, 2021 / 08:53 AM ESTRICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — For the foreseeable future, the amount of COVID-19 vaccinations a Virginia city or county receives each week will be based on its total population, not just those currently eligible for the vaccine.This latest development comes as the entire state transitions into the second group of people listed as a priority to get the vaccine — known as Phase 1b. Health officials believe it could take two to three months to get shots in the arms of the more than 1.2 million people in that group.The huge...…Posted: Jan 21, 2021 / 08:06 AM ESTUpdated: Jan 25, 2021 / 08:53 AM ESTRICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — For the foreseeable future, the amount of COVID-19 vaccinations a Virginia city or county receives each week will be based on its total population, not just those currently eligible for the vaccine.This latest development comes as the entire state transitions into the second group of people listed as a priority to get the vaccine — known as Phase 1b. Health officials believe it could take two to three months to get shots in the arms of the more than 1.2 million people in that group.The huge...WW…

Posted: Jan 22, 2021 / 08:18 AM ESTUpdated: Jan 22, 2021 / 10:49 AM ESTBARCO, N.C. (WAVY) — Virginia residents frustrated with the slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout commonwealth are finding luck when they travel south of the state line.On Thursday, nearly 1,000 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine were administered at a mass vaccination clinic at Maple Park in Currituck County, N.C.Those working at the clinic said a decent amount of the people vaccinated didn’t call the state home.One woman told our sister station WAVY that she booked her 87-year-old father an appointment through the...…Posted: Jan 22, 2021 / 08:18 AM ESTUpdated: Jan 22, 2021 / 10:49 AM ESTBARCO, N.C. (WAVY) — Virginia residents frustrated with the slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout commonwealth are finding luck when they travel south of the state line.On Thursday, nearly 1,000 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine were administered at a mass vaccination clinic at Maple Park in Currituck County, N.C.Those working at the clinic said a decent amount of the people vaccinated didn’t call the state home.One woman told our sister station WAVY that she booked her 87-year-old father an appointment through the...WW…