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Virginia's first alpine coaster Mountain Mayhem opens at Massanutten Resort
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (178+ words) RICHMOND, Va. " Virginia's first alpine coaster is now open at Massanutten Resort in the Shenandoah Valley. Mountain Mayhem stretches 3, 380 feet and features 2, 156 feet of downhill track, with riders reaching speeds up to 25 mph. The coaster is open to resort guests…...
Virginia rises to No. 3, up one spot from 2025, in CNBC's Top States for Business rankings
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (281+ words) RICHMOND, Va. " A year after receiving its lowest ranking since 2018 on CNBC's America's Top States for Business rankings, Virginia is back in the top three, ranked in the No. 3 spot. Ohio and North Carolina hold the two spots ahead of…...
Norfolk Splits Doubleheader With Syracuse
14+ hour, 32+ min ago (198+ words) NORFOLK, Va --- The Norfolk Tides (3-10 | 31-57) split a doubleheader with the Syracuse Mets (7-7 | 45-44) on Wednesday at Harbor Park. The Tides fell in game one, 9-3, but would take game two, 3-2. In game one, it was all Syracuse, scoring two runs in the…...
How Virginia's plans for biggest data center in the world fell apart
12+ hour, 57+ min ago (1001+ words) Jul 09, 2026 at 06: 45 AM EDT Virginia has become synonymous with data centers. Home to the world's largest concentration of facilities, the state has spent years attracting billions of dollars in investment from technology companies seeking to power cloud computing, artificial intelligence,…...
Girlguiding centre to mark 10th birthday with special event
21+ hour, 45+ min ago (281+ words) Girlguiding Norfolk is about to celebrate both a 10th and an 80th birthday with two special events this weekend at the county's Archive Research Centre (ARC). It is 10 years since the centre, now an accredited museum, was founded at Patteson Lodge Estate…...
Ban on electrical items at Norfolk's tips looks set to be lifted soon
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (334+ words) Norfolk's recycling centres could soon start accepting all electrical items again - ending a temporary ban put in place following a major fire. Norfolk County Council has yet to confirm that the ban, which it was forced to introduce after a…...
Norfolk Motor Company Seniors lose two to Grand Island
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (785+ words) Led by a number of key contributors, the Grand Island Home Federal legion baseball team thumped the Norfolk Seniors in both games of a double-header Tuesday night. Blake Caspar totaled three hits'including a double'and four RBI's combined in Grand Island's…...
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Taps Susanne Bell as President
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (324+ words) In her new leadership role at VECF, Bell will be responsible for building a strategic and sustained focus on the healthy development and school readiness of the Commonwealth's youngest learners, supporting opportunities for all families with young children to thrive....
Fourth of July draws large crowds to downtown Norfolk
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (716+ words) Todd Moran of Omaha holds his son Barrett, 6, on his shoulders as they watch the parade on Saturday morning. Kids look for candy to be thrown during the parade on Saturday morning. Connor and Jessa Mc Carthy watch the parade…...
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Celebrate America's 250th Anniversary with World's Largest Steam Locomotive in Philadelphia
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (531+ words) PHILADELPHIA, July 06, 2026--Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014 took center stage in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July as tens of thousands gathered for the America250 Block Party, commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary. Oops, something went wrong U. S. markets close in 3h 38m Union Pacific…...