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Built to roam🔸Truth-liker🔸Hat-enjoyer Californian-turned-Kansan-turned-Virginian🔸 WHRO Public Media reporter 🔸 Former KMAN asst. news director🔸 Kansas State 🔸Long Beach State🔸L.A. Pierce College He/Him H.127
Cure Coffeehouse’s Thursday open mic in Newport News has become an inclusive hub for new performers and a welcoming space for the LGBTQ+ community on the Peninsula.
The event emphasizes acceptance and draws musicians, poets, comedians and first-time performers.
Read more: tinyurl.com/46z229ny
A decade in the making, “The American Revolution” debuts this Sunday on WHRO and WHRO+.
The six-part series tells the story of the making of the United States through the stories of those who lived during the Revolution.
Virginia will make history this Election Day when voters pick the commonwealth’s first female governor.
WHRO News went to the polls and asked voters in Hampton Roads how they feel about this landmark election.
Read our full coverage here: tinyurl.com/396ca6jn
BREAKING: Democrat Jay Jones was elected Tuesday as Virginia attorney general.
The win could soon add Virginia to the roster of Democratic-led states legally challenging actions taken by Trump.
Stay updated on the election results here:tinyurl.com/4se8r4y8
BREAKING: Democrat Ghazala Hashmi won the lieutenant governor’s race in Virginia on Tuesday, defeating Republican John Reid.
She is the first Indian American and first Muslim to win statewide office in Virginia.
Stay updated on the results of the election here: tinyurl.com/4se8r4y8
BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia's next governor, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
Spanberger defeated her Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. She'll be Virginia's first woman governor.
View the results here: tinyurl.com/2xv4tzxy
BREAKING: Democrat Jay Jones defeated Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in the attorney general race, completing the party's full sweep of statewide office elections in Virginia. virginiamercury.com/2025/11/04/d...
KCUR and WIRED recently published an investigation about a major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, which revealed a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.
Democrats swept Virginia's top three statewide offices and flipped about a dozen seats in the House of Delegates Tuesday, according to unofficial results from The Associated Press.
More from @jahd.bsky.social and WAMU's @margaretbarthel.bsky.social on a big night for Dems in the commonwealth:
So, what gets Virginia’s gubernatorial candidates pumped? Their playlists – or at least the public ones – might give some insight into exactly that.
Here's a look at songs you might've heard on the campaign trail leading up to today.
Headlines from across the state: Civil rights groups accuse Virginia officials of illegally blocking campus voters; more …
Virginians are heading to the polls on Tuesday, in what has become a high-stakes, drama-laced election cycle with nearly everything on the line.
via @virginiamercury.com
On the eve of the state election, President Trump held a GOP tele-rally for Virginia that included outgoing Gov. Youngkin — but notably left out the party’s three statewide nominees. #VAGov
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/04/v...
And ICYMI: The visual dispatches over time that led up to today, because election season in Virginia is so packed events, speeches and more, that it's impossible to be everywhere at once...unless you're @theshabomb.com, who gets closer than just about anyone who isn't actually running for office.
Happy Election Day, Virginia! Looking for our election coverage today? You can find it all here 👇🏼
REMINDER: Hampton Roads Transit, Suffolk Transit and Williamsburg Area Transit Authority are offering free rides all day to help you get to the polls!
Services will run on regular schedules — from early morning to evening — and riders don’t need to show anything special.
The Southeastern Public Service Authority approved a 20-year contract with Commonwealth Sortation to overhaul how South Hampton Roads manages waste.
The contract could reshape local recycling programs, making single-bin collection more cost-effective than traditional curbside systems.
It's Election Day! Missouri and Kansas voters are heading to the polls today for municipal elections that will decide new leaders and important issues in their communities.
Here's your guide:
Kelly, a Democrat, said that she has repeatedly asked the Republican attorney general to sue on behalf of Kansas but he has refused. Meanwhile, Kris Kobach argues that he is in charge of the state's prosecution or defense. (@thebeacon.bsky.social)
Make sure you have a valid ID before you head to the polls!
Voters without an acceptable form of ID will be required to either sign an ID Confirmation Statement or vote a provisional ballot.
Polls are now open. As long as you are in line by 7:00 p.m., you will be able to vote.
NAACP and Advancement Project sue Virginia, saying election officials are rejecting student voter registrations over missing dorm-room info that isn’t required by law.
They argue it violates the CRA and could disenfranchise thousands of campus voters.
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/03/c...
Newest UVA ALERT:
UVA Emergency Alert: 4:43 PM. Situation at Shannon Library is ALL CLEAR. After extensive investigation, police identified no evidence of attack or threat on UVA Grounds or nearby. Investigation into false report ongoing. Clear to resume normal operations.
UVA Emergency Alert: 3:34 PM. Police are currently at Shannon Library continuing to investigating. At this time there is no evidence of an Attacker. For more information go to:
at.virginia.edu/SIP-RHF;
uvaemergency.virginia.edu/active-alert...
As this is going on, I am NOT live posting what the scanner says. I have also not gotten any more updates from the UVA Alert system, and I am going to keep monitoring the situation.
Latest University of Virginia update: Academic buildings on Grounds are going to Access Control only.
Unsure if that's a full shelter-in-place, but I have NOT seen shelter-in-place orders sent out yet via the UVA alert system?
A screenshot of a text message from the uva alert system that says ACTIVE ATTACKER with a gun reporter in area of Shannon library 160 McCormick road. RUN HIDE FIGHT
Active attacker alert at UVA ongoing
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation’s largest food aid program running. https://to.wttw.com/3JtzrmK
Finally saw dolphins at Fort Monroe yesterday
After the Dodgers made the deal to ditch Brooklyn, Los Angeles officials used eminent domain and other political machinations to wrest that land away from its owners.
