Oceana

Base closing round hits another roadblock

2013-06-12 17:54:53

The Obama administration's push to close additional military bases continues to face tough sledding in Congress. This week, a Senate Armed Services panel rejected a proposed Base Realignment and Closure commission for 2015, better known as BRAC. A...

Reproductive assistance center expands in Virginia Beach

2013-06-04 05:45:00

The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine leased more than 18,000 square feet of space at Oceana Place in Virginia Beach, CBRE|Hampton Roads announced. The center, founded in 1997, specializes in assisted reproductive technologies. Oceana Place is a...

Wittman-led panel taking stand against BRAC

2013-05-22 14:19:12

Rep. Rob Wittman was against another round of military base closures before the Obama administration formally requested one. Now the House panel he chairs is poised to endorse that view. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has released its...

Tide at a crossroads as Virginia Beach nears decision

2013-05-20 00:00:00

The once-abstract idea of light rail in the city continues to take shape as planners crunch the numbers and take public comment on the most detailed scenarios yet for sending The Tide to the Oceanfront. Hampton Roads Transit now has street-level...

Fest Notebook: Tribeca Comes Into Its Own With Diverse Slate

2013-05-14 02:30:03

Ever since the Tribeca Film Festival physically departed Tribeca and more or less abandoned its uniquely over-specific 9/11 and “made in NYC” slants, it has become more reflective of national and/or global developments, tackled via a smorgasbord of...

Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...

Navy describes more cuts now that sequestration is here

2013-03-03 13:29:00

The Navy this weekend announced additional cutbacks to deal with sequestration, now that the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts are official. The service will defer or cancel up to six ship deployments to various locations around the world...

Navy to build new kennel for military working dogs

2013-03-04 12:00:00

It's nice to see man's best friend isn't getting shortshrifted because of budget cuts. The Navy announced Monday it has begun construction on a new kennel for military working dogs at the Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex in Virginia Beach....

Former Oceana fighter pilot tapped for International Space Station

2012-11-26 10:12:00

A former Navy fighter pilot who spent several years at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach in the 1990s has been selected for a year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. Scott Kelly, 48, a New Jersey native, will launch into space...

Windber Veterans Day Parade

2012-11-05 15:08:00

The borough of Windber and the surrounding communities will celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 12 with a parade and service in Windber Veterans Park to salute military veterans and to thank them for serving America with honor, courage, and commitment. The...

Nationwide Series leader Elliott Sadler spends day with Navy pilots, crew

2012-08-21 14:36:00

VIRGINIA BEACH — There are some similarities between the Chevy Impala Elliott Sadler drives in the Nationwide Series and the F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft the pilots of squadron VFA-81 fly out of Naval Air Station Oceana and on the super...

Living Here: Military installations

2012-05-23 09:44:00

Newcomers will see it right away: Hampton Roads and theU.S. military go hand in hand. Every branch of the service is represented in this corner of southeastern Virginia: Start with the world's largest naval base and the only East Coast home for the...

A U.S. flag is flown at half staff outside a restaurant near the main gate of Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex the base of Navy Seal Team six in Virginia Beach , Va., Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.

2011-08-11 12:18:02

for an air show on Nov. 8-9, 2008. Tickets for the second annual Space & Air Show at Kennedy Space Center begin at $17. For more information, call 321-449-4444. In this image provided by the U.S.

2008-09-20 00:00:00

Hair today, gone tomorrow Once again, Hillary Clinton loves to coordinate colors. Notice the bright orange jacket, orange necklace and orange lipstick. Still, her hair was looking a little Meg Ryanish hot back in 2003. We love the chunky blonde highlights and choppy short cut.

2008-08-26 17:17:41