COVID-19
Health district hosting vaccination clinics
The Western Tidewater Health District has gone all out this week to make sure citizens have opportunities to receive the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 ...
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COVID-19
Treasury Dept. sends COVID-19 relief money to localities
Western Tidewater localities will receive more than $40 million among Virginia’s nearly $7.2 billion as part of the American Rescue Plan Act’s coronavirus state fiscal ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Tuesday, May 25, 2021 1:20 pm
News
Health district to host mobile vaccination clinics
Western Tidewater Health District Vaccination Sites May 24 – Windsor Town Center, 23361 Courthouse Highway, Windsor, 1 to 4 p.m. May 24 – Ivor Fire ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Monday, May 24, 2021 9:27 pm
Franklin
Gas flowing to region, but still some shortages
As gas shortages stemming from the ransomware cyberattack that caused the Colonial Pipeline to shut down last week begin to ease, fuel prices have reached ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Sunday, May 23, 2021 5:08 pm
WESTERN TIDEWATER
The power of the sun
Dominion Energy gets approval to buy power from Western Tidewater solar farms A solar farm in Suffolk and another in Isle of Wight and Surry ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Wednesday, May 19, 2021 1:04 pm
COVID-19
Northam relaxes mask mandate
Take it off. Gov. Ralph Northam has lifted the state’s universal indoor mask mandate to align with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, May 14, 2021 6:08 pm
Franklin
Colonial Pipeline restarts as fuel shortages loom over region
Though the Colonial Pipeline has restarted, fuel shortages continue at gas stations across Western Tidewater, Virginia and the East Coast. Colonial Pipeline announced that it ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, May 14, 2021 10:55 am
COVID-19
Despite OK from FDA, Pfizer vaccine for adolescents needs additional approval
Though the Food and Drug Administration has approved the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 12 to 15, additional federal ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, May 14, 2021 6:19 am
Franklin
Western Tidewater gas shortages emerging in wake of cyberattack on pipeline
In the wake of a cybersecurity attack on a major East Coast pipeline, several gas stations in Western Tidewater have run out of gas and ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Monday, May 10, 2021 9:00 pm
COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine for 12 and up expected to get approval soon
The state’s vaccine coordinator said health officials are making plans to provide children ages 12 and up with a COVID-19 vaccine as it expects federal ...