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Bon Secours opens Harbour View hospital in Suffolk
Bon Secours on Tuesday will officially open its new $80 million, 100,000 square-foot Harbour View Medical Center in Suffolk. The three-story addition adjoins the existing Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View campus. Bon Secours broke ground on the hospital in October 2022, and construction wrapped up on March 31. On Monday, hospital leaders and Suffolk officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the center’s opening. . . . The new medical center includes 18 private inpatient rooms and four new operating rooms, a freestanding emergency department and on-site laboratory and imaging services including CT, MRI and X-ray capabilities. Spicknall noted that area patients would no longer have to travel long distances or travel to another city to receive care.
Hanover sheriff appealing ‘secret police’ case to Virginia Supreme Court
Hanover County Sheriff David Hines is pursuing all available legal remedies in order to thwart a public records request seeking the names of his employees. Hines is appealing a ruling issued in February at Virginia's Court of Appeals, where judges ruled that Hines had to release the names of employees in response to a FOIA request from a private citizen. Hines has argued that he needs to keep the names private in order to be able to staff undercover operations, like drug buys and bodyguard details.
Rivers Casino Portsmouth to add $65M hotel
Rivers Casino Portsmouth and Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming are planning to break ground on a $65 million hotel in Portsmouth this summer, more than two years after the casino first opened. Portsmouth Mayor Shannon Glover revealed the plans for The Landing Hotel Portsmouth during his annual State of the City address Friday. The eight-story hotel will be located directly adjacent to the casino, overlooking the property’s water feature. It will have 106 guest rooms, including 32 suites ranging from roughly 400 to 800-plus square feet.
Move to disband Loudoun County school system’s Equity Committee rejected
Loudoun County Public Schools' Equity Committee will continue meeting monthly, but its mission might change in the next several months. In a 10-2 vote at its May 1 meeting, committee members rejected a recommendation by the its charter subcommittee to stop regularly meeting. . . . The committee was formed as part of efforts that began in 2020 by the School Board to reduce systemic racism at LCPS.
Arlington County Board candidate says he’s placing ‘tracking chips’ in campaign signs over theft allegations
An Arlington County Board candidate claims to have begun placing “tracking chips” in his campaign signs after he says many of them were stolen. James DeVita, who is challenging incumbent Takis Karantonis in the Democratic primary, spent over $10,000 on campaign signs in March alone, according to campaign finance records. He told ARLnow that he has installed 500 signs around Arlington. Of these, he says that at least 200 have vanished.
Virginia saw 73% voter turnout in 2024
About 73% of voting-age Virginians cast a ballot last November, per new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. That's the fourth-highest voter turnout share in the nation — and a much higher percentage than the country at large, which saw 65% of voting-age Americans voting last year.
Jay Jones is going on TV with the first ad of the attorney general race
Former Del. Jay Jones is launching the first television ad of the Democratic primary for attorney general on Tuesday. “As a lawmaker, I protected abortion rights, and as an Assistant Attorney General, I took on big corporations, and I sued Glenn Youngkin to defend voting rights,” Jones says in the ad. The spot highlights Jones’ work from 2023, when he represented the Virginia NAACP in a lawsuit seeking access to a database used by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to decide whether to restore voting rights to individuals with felony convictions.
Earle-Sears wants Va. to boost power with fossil fuels
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate for governor, said Virginia needs more energy— including from carbon-based fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas — during a Manassas fundraiser over the weekend that was partly funded by local data center developers. During her speech at the Prince William County Republican Committee’s annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner, Earle-Sears, 61, emphasized her desire for Virginia to look to more fossil fuels and nuclear power to generate electricity for businesses both large and small.
Advocates celebrate Youngkin’s signature on ‘junk fees’ legislation
Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin and Democrats who run the General Assembly are working together to go after junk fees. Anyone who has ever ordered a meal online knows the initial price is not what you end up paying – not after the transaction fee and the convenience fee and all the other charges. That's why Jay Speer at the Virginia Poverty Law Center says it was so important for the General Assembly to take action.
Va. higher education institutions weigh in on Youngkin’s budget cuts
Governor Youngkin signed off on the budget on Friday and cut $900 million. Youngkin is pushing pause on capital projects at 10 higher education facilities, to the tune of over $600 million. Some of that money would have gone to Central Virginia Community College to renovate their Amherst and Campbell buildings. They were expecting an estimated $50 million in funds.