TONIGHT!!! Tune into @WHRO to hear a special broadcast of one of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Classics programs from this season. Tonight's show will broadcast our Curtis Stewart and Tchaikovsky performance! This final broadcast will air during “A Local Touch”, hosted by Raymond Jones, on Wednesday evenings between 9 pm and midnight. Here are the radio stations: 90.3 WHRO, Norfolk 89.9 WHRJ, Gloucester Courthouse 98.3 WHRF, Belle Haven Also available to stream at whro.org, on the WHRO mobile
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TONIGHT!!! Tune into @WHRO to hear a special broadcast of one of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Classics programs from this season. Tonight's show will broadcast our Curtis Stewart and Tchaikovsky performance! This final broadcast will air during “A Local Touch”, hosted by Raymond Jones, on Wednesday evenings between 9 pm and midnight. Here are the radio stations: 90.3 WHRO, Norfolk 89.9 WHRJ, Gloucester Courthouse 98.3 WHRF, Belle Haven Also available to stream at whro.org, on the WHRO mobile
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A Message from WHRO President & CEO Bert Schmidt Federal Cuts Threaten Local Services—But Our Mission Remains Strong Congress has approved cuts to public media funding—and while the headlines may focus elsewhere, the deepest impact will be local. WHRO Public Media is the only station in the nation owned by a collaboration of 21 local public school divisions. We were founded to bring educational content into homes and classrooms, and that mission still drives everything we do—from local news and
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A Message from WHRO President & CEO Bert Schmidt Federal Cuts Threaten Local Services—But Our Mission Remains Strong Congress has approved cuts to public media funding—and while the headlines may focus elsewhere, the deepest impact will be local. WHRO Public Media is the only station in the nation owned by a collaboration of 21 local public school divisions. We were founded to bring educational content into homes and classrooms, and that mission still drives everything we do—from local news and
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WHRO Classical FM's Wayla Chambo hosted a Classical Virtual Open Mic on April 29, 2021 that celebrated the vibrancy and resilience of our local music community. The evening featured special guest artist Rachel Ordaz, from Virginia Symphony Orchestra, who gave a performance and answered questions from the audience and open mic participants. *This project was partially supported by funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. | WHRO Public Media
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WHRO Classical FM's Wayla Chambo hosted a Classical Virtual Open Mic on April 29, 2021 that celebrated the vibrancy and resilience of our local music community. The evening featured special guest artist Rachel Ordaz, from Virginia Symphony Orchestra, who gave a performance and answered questions from the audience and open mic participants. *This project was partially supported by funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. | WHRO Public Media
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WHRO News visited the facility which processes recyclable materials from over half a million households across Virginia, including those in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of the Peninsula. Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/5fy9wnmt #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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WHRO News visited the facility which processes recyclable materials from over half a million households across Virginia, including those in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of the Peninsula. Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/5fy9wnmt #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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WHRO News Digital Producer Alexis Mitchell is currently at the Oceanfront as the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival celebrates its 51st year! 🌊🏖️ This weekend, festivalgoers can enjoy over 20 live performances, explore works from more than 200 artisans, and see world-renowned sand sculptors compete in Neptune’s International Sandsculpting Championship. The weekend also features the Neptune Festival Grand Parade, an 8K race, surfing and volleyball tournaments, Dock Dogs, a youth art show and famil
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WHRO News Digital Producer Alexis Mitchell is currently at the Oceanfront as the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival celebrates its 51st year! 🌊🏖️ This weekend, festivalgoers can enjoy over 20 live performances, explore works from more than 200 artisans, and see world-renowned sand sculptors compete in Neptune’s International Sandsculpting Championship. The weekend also features the Neptune Festival Grand Parade, an 8K race, surfing and volleyball tournaments, Dock Dogs, a youth art show and famil
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PREVIEW! 🌊🌊 WHRO News digital producer Alexis Mitchell attended the annual African American Male Summit in Virginia Beach yesterday. The event for middle and high school boys focuses on leadership, academics, career readiness and life skills through mentorship with community leaders. 🎓📖 Stay tuned for our coverage! #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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PREVIEW! 🌊🌊 WHRO News digital producer Alexis Mitchell attended the annual African American Male Summit in Virginia Beach yesterday. The event for middle and high school boys focuses on leadership, academics, career readiness and life skills through mentorship with community leaders. 🎓📖 Stay tuned for our coverage! #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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♻️ WHRO Public Media partnered with the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) on the latest video called "Foam Free" 🥤✖️ in the GreenBeats series. 👉 Premieres Friday, October 6, at 11:00 a.m. on WHRO TV 15, WHRO Facebook & YouTube ♻️ The newest video in the collection - "Foam Free" 🥤✖️ - examines the harmful environmental impacts of polystyrene. The video was created in support of AskHRgreen.org's environmental stewardship campaigns. AskHRgreen.org is a public awareness program o
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This Black History Month, WHRO News is highlighting local Black-owned businesses making an impact across our region. For Jamila Barnes, a Portsmouth native, that impact is happening one tattoo at a time. Now the owner of Hidden Gem Village in Virginia Beach, she’s turned her passion for art into ownership in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Catch the latest from WHRO News Digital Producer Alexis Mitchell. #WHRONews #LocalNews #WHROPublicMedia | WHRO Public Media
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It's the end of the year and here are some of the WHRO News stories you may have missed from 2023. For the complete list of the top stories from this year, visit whro.org/news (or link in bio). #whropublicmedia #whronews #localnews #757 #hamptonroads #publicmedia #publicradio #Virginia | WHRO Public Media
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The audit of the agreement between Virginia Beach and the Virginia Aquarium’s foundation suggested some changes, like reworking revenue sharing and improving communication. The aquarium, owned by the city but operated by the foundation, has been running at a loss for the past three years. Issues like outdated exhibits and employee uncertainty due to unclear ownership discussions were highlighted. The city is considering further evaluations of the aquarium's condition. Read more here: https://tin
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AUDIO: Officials announced this week that Virginia and other states around the Chesapeake Bay made progress on stemming pollution in 2024. #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science will help lead a new research effort related to the controversial menhaden industry. Advocates have unsuccessfully pushed Virginia lawmakers in recent years to fund research on whether menhaden are declining in the Chesapeake Bay. The new effort still won’t do that. It will outline how scientists should conduct research – specifically on the bay harvest cap, the limit for how much menhaden can be taken from the bay each year. #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #L
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JUST IN: Virginia will soon establish guidance to restrict or eliminate student cell phone use during instructional time at school. On Tuesday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order 33, which directs his administration to “heed the call” of parents, public health professionals, educators and others by establishing cell phone-free policies and procedures for school divisions, in light of growing concerns over children’s health and declines in academic performance. Read more from our media pa
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The Virginia Aquarium may need to be rebuilt as it nears the end of its usable life. Virginia Beach plans to spend $28 million on maintenance over the next six years, but Deputy City Manager Ken Chandler said the city should begin planning now for a full rebuild. The city and the Virginia Aquarium Foundation are now considering more state funding and other financial options to ensure the facility can continue to operate and thrive. Read our full coverage here: https://tinyurl.com/3n28pejm #WHRON
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The 69th Annual Virginia MOCA Boardwalk Art Show is back this weekend with updated hours due to weather. You can still visit Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to celebrate incredible artists from across the country! 🎨 Sunday’s events are canceled, but judging and awards will continue as planned. WHRO News Digital Producer Alexis Mitchell stopped by earlier today to catch the art, atmosphere and community energy! #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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Starting Friday, some anglers in Virginia will be able to cast their fishing lines into salt waters at the cost everyone can afford: free. From June 7-9, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission will lift the saltwater recreational fishing license requirement, which typically costs Virginia residents $17.50 to obtain. Read more from our media partner the Virginia Mercury here: https://tinyurl.com/yahfz9kn #WHROPublicMedia #WHRONews | WHRO Public Media
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The Virginia Zoo is embarking on a major expansion that will include new animals, buildings and digital access. Zoo officials announced Wednesday they’re nearing the end of a $16.2 million capital campaign – their largest in a decade – to fund the five-part expansion. Read more by visiting whro.org. #whronews #whropublicmedia #localnews | WHRO Public Media
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Keeping curbside recycling in Virginia Beach will require doubling monthly costs for households – but many residents say they’re willing to pay for it, city officials told City Council this week. The city has been weighing how to move forward after its current contract with Chesapeake-based TFC Recycling ends in June. Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/4k7hkd6u #WHROPublicMedia #WHRONews #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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The city of Virginia Beach started this week cutting down more than 5,000 trees at Pleasure House Point. These trees are coming down to make way for the city to construct wetlands. They say they need to do so to earn legal mitigation credits that allow other city work to move forward. Neighbors say they’re devastated to lose the current, forested ecosystem. Read our full coverage here: https://tinyurl.com/bdymn9sz #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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Virginia Beach was buzzing this weekend! Grammy-winning producer Timbaland returned to his hometown and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia was one of many organizations that had a hand in honoring his legacy and showing him what his talent means to the city. WHRO News got a first-look at the celebrations. Read our full coverage here: https://tinyurl.com/mr2rxpb9 #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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Virginia taxpayers — check your bank accounts and mailboxes, because some extra money could be coming your way this fall! 💵 Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently announced new tax rebates for Virginians — up to $200 if you filed individually and $400 if you filed jointly. WHRO News Digital Producer Alexis Mitchell has everything you need to know! Have you gotten yours already? #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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Dominion Energy recently started the 176-turbine Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. WHRO News toured some initial construction in Virginia Beach – on and off the water. Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/4nuey8e2 #WHROPublicMedia #WHRONews #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture has launched its annual beehive lottery. Honeybees are a key piece of Virginia’s landscape. They pollinate over a third of the state’s crops like tomatoes and pumpkins. But bees are dying at alarming rates nationwide. Things to blame include pesticides, parasites and habitat loss. Virginia’s Beehive Distribution Program is meant to help jumpstart new colonies – right in your backyard. Any adult resident can apply to win free hives – minus the bees. Winners
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WHRO's Jae Sinnett Music is performing at the Virginia Arts Festival this Saturday in the jazz ensemble The Jae Sinnett Zero to 60 Quintet! In his upcoming performance, Sinnett will welcome a number of guests to the stage including longtime collaborators Allen Farnham on piano and Terry Burrell on bass; as well as Grammy-nominated trumpeter Randy Brecker and Italian saxophonist Ada Rovatti. Sinnett spoke with WHRO News about preparing for the night at the Attucks Theatre. Read more here: https:/
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AUDIO: The Virginia High School League said Monday it will require transgender children to play on teams that match the gender they were assigned at birth to comply with a new executive order from President Donald Trump. The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia says that violates existing federal protections. Transgender rights attorney Wyatt Rolla with the ACLU of Virginia says the Virginia High School League could be opening school districts up to legal liability. #WHRONews #WHROPublicMe
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UPDATE: The Virginia Board of Wildlife Resources voted Thursday to lift a daily catch limit for invasive blue catfish. The state is trying to fix a problem of its own making. Back in the 1970s, officials introduced blue catfish into Virginia waterways to create a new recreational fishery. Now the catfish have taken over and threaten native species like shad and blue crabs. Read our most recent story here: https://tinyurl.com/ycy9dtvr #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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AUDIO: A judge says Virginia can stay out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative while the state appeals an earlier decision that found it was illegal for Gov. Glenn Youngkin to withdraw from the carbon market. Law professor Carl Tobias with the University of Richmond says the state’s appeal will likely push court proceedings well into next year. But November’s election could shake up state leadership before then. #WHRONews #WHROPublicMedia #LocalNews | WHRO Public Media
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Join our special one hour edition of the 2016 Virginia International Tattoo on Friday, May 1, at 9pm! | WHRO Public Media
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