Yurview Virginia
Hometown Heroes: Marine Corps Air Facility
Fort Story is a training facility for the Marines, Army and Navy here in Virginia. It is for "logistic-over-the-shore" operations that train troops into practicing the transfer of military cargo from ship to shore and also on special equipment used. By using dunes, beaches, deep water anchorage, different tide conditions and more, there are...
Hometown Heroes: Promethean Group
Homeless? Without Healthcare? Need a check-up and can't afford it? Well you're in luck! Promethean Group is a nonprofit organization r(un by volunteers) that is a mobile Primary care provider for those who need it but have no way of paying for a visit.Not only do they treat the homeless, but those without insurance...
Hometown Heroes: VB Strong
On May 31, 2019....tragedy struck too close to home.
A shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center left 12 dead and 4 injured and hospitalized. First responders were there in minutes. The shooter, who allegedly carried and armed with a 45-caliber handgun with a suppressor. to the scene, eventually was captured after a long...
Hometown Heroes: Clean the Bay
As several thousand volunteers along the Commonwealth come together for this special day, hundreds of miles of shore lines and streams are cleaned fro debris and litter by the tons. 3500 volunteers gathered at about 200 different sites all over Virginia; moving and collecting over 45000 pounds of debris and litter. Boats even cleaning...
Hometown Heroes : Cape Henry Lighthouse
In 1607, the "first landing" of 104 English settlers was in Cape Henry, named after Prince Henry of England at the time. This had marked the beginning of the American Colony history. On September 5, 1781, The Battle of the Cape emerged between Cape Henry and their neighbors across the Chesapeake Bay: Cape Charles...