The fight to recognize the Black residents of Gwynn’s Island, Virginia, who disappeared a century ago revealed wounds in a ...

A historic community on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay may be underwater in 50 to 100 years. With increasing competition for money to protect against rising seas, this tiny town faces a big ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — After weather scrubbed an early launch attempt, Rocket Lab USA is expected to launch its first Electron rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday. The ...

ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Cedar Island is a small strip of marsh and sand that shields part of the Eastern Shore from the brunt of Atlantic storms. Today, it’s home to an unassuming nature ...

Tangier Island in Virginia — one of the last inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay — is under threat from rising sea levels and climate change. This small Virginia island could be underwater before ...

TANGIER, Va. – At just over one square mile, tiny Tangier, home to less than 500 people, sits surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. No roads can get you there. The easiest way to travel to the ...

As the ferry approaches Tangier, Captain Steven Thomas tells a well-rehearsed history of the island, where crabbing has shaped the culture. He points out a handful of tiny buildings on stilts in the ...