The Commonwealth of Virginia has awarded a $35,000 planning grant to Accomack and Northampton counties, along with the towns ...

WACHAPREAGUE, Va. — Virginia officials announced Wednesday that eight historic sites across the Commonwealth have been designated as new state landmarks, recognizing places that reflect Virginia’s ...

EASTERN SHORE, Va. — Concerns about avian influenza are ramping up on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) says it is receiving increasing reports of sick or ...

A commercial flock of broiler chickens on the Eastern Shore has tested positive for H5N1, or bird flu. According to an announcement from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, ...

WACHAPREAGUE, VA - The bay scallop population in the waters of Virginia's Eastern Shore is trending upwards after years of local extinction. Bay scallops in the area were plentiful before an eelgrass ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has reported an increasing number of sick or dead wild birds throughout the Eastern Shore. This comes after a positive bird ...

The Eastern Shore is only a half-hour from Virginia Beach, but the 20-mile-long crossing on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel makes it feel like “the world’s largest gated community,” kayak guide ...

VIRGINIA, USA — A sharp decline in the osprey population along Virginia’s Eastern Shore is raising alarms among conservationists and scientists, who say industrial menhaden fishing may be a key factor ...

A juvenile white shark named Bella was tracked off the coast of Virginia's Eastern Shore on November 29. Bella is a 10-foot, 729-pound female shark tagged by research organization OCEARCH in Nova ...