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Lake Thrasher Landing will bring 1,400 new housing units to Chesapeake over next decade

The development, known as Lake Thrasher Landing, will include 265 single-family condos, 365 townhome condos, 472 apartments of various style and a town center mixed-use district with first floor commercial space and up to 304 more apartment units.

An aerial view of the Chesapeake's Lake Thrasher Village and surrounding neighborhoods that circle a landfill and borrow pit proposed for redevelopment. As seen Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

This first tunnel took about 51 weeks to dig.

See the video: Mary the machine completes first tunnel in HRBT expansion

The move means the facility could serve as Portsmouth’s future city jail, freeing up some space that would allow the city to convert the current aging waterfront jail facility into a tax-generating property — a goal the city has been working toward for years.

Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority votes to sell facility to Portsmouth

The dead humpback whale that washed up on the beach of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday was a 31.5-foot-long juvenile female that likely died from impacts of fishing gear entanglement, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spokesperson.

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Young humpback whale likely died from fishing gear entanglement on the Outer Banks

The new route will take passengers between High Street in Portsmouth and Harbor Park in Norfolk while the Waterside dock is closed.

Elizabeth River Ferry has new route to Norfolk while Waterside dock is closed

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A dead humpback whale washed up on the beach of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday. This is the fourth whale to wash up on Outer Banks beaches in a little over a month and the seventh between northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.

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Dead humpback whale washes up on the Outer Banks

A dead humpback whale washed up on the beach of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday. This is the fourth whale to wash up on Outer Banks beaches in a little over a month and the seventh between northeastern...