CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Elizabeth River is a jewel of the Hampton Roads area, but a jewel that has been tarnished. Now, with the help of state funding, this body of water could shine once more. When ...

NORFOLK, Va. — This is not your average school field trip. We are about to take a deep dive below the surface of the Elizabeth River without ever getting our hands wet, thanks to something billed as ...

NORFOLK, Va. — John Coplon is the owner of Norfolk Kayak Rentals. He started his business out of his love for the river. “It's really just an amazing way to take in what Norfolk has to offer,” said ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Elizabeth River Project lost a major federal grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) ...

Elizabeth (Forrest) Rivers, 85, of Bethlehem, passed away on July 7, 2007, at the Kirkland Village Skilled Care Unit. She was the wife of the late Philip F. Rivers Sr, who passed away in 1992. Born in ...

NORFOLK, Va. — If you’re from the area, you know it as a rite of passage: taking the trip from Norfolk to Portsmouth -- or the other way around -- on the Elizabeth River Ferry. This past week the ...

After more than three decades of environmental advocacy for one of Hampton Roads’ most important waterways, Marjorie Mayfield Jackson will retire as executive director of the Elizabeth River Project.

More than 100 passengers, the vast majority of them school children, were rescued from a passenger vessel that caught fire on Tuesday in Norfolk, Va.The fire aboard the Spirit of Norfolk was reported ...

The Elizabeth River Project announced a new leader after director Marjorie Mayfield Jackson announced her retirement last fall. Starting Feb. 24, Lacy Shirey will take on the group’s goal of ...

Wilmington - Beloved wife and mother Elizabeth Rivers, aged 55, passed away Saturday, March 13 at Wilmington Hospital after a heroic months-long battle with lung cancer. Born Elizabeth Robinson on ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A nationwide search for a new executive director for The Elizabeth River Project’s Board of Directors has resulted in a candidate right in Hampton Roads. Lacy Shirey will take on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Elizabeth River Ferry’s whistle tooted loudly and bursts of blue smoke filled the air on Friday in celebration of the ...