BY VENI FIELDS VIRGINIA BEACH — Naturally the sky would open up. And the truck would break down. And the wind would just about blow
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BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The details of the proposed city spending plan have been reported over the past weeks, and officials have touted a
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — The issue published just before Pungo Strawberry Festival is a special one for The Independent News. This year, that’s the
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. — These images are from a visit to Knotts Island, N.C., earlier this spring, including a stop at Mackay
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE LANDSTOWN — Early this month, just about everything was for sale at Uncle Chuck’s Seafood, and the people who came wanted to
Ed. Note – State Del. Barry Knight, a Republican, represents the 81st State House District. BY BARRY KNIGHT RICHMOND — It is my honor and
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — The Canada goose was found flopping around in the mud, hungry, and very stressed. She was injured, probably
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – A second member of the planning commission is from the Princess Anne District, and, though he is occupying an
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The city council’s choice to follow the long-serving Jim Spore, gives the elected body a city manager who has overseen a
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has reappointed Pungo farmer Robert White Jr. to a three-year term as a director