Commander Andrew “Sugar” Stoner embraces his daughter Katherine Stoner, 7, and son Ellis Stoner, 10, after returning to NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on July 12, 2024. The pilots returned after a nine-month combat deployment to U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation.
The Atlas V rocket launches from pad 39A at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket is one of the world's most reliable launch vehicles used to deliver exploration spacecraft, satellites and classified payloads into space for NASA, the United States Air Force, the National Reconnaissance Office and commercial customers.
A great egret nestling walks through the car of Lisa Barlow, president of Tidewater Rehabilitation and Environmental Education. 16 great egrets were rescued after a storm the previous night impacted their nesting area in Portsmouth, Virginia on June 26, 2023.
Fernando Chavez Sr. — father of 16-year-old Fernando Chavez-Barron, who was killed in the mass shooting Nov. 22, 2022 at a Chesapeake Walmart — is consoled by friends and family at a vigil for his son Nov. 24 in the store parking lot. Five other people, and the gunman, died; four more suffered gunshot wounds.
A worker lays on the roof in after suffering from a heat stroke while working on roofing repairs. Tornados left significant damage across Tupelo, Mississippi on May 2, 2021 and left thousands without power.
From left, Kansas Frazier-Smith, Rainy Faulk, Mahogane Faulk, 11, and My’Precious Faulk, 14, take a selfie during the fireworks show at Town Point Park in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 4, 2024.
Lt. Ian Arbuckle holds his wife Katie Arbuckle for the first time after being away for 8.5 months with Carrier Strike Group 10 at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on April 21, 2023.
A late afternoon tornado brought severe damage to the Great Neck section of Virginia Beach, Virginia, as seen on May 1, 2023.
Spectators take photos of a sub-adult humpback whale that washed ashore near 25th Street in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as it is pulled onto land by the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program on March 3, 2024.
Aaron Jackson stands in the laundry room of his residence in Portsmouth, Virginia, dressed as Bumblebee from Transformers on June 23, 2023. Jackson walks around three miles along Portsmouth Blvd waving to drivers hoping to bring them joy. He started wearing costumes to lift spirits during the coronavirus pandemic.
A firefighter controls a hose from the top of a ladder as the Virginia Beach fire department work a fire in the 2600 block of Atlantic Avenue at the Virginia Beach oceanfront, July 11, 2023.
Adrianna Gayton walks with her pet snake, Queen, on a warm day at Ocean View beach in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 14, 2024. When temperatures reached 80 degrees, Gayton said she saw the opportunity to take her son and pet snake to the beach. “She just likes going places,” Gayton said about Queen.
Rows of medical marijuana are grown under controlled day-light bulbs at the Cannabist medical marijuana growing facility in Portsmouth, Virginia on Nov. 15, 2022. Cannabist is the only approved medical marijuana dispensary in the health service area 5 of Virginia. Their 65,000 square foot growing facility supplies just four. brick-and-mortar locations in Hampton Roads.
The USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) cuts through a layer of fog off the coast of Virginia as it heads home to Naval Station Norfolk, July 14, 2024, as seen from a navy helicopter.
Longshoremen Meikysha Wright protests outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Virginia, in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2024. Wright has worked at the location for seven years. “It means job security,” Wright said. “We want to keep blue collar jobs for generations.”
