Good morning, Hampton.

Local advocates encourage residents to try biking, walking, or transit during Week Without Driving from Oct.

1-8 to experience new perspectives on the area’s variable transit options. Mary Lou Burke and Brittany Sherrod offer tips for a comfortable ride and safer travel.

New music from Rhiannon Giddens, Angela Easterling and Leslie Waugh will play on the Acoustic Highway Sunday night at 9 p.m. on WHRV, plus local acts such as Jim Masters and Mike Proffitt will be featured.

Virginia ratepayers will pay an extra $2.26 per month as Dominion spreads nearly $1B in unrecovered fuel costs over seven years; state regulators approved the plan on Tuesday.

Hampton’s aviation student Otavius Jackson is set to graduate soon from the Aviation Institute of Maintenance and will apply for jobs, reflecting a growing need for skilled workers.

Employers in construction and aviation face shortages and are urging more young people to explore trade careers.

Volunteers and scientists are gearing up for the annual Catch the King flood mapping event to document rising water levels along Hampton’s coastlines from Oct.

9-11. The effort will use the Sea Level Rise app (a tool for tracking predicted sea-level changes) to update future flood models.

VDOT has announced that the HRBT westbound tunnel will close for paving from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday; if work is not completed, the tunnel is expected to close again next weekend—drivers using 64 must exit at 4th View Street in Norfolk.

Effective Oct. 1, noncitizens without green cards lost Medicaid eligibility under HR 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), prompting free clinics to assist affected families while they prepare for additional restrictions starting Jan.

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