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June 24, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

NAACP Celebrates 112 Years

NAACP Celebrates 112 Years

By Stefanie Jackson – Today the NAACP celebrates 112 years since its founding in 1909 by a multiracial coalition headed by civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The NAACP was established as “an organization for the black community and their allies from across the...

Do Drop Inn Celebrates 50 Years of Lifting Spirits

By Stefanie Jackson In honor of the recent 50th anniversary of the Do Drop Inn restaurant and lounge in Weirwood – one of the oldest blackowned businesses on the Eastern Shore still in operation – local radio station WHRO held a live broadcast of “Another View” with...