by James Ritch | May 1, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — Chincoteague Police Department report a scam was attempted today on a resident of Accomack County using the department’s name, phone number, 757-336-3155, and Chief R. K. Fisher’s name. The scam advised of an outstanding Maryland warrant for the...
by James Ritch | Apr 18, 2021 | Headlines
Submitted Article — At approximately 1:23 a.m. this morning (April 18), the State Police Communications Center received a call of a vehicle fire with one confirmed fatality on TB Road in Exmore. The 911 caller, a resident on TB Road, stated that he or she had observed...
by James Ritch | Apr 6, 2021 | Headlines
Submitted Article — Beginning on April 12, 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will begin accepting financial assistance applications for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020, for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) to help ease some of...
by James Ritch | Apr 5, 2021 | Headlines
Submitted Article — Beginning today, Monday, April 5, the Virginia Department of Health’s Eastern Shore Health District (ESHD), in partnership with Eastern Shore Rural Health System Inc. (ESRHS) and Riverside Medical Group (Riverside), has opened COVID-19 vaccines to...
by James Ritch | Mar 25, 2021 | Features
Story and Photos by Jim Ritch — Eagle 20-3608 returned home Wednesday, taking flight over the 516 acres of Mutton Hunk Fen Natural Area Preserve after a four-month convalescence for a broken wing. “He probably has family. We like to say, ‘he’s going home,’” said...