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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Closings and Schedules

Martin Luther King Jr. Day closings & Schedules

• City Offices & Libraries – closed Monday, January 20
• Garbage, recycling and bulk waste collections – No collections on Monday, January 20. All collections for the week will be delay...

Transforming Denbigh: A kick off demolition event – Feb. 1

ARTech Lights Rescheduled for Feb. 7

Get the PulsePoint App and Be A Life Saver

PulsePoint is a nationally recognized mobile app that empowers citizens to help save lives. Interfacing with the City's dispatch system, PulsePoint alerts CPR trained users when someone nearby is experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. Users indicate they are...

New Meetings Portal Now Available

Citizens and others can easily access City Council meeting agendas, minutes, materials, videos and more thanks to the City’s new meetings portal. This mobile-friendly resource lets people access key information quickly and supports the city&...

2020 State Legislative Priorities

The 2020 Virginia General Assembly convenes on Jan. 8 for a 60 day session to craft a biennial budget and consider thousands of bills. The Newport News City Council annually identifies a list of legislative requests for the General Assembly to consider an...

2019 State of the City address available online

Landing Page Verbiage: In October, Mayor Price delivered the State of the City address at a Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce event. NNTV was on hand to record it in its entirety, and the speech is now available for on-demand viewing online.

CITY TO KICK OFF TRANSFORMATION OF DENBIGH

Citizens invited to event and demolition ceremony at former Kmart site

The City of Newport News is holding a Transforming Denbigh event on Saturday, February 1, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the site of the former Kmart building at the corner of Warwi...

ARTech Lights Rescheduled for February 7

ARTech Lights, a BayPort Credit Union NlightN event, has been rescheduled for Friday, February 7 from 3:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m at Brooks Crossing, 550 30^th Street. Originally scheduled for December 13 but postponed due to inclement weather, this bra...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Closings and Schedules

City Offices & Libraries – closed Monday, January 20

Garbage, recycling and bulk waste collections – No collections on Monday, January 20. All collections for the week will be delayed one day, i.e., Monday’s collections wi...

NEWPORT NEWS AND VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA RECEIVE YOUTHBUILD GRANT

The U.S. Department of Labor awarded Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas (VOACC), in partnership with the City of Newport News, a $1.4 million YouthBuild grant to create a new workforce development and education program for 90 young people in...

2019 Loose Leaf Collection Schedule

The Street Maintenance Division conducts an annual loose leaf roadside collection that begins on November 18, 2019. Residents are asked to rake leaves to the edge of the road during a specific time frame, without blocking traffic or drainage ditches, and ...

CASEY SUBARU AGAIN PARTNERS WITH ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THE “SHARE THE LOVE” EVENT

For the second year, Casey Subaru is teaming up with the Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter for the “Share the Love” event. Now through January 2, Subaru Corporation and Casey Auto Group will make a donation to the shelter for every sal...

EnVision Center Offers Support Services for Those in Assisted Housing

The Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NNRHA) has been chosen by U.S. Housing and Urban Development as an EnVision Center site to help low-income residents increase their income and gain self-sufficiency. The Lift & Connect Resource Cen...

Holiday Happenings at Newport News Historic Sites

Both Endview Plantation and Lee Hall Mansion will be decorated for the season with period-appropriate Christmas decorations starting on December 1^st through December 30^th. Guided tours of both sites included with admission, offer a glimpse of common holid...

City Announces BayPort Credit Union NlightN Event Series

Holiday experiences take place from one end of the city to the other

From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, citizens and visitors in Newport News will experience the holidays in a new way with the BayPort Credit Union NlightN Holiday Event Series. ...

Free Rabies Vaccination Clinic Nov 9 at Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter

The City of Newport News is partnering with the Virginia Department of Health to offer a free rabies vaccination clinic next month. On Saturday, November 9, from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm, citizens can bring their dogs or cats to the Peninsula Regional...

Petco Foundation Continues to Invest in Lifesaving Work of Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter

$100,000 grant will extend efforts to save more animal lives on the Virginia peninsula

The Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Petco Foundation in support of its efforts to expand and enhance the shelter’s...

City Opens Brooks Crossing Innovation and Opportunity Center

Center brings together manufacturing, technology, innovation, nonprofits, education and more into central hub

The City of Newport News hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today for the new Brooks Crossing Innovation and Opportunity Center (BCIOC) in the South...

RETIRED FT. EUSTIS GARRISON COMMANDER NAMED ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER

City Manager Cindy Rohlf has hired retired Ft. Eustis Garrison Commander Ralph L. “Bo” Clayton as an Assistant City Manager. Clayton begins today, July 1, 2019, in his new position and will be responsible for operational departments such as Public Works, ...

EDA SELECTS WELDENFIELD AS DEVELOPER FOR ENDVIEW TRACT

The Economic Development Authority of the City of Newport News, Virginia (EDA) selected WeldenField Development, LLC and its Hampton Roads-based Partner, Brian Rowe with WeldenField & Rowe as the Preferred Developer for its Endview tract. The Endview ...

2020 Newport News One City Marathon to be Held March 1

The sixth annual Newport News One City Marathon will take place on Sunday, March 1, 2020.  The event returns with a full line-up of activities for people of all ages and abilities. 

A number of exciting enhancements are being added to mar...

Newport News Awarded $30 Million HUD Grant

The City of Newport News and the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority are the recipients of a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) program. Funding ...

Are you Flood Fluent? New Website Separates Fact from Fiction About Flooding in Hampton Roads

Last year’s hurricane season was one for the records, producing 15 named storms, eight of which were hurricanes. Hurricane Florence devastated Eastern North Carolina with catastrophic flooding that took weeks to subside. If you think you don&...

Petco Foundation Invests in Lifesaving Work of the Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter

Grant of $50,000 will extend efforts to save more animal lives in Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and York County

The Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter announced it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its community outreac...

COUNCILWOMAN WOODBURY NAMED TO NEW NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Committee falls under the TSA and the Department of Homeland Security

Newport News City Councilwoman Dr. Patricia P. “Pat” Woodbury has been appointed to the new Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee of the Transportation S...

City Manager Names New Fire Chief

Jeff Johnson has 30+ years of experience in all aspects of Fire and EMS

City Manager Cindy Rohlf has announced her selection of Jeffrey S. “Jeff” Johnson for the position of Newport News Fire Chief. Johnson currently serves as Fire Chief for Salinas, Calif...

01/23/2020 Daily Press - Weekly Wanted

The Daily Press publishes a "Weekly Wanted" page in the paper that identifies suspects that are wanted by the Newport News and Hampton police departments.

NNPD Project Guardian Aims to Keep People with Autism Safe

The Newport News Police Department is excited to launch “NNPD Project Guardian.” This new program aims to raise officers’ awareness of individuals in our community with autism spectrum disorder and provides them with information to help keep people with a...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Closings and Schedules

Newport News City offices will be closed on Monday, January 20.

Garbage, recycling and bulk waste collections:

No collections on Monday, January 20. All collections for the week will be delayed one day, i.e., Monday’s collections will take place o...

2019 Loose Leaf Collection Schedule

The Street Maintenance Division conducts an annual loose leaf roadside collection that begins on November 18, 2019. Residents are asked to rake leaves to the edge of the road during a specific time frame, without blocking traffic or drainage ditches, and ...

Upcoming Democratic Presidential Primary

• 01/16/20 - Absentee voting begins
• 02/10/20 - deadline to register to vote for March 3, 2020 Primary
• 02/25/20 - deadline to request a ballot by mail
• 02/29/20 - In person absentee voting available 9 AM - 5 PM at City Hall & City Center
• 03/03/20 - Election D...