Portsmouth City Council meets after fatal weekend shooting

People are raising safety concerns after a fatal shooting in Portsmouth just before midnight Saturday along George Washington ...
WVEC

Portsmouth's interim city manager fires deputy city manager

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct Councilman Barnes’ title. Vernell Woods is one of the latest Portsmouth city officials to be let go. He worked as deputy city ...

Portsmouth accepting proposals to demolish, redevelop City Hall building

The city is opening up the bidding process to select a developer who will demolish and construct a new City Hall building as ...
WVEC

Another city employee cuts ties with Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The deputy city manager of Portsmouth no longer works for the city, an official confirmed Tuesday. A city spokesperson said as of Jan. 13, Robert Baldwin is no longer employed with ...
WTKR

Citizens of Portsmouth working to recall Vice Mayor De’Andre Barnes and Councilman Mark Whitaker

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – After growing political fallout, one newly-formed Political Action Committee (PAC) in Portsmouth says the city council needs new blood. Concerned Citizens of Portsmouth PAC is ...
WAVY-TV

Portsmouth proposes using COVID-19 relief funds to give residents direct payments

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Qualifying residents of the City of Portsmouth could soon find themselves receiving cash payments courtesy of the American Rescue Plan. City leadership has proposed using $5 ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Most of ex-Portsmouth city manager’s lawsuit against city dismissed — but attorneys say it’s not over

PORTSMOUTH — A judge on Wednesday dismissed most of the counts in the lawsuit former City Manager Angel Jones brought against the city of Portsmouth following her termination last year. However, Jones ...