Katherine Hafner 🎙️🎃

The national version of my story on the Norfolk floodwall project recently published on @NPR: npr.org/2023/09/02/119… I'm working on more. Hit me at katherine.hafner@whro.org with any questions you have about the project!

Was out at the Regional Landfill in Suffolk yesterday at the opening of a new "renewable natural gas" facility. Here's what that means: whro.org/news/local-new…

HEADS UP: Today is the last day to register to vote in Virginia for next month's election. This year, all 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly are up for election as well as a number of local government seats. Check out our full voter guide here: bit.ly/3t7hBxm

As part of its $2.6 billion storm protection project with the Army Corps, Norfolk plans to construct the biggest flood barriers built on the East Coast in a generation. Here's what that means for our local waterways: whro.org/news/local-new…

.@stevewalsh digs deeper & learns more about the 11 sailors who died by suicide aboard the USS George Washington in recent years. whro.org/news/local-new…

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"A growing number of the nation’s hundreds of NPR-affiliated public radio stations are increasing the amount of local news they cover." 🙋‍♀️🎙️ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

The Nansemond Indian Nation has withdrawn its objections to a pipeline expansion in Hampton Roads after reaching an agreement with the company: whro.org/news/local-new…

Virginia & Hampton Roads agencies got a total of $4 million through the EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program. They have until March to come up with a Climate Action Plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions: whro.org/news/local-new…

NEW: Earth just broke its previous September heat record by an unprecedented margin. Climate scientist @hausfath called the leap “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas.” washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/1…

The commission created by lawmakers to look into the response to Va. Beach's mass shooting says in its final report that it wasn't able to really investigate because city employees feared they'd be fired if they talked to the commission. From @JournoMurph: whro.org/radio/41709-st…

It's @NPR Climate Solutions Week! Tune in to hear stories about some of the ways we can actually combat climate change: npr.org/series/1199537…

Market changes in the recycling world continue to have ripple effects in Hampton Roads ... Virginia Beach is the latest considering what to do with curbside service: whro.org/news/local-new…

Spent some time up at @DominionEnergy's Sussex County solar farm this week, chasing some sheep that live there... whro.org/news/local-new…

The @washingtonpost featured some of the Virginia Beach teens fighting Youngkin’s policies on transgender students: washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

Heading into peak election season in Hampton Roads, @WHRO has you covered. Learn here about how to vote, who's on the ballot and how they responded to our questions about the issues at stake: whro.org/radio/41342-vo…

Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for coastal VA, NC, MD. Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected this afternoon through Saturday night. Flooding is possible with storm totals of 3-6". Highest winds will be along the coast but gusty winds are expected well inland.

The @EPA was out in Suffolk today to celebrate progress on the decades-long cleanup of a Superfund site along the Nansemond River. The site was used during both world wars to store munitions and unsurprisingly... that left behind lots of contamination. whro.org/news/local-new…

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Isabel made landfall and in the first few hours, 94% of homes in Hampton Roads were without power. Harrison’s Fishing Pier, which had weathered storms in Ocean View for more than 50 years, was gone. A look back: trib.al/JLZ5nT8

The Nansemond Indian Nation is escalating its dispute with a company planning to expand a pipeline in Hampton Roads. “Sadly, at every turn (TC Energy) has treated the Nation with disdain or indifference,” the tribe wrote to federal regulators. whro.org/news/local-new…

US sets new record for billion-dollar weather disasters (inflation adjusted) and the year has four more months to go. "We're seeing the fingerprints of climate change all over our nation," NOAA economist tells @AP. apnews.com/article/weathe…