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• Hampton Roads school divisions continue to seek bus drivers (wtkr.com) — Newport News schools are heading into the new year with about 70 bus driver vacancies, the largest shortage in Hampton Roads and enough to lengthen rides and reduce stops for some students. The division is recruiting year-round, training new drivers, and adjusting routes while neighboring cities like Virginia Beach, Hampton, and Portsmouth also scramble to fill open positions.
• An Army employee's family moved onto Fort Eustis. Then their housing problems began. (dailypress.com) — A military family who lived in privatized housing on Fort Eustis is suing management company Balfour Beatty in Newport News Circuit Court, alleging years of water intrusion, mold, and health problems. They say repeated surface repairs never fixed the underlying issues, forcing them to move to Gloucester and upend work, school, and community ties while they seek damages for financial and personal losses.
• Sailor Charged With Murder Aboard USS Kennedy Had Made Three Prior Armed Threats (sofx.com) — A sailor has been charged with murder in the June shooting death of a shipmate aboard the future carrier USS John F. Kennedy while it was guarded at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News. Investigators say the accused had previously pointed a loaded pistol at other sailors three times. The case remains under NCIS investigation, with no trial date yet set.
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