PORTSMOUTH — The City Council has scheduled a rare Saturday special meeting to discuss the ongoing efforts to redevelop the Thomas J. McIntyre federal building with its private development ...

A second attempt to appoint former Portsmouth Police Chief Tonya Chapman as city manager passed at a city council meeting Tuesday night. Councilman Mark Whitaker made the motion to appoint Chapman ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Tuesday marked the first Portsmouth City Council meeting for Tonya Chapman since she was hired as city manager in June. The former police chief’s new leadership role ...

I hear a lot of impatience to get going,” Peter Rice told members of Portsmouth’s committee on a new police station. “This is ...

PORTSMOUTH — The mayor will no longer have the sole discretion to remove a colleague from a City Council meeting for disorderly conduct. Portsmouth City Council voted Tuesday to amend the ...

Portsmouth residents who prefer to tune into City Council meetings via Facebook have fewer viewing options. The City Council voted 4-3 last week to prohibit video recording from behind the dais ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Ahead of a contentious city council meeting in Portsmouth, a small but loud group of about 15 citizens met outside to voice their concerns over the new city manager ...

is concerned and wants to be a part of what happens in our city.” Attending the meetings is a duty that council members in Portsmouth have shouldered in the more than two decades since Bill ...

PORTSMOUTH — The City Council voted unanimously to ban the playing of music and videos during the public comment portion of its meetings after a local man played what a councilor described as ...

The Portsmouth City Council is aiming to select its partner for the redevelopment of the city-owned former Sherburne School at its Dec. 16 meeting, according to Mayor Deaglan McEachern. The City ...