Erika Craven

3 weeks ago | wtvr.com | Erika Craven

HAMPTON, Va. — NASA is positioned to lose a quarter of its budget and nearly a third of its workforce under a government proposal seeking to slash federal spending. For NASA Langley Research Center, the proposal includes cutting nearly 700 employees and impacts to research in things like aeronautics, which is research related to air and space flight, and earth science, which includes studying the atmosphere, oceans, land and ice.

3 weeks ago | wtkr.com | Erika Craven

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will have more time to pick up detained, undocumented individuals at the Chesapeake Correctional Center. When someone is arrested, local jails inquire about their immigration status and, if the person is undocumented, they contact ICE. ICE has discretion on whether to take them into custody. Enforcement practices vary depending on the administration. ICE can ask an agency to hold someone for 48 hours.

3 weeks ago | wtkr.com | Erika Craven

HAMPTON, Va. — NASA is positioned to lose a quarter of its budget and nearly a third of its workforce under a government proposal seeking to slash federal spending. For NASA Langley Research Center, the proposal includes cutting nearly 700 employees and impacts to research in things like aeronautics—which is research related to air and space flight—and earth science, which includes studying the atmosphere, oceans, land and ice.

3 weeks ago | wtkr.com | Erika Craven

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Virginia is celebrating a criminal justice milestone. New Virginia Department of Corrections data shows the Commonwealth has a 17.6 percent three-year recidivism rate. That rate is the likelihood of a convicted individual to reoffend and the rate is the lowest in the country. Researchers say a data-driven and proactive approach is helping individuals successfully reintegrate into society.

3 weeks ago | wtkr.com | Erika Craven

NORFOLK, Va. — Several naval ships are finally home in Hampton Roads. The USS Stout and USS Harry S. Truman returned to homeport in Norfolk on Sunday. They were met by eager crowds of family and friends, many carrying flowers or holding up posters. "This is actually from Christmas time because we missed him so much at Christmas. We brought it here today," smiled Richard Abad as he held up a giant poster of his loved one's face.